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| Love EverybodyI guess I've just needed time. Time to digest life. I feel like such a roller coaster. I hate it. I think I'm beginning to understand why I am the way I am. I hope so. For sanity sake. In
certain aspects, I am one of the most impatient people. Ever. I have
a desperation about me for events to transpire at a pace likened to
that of a sprint rather than a cross-country event. Is this right? Is
this okay? Probably not. At times. My life has become a
balancing act of discovering the line that transcends balance,
patience, waiting, wanting, desire, the passive, theagressive, etc. etc. etc. "Settle down", you may say. "Don't be so dramatic", you may follow with. "You shut your face", I'll fire back. Jokes. I
just want to live! I want to be full! I do not want regret to enter
my mind! But I would also prefer to shy away from being a fool. So what's the point? No clue. In all seriousness, I look at someone like Tim Russert.
I hate it so much. I feel so badly for his family. I watched Meet the
Press almost every week. I generally found it to be quite brilliant to
watch, to see the truth be awkwardly pulled out of the mouths of some,
not all, but some, professional liars and shape shifters. Tim seemed,
and I must emphasize seemed, since I did not meet him, like a man of
conviction. He loved his family, desperately. You could see that. He
worked very, very hard to be the best at what he did. And he had JOY
doing it. He always seemed jovial, happy, thrilled... to be alive! To
live and to love! To challenge and be challenged! Whether you agree
with his political leanings and posturing or not, I believe he was able
to transcend those areas that usually create immovable blocks and
barriers. And then its over. We have to live. As full
and as hard and as full of joy and love as we can. Because it can be
over. Just like that. Crazy. I don't fully know how to comprehend
this. Probably never will. I'm dedicating myself to stop being
petty and frustrated so often. I want to live and love in the big and
small. Frustrations can be mountains but they can be scaled and are
temporary. Let us not forget those things which are true and right,
which bring joy and fulfillment. I was at a rather famous individual's home for a luncheon in Nashville yesterday. As I walked through his castle of a home I looked down at a murial in the floor made of tile and written in a circular fashion it read "Love Everybody". Love
Everybody. This individual could, if so desired, have a rather large
ego and me-first mentality. A sense of having made it and being a step
above everyone, etc. etc. But those simple words engraved in the floor
of this home spoke volumes of the way he presented himself, his family,
their sincerity, their genuine love for one another, their welcoming of
complete and total strangers. It was striking. We can choose to
take our lives, our accomplishments, our victories, our failures, our
defeats, our loves, our losses... we can take these and shove them in
the faces of others as a giant eff you, or a woe is me, and on down the
line. Or we can work hard, show an ounce or two of humility and love
everybody. Why is option b seemingly so much more difficult.
Pride can become obscene. Being thankful and thanking for seems to be
the road less traveled but far more fulfilling. So, yeah, lets work hard, love everybody and have fun doing it.
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Hear me. Right
now. If and when this film comes to your town, go see it. If you are
anywhere near the vicinity of an IMAX screen that is playing, please,
drop the few extra dollars and go see it there.
We drove a couple of hours down to the IMAX in Georgia that was
showing it as a hopefully inspiring, motivating send off for the guys
on their first long tour.
I was honestly blown away. Say what you will about IMAX and 3D
technology being a gimmick… if this is a gimmick, I want more of it.
Complete immersion. You honestly FEEL like you are in the show. Right
there. The depth is incredible. The energy of the what seemed to be
100,000 fans in attendance was bottled lightning. You could feel the
weight, the emotion, the urgency, of every song, of every moment. You
felt connected. To the crowd. To the band. This isn’t cheeseball 3D
like you might think. Its really hard to put into words. If you think
there is no hope for the industry or that rock and roll is dead.
Please. Go see this. It is inspiration and it is hope of what is and
can be.
Yes, yes, I know, I know, some of you have a stigma against U2. Get
over it. Just immerse yourself and don’t be a snob (I’m not judging…
I’m a snob… I admit it…). It moved me. It really did. Music DOES
have power. Music DOES inspire. I think that in our iPod skip and
shuffle culture that we’ve lost this idea a bit. Our attention spans
are a fraction of what they used to be and I really don’t know if we
let music seep into our pores. Let it soak. Let it resonate. Weigh
its worth.
I’m not saying that watching this concert film is going to change
your life. I do hope it inspires you though. Think what you will of
Bono, Edge, Larry and Adam… for an hour and a half today they had me in
awe. Suspend your cynicism for that hour and a half and tell me what
you feel. Hopefully it isn’t cynicism. And remember, I mainly blog at jeremystanley.wordpress.com now. Make plans accordingly... | | |
| Civil Twilight on HouseSouth African Band Civil Twilight's Song 'Human' to be Featured on the Super Bowl Special Edition of "House" on FOXOne
October Entertainment is proud to announce that this upcoming Sunday,
February 3, 2008 immediately following the Super Bowl at 10PM Eastern,
7PM Pacific, Civil Twilight's song 'Human' will be featured in a
special episode of the hit FOX Television show "House". FOX recently
announced that "House" has overtaken "Grey's Anatomy" as the highest
rated show among 18 - 49 year-olds.
HOUSE, an innovative take on the medical drama, solves mysteries where
the villain is a medical malady and the hero is an irreverent,
controversial doctor who trusts no one, least of all his patients.
Winner of the 2006 Humanitas Prize for the episode “Three Stories” and
a Humanitas nominee in 2007 for “House vs. God,” the series also has
received an Emmy Award for creator and executive producer David Shore
(Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series), two Golden Globe Awards for
Hugh Laurie (Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series) and a
Screen Actors Guild Award for Laurie (Outstanding Performance by a Male
Actor in a Drama Series). Nominated twice (including 2007) for an Emmy
in the Outstanding Drama Series category, the show has been honored by
the American Film Institute as one of the TV Programs of the Year and
received the Peabody Award for Best of Electronic Media in 2005.
Civil Twilight is a three piece rock band that originates from Cape
Town, South Africa. They moved to Los Angeles, California to further
their career as an exciting live act. After building a small following
within the Hollywood club scene and finding a worthy manager, they
decided to move east to record their debut album, ‘Human’. Civil
Twilight plan to take their record on the road in 2008 and continue to
grow their enthusiastic fan base through their dynamic live show.
The music of Civil Twilight is represented in film and television by Lynn Grossman at Secret Road Music Services.
For more on the band please visit:
http://www.myspace.com/civiltwilightband
http://www.civiltwilightband.com
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| New Beginnings...We'll see how this goes but I think I need a fresh start. I could abandon this rapidly but, lets see, shall we?
http://jeremystanley.wordpress.com
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| The Old Days...Alright, I was going through an old cd with old documents and I stumbled upon these two beauties. Not many of you will truly appreciate this, but those of you that get it, oh man, these were good times...
TM intramurals weekly commentary report:
Written, edited and published by Jeremy Stanley and Donny Querin.
For this week we have a couple thoughts to start us off.
If a man is standing in the middle of nowhere speaking
and there is no woman around to hear him,
is he still wrong?
First, a word from our editors:
We’d just like to thank both teams for comin’ out and playin’ a good, hard game. Even though we spent more time in between plays than time actually playing football we enjoyed ourselves immeasurable amounts and we’re looking forward to the next match up between these two teams. The ball got dropped a lot cause it was a little slippery, but we can relate, how do you think we ended up here instead of on the field. One too many dropped balls, we just wish we had a good excuse like you guys.
Staff Women vs. Mugs Angels 10/11:
Final Score: Staff 22- Mug’s Angel’s 13
AWARDS:
The “that coulda gone better” award:
-10/11/01: Mugs Angels for most consecutive dropped snaps….ever in the history of football.!
The commentators black list award:
- Goes to both teams for rushing the stage. You’ll be judged.
Friendship Evangelism Award:
-Teresa Anderson for handing back to players more flags than she pulled. 10/11/01
MVP:
-Mary Beth Johnson for basically making the only progressive plays of, well….the whole game. 10/11/01
Iron Boot Award:
-Deveri Truban 10/11/01 (Haven’t seen a kick like that since well…………I believe it was Fall nineteeeeeennnn uhhh ten, yup 1910. A dangerous undertaking, but if you can pull it off like Deveri did, the fake onsides kick will work every time.)
The “not-so-fast” Lenard Award:
-Beth “the raging red head” McNinch for a fantastic display of fancy footwork at dizzying rates of speed. A definite plus point to her career with this one folks.
Shekinah Award:
10/11/01: Mother Nature for the beautiful display of gaseous aerial moisture.
This game brought to you by:
-Ozarka Water “ Nature’s way of saying……..Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh”
-IBC Root Beer. “The fifth food group.”
-Aerial shots brought to you by the… “Osama bin lucky til now” Blimp.
-All Instant replays sponsored by the NWBSGA (National Women’s Bathroom Support Group Alliance). Join today, “You’ll never have to go alone again, we guarantee it!”
-Much thanks to the “Blind, lame, weeper” drama team for their rendition of…“Ragman” for our half time show.
Thanks to all of our supporters, my three fingered mexican midget cousin for his “young kids on coffee (and other growth stunting habits) awareness” presentation. We’d like to thank Thomas Gaines as well for the lovely bouquet and of course the one and only……….the man the myth the legend, our mentor and “daddy”……………
Denniiiiiiiiiiiis Mmmmmillleeeerrrrrrr.
TM intramurals weekly commentary report:
Written, edited and published by Jeremy Stanley and Donny Querin.
This weeks deep thoughts:
Wherever you go…………………that’s where you are!
-Liz Engskow
First, a word from our editors:
We would once again like to thank both teams, even though only one team gets this, for playin’ a good hard game and for great attitudes on the field. The snaps were lookin’ a lot better and the score definitely instilled some holy fear in the intern teams (definitely an asset and some insurance for the staff women’s football team). This week’s game was a lot fun and we’re looking forward to next week when we will have a get-away car positioned in the rear of the commentary booth.
Staff Women vs. Pure Gold 10/25:
Final Score: Staff 43 - Pure Gold 0
AWARDS:
The “that coulda gone better” award:
-Goes to Pure Gold for being beaten by 43 points…a spread we haven’t seen anything like since NFL Blitz 2000.
The commentators black list award:
- Brian “Crazy B” Raub for being a complete scurve and shutting off the microphone in the middle of a moment of affirmation for the women’s coach. Ladies, I think he deserves the rush next week.
Friendship Evangelism Award:
-There has been much debating about the recipient of this week’s Friendship Evangelism award… We see that numerically Kamerin Chrestman has more FE’s than Teresa, last week’s recipient (_ more to be exact). There have been debates in the “tator” deliberation room on whether Teresa should receive the award due to the servant heart displayed in her assist in which she handed the flag to the ref and the ref handed the flag in for the FE. The tator’s could not come to a unanimous conclusion and because of this…we must award the FE award to both Teresa and Kamerin…Congratulations ladies!!!
We’re looking forward to seeing how the battle of these veteran Evangelists unfolds in the weeks to come.
MVP:
-Beth McNinch. Beth came home this week with three interceptions and two touchdowns. Proving to be such a huge threat on both sides of the line of scrimmage…you gotta wonder if she needs the rest of the team at all. Great job…..MBJ, the heat is on!!
Iron Boot Award:
-Deveri Truban. Deveri just won’t give this one up folks. She’s breaking all kinds of league records with these kickoffs. Some argue her monopoly can only be accredited to the fact that she is the only kicker, but I’ll tell ya…even if there was another kicker, they’d probably get the iron boot in the shin and Dev would be back on top in a matter of days…. Great job Deveri.
The “not-so-fast” Lenard Award:
-MBJ with the “not-so-fast” Lenard Award this week….MBJ and McNinch trading places this week for the “not so fast” and MVP awards….great display of sharing there ladies.!.. Mary Beth with 3 touchdowns, all rushing, all on that same bootleg play. This accounts for 67% of the teams scoring….Pure Gold just couldn’t pick up on that one…They were playin’ more like Corundum this week Jeremy. Great job on that MBJ
Shekinah Award:
Goes to DEREK STEEN and his belly for that euphoric half-time show!!!! Any one who says different should be dragged out in the city streets, flogged, and beaten with their own arms.
Carpe Diem Award:
Kamerin Chrestman. After receiving 256 of these in the internship, we would venture to say that no one will ever take this award from Kamerin. She’s on the verge of “carpeing” the FE award Queen Status from Teresa Anderson as well. The intimidation factor with Teresa is incredible….we’ll just have to see how this whole scenario pans out in the coming weeks.
Bill Walsh Award:
Goes to the Staff womens coach. His name will remain anonymous because….well…..we don’t know it.. but anyway. This reminds me of when Bill Walsh took over the niners in 79. Three Years after he did, he took ‘em all the way to Super Bowl 26. As we all know the niners came home victorious and in this being the staff women’s coach’s third year coaching, we might have a replay of that day back in 79 right here on Halucinate field. (only word that we could fit Hasz and Luce into somehow…hence the strange spelling)
This game brought to you by:
-Ozarka Water “ Nature’s way of saying……..Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh”
-IBC Root Beer. “The fifth food group.”
-Aerial shots brought to you by the… “Osama bin lucky til now” Blimp.
-The Tostito’s Cesna.
-Extreme Freestyle walkers of America
-All Instant replays sponsored by the NWBSGA (National Women’s Bathroom Support Group Alliance). Join today, “You’ll never have to go alone again, we guarantee it!”
-A great big thank you to our one man half time show Derek “Lenny” Steen for his dazzling and knee-buckling performance of “I am belly, hear me roar”
Thanks to all of our supporters, my three fingered mexican midget cousin for his “young kids on coffee (and other growth stunting habits) awareness” presentation. We’d like to thank Thomas Gaines as well for the lovely bouquet and of course the one and only……….the man the myth the legend, our mentor and “daddy”……………
Denniiiiiiiiiiiis Mmmmmillleeeerrrrrrr.
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