You Are Cayenne Pepper |
 You are very over the top and a bit overwhelming. You have a fiery personality, and you can give anyone a good jolt. You can easily take things up a couple notches, no matter what crowd you're running with. |
Spicy
Thin Ice
It seems when you get a group of people together for an evening of ice skating strange things are bound to happen.
Strange stances.
Strange faces.
Strange chains of people being tugged across the ice.
Strangeness.
Heavy Metals
Nothing gets my heart pumping as quickly as a sharp, crisp whine coming from a rapidly firing engine. The sharp punch of gasoline, the scream of rubber on road, the coaxing call of a new interior, the shine of fresh-from-the-factory windows all make the car world a haven.
Recently Chicago hosted the 100th year Auto Show (not annual mind you, as they took a break during WWII) and i had the joy, yea the honor, of attending the event.
How one building can hold such joys and delights is beyond imagination! The gleam of new aluminum, the groovy new spins on age old concepts, the age old concepts lurking in the undercarriage of every piece.
It's love.
True love.
One of the oldest cars ever made. I think my bike has bigger tires...
The Viper. A classy slice of ShaZAAM!
The Camero. Ready to run the roads again. They call this one the Bumblebee. Whatever.
The HOT Challenger! In stunning hemi orange. Sigh...
Recently Chicago hosted the 100th year Auto Show (not annual mind you, as they took a break during WWII) and i had the joy, yea the honor, of attending the event.
How one building can hold such joys and delights is beyond imagination! The gleam of new aluminum, the groovy new spins on age old concepts, the age old concepts lurking in the undercarriage of every piece.
It's love.
True love.
One of the oldest cars ever made. I think my bike has bigger tires...
The Viper. A classy slice of ShaZAAM!
The Camero. Ready to run the roads again. They call this one the Bumblebee. Whatever.
The HOT Challenger! In stunning hemi orange. Sigh...Just around the rivers bend
I went for a hike in the lovely midst of the Michigan Winter. And sure enough, truth was reinforced. Yes... it is cold.
After traipsing down vacant beaches and through some of my favorite summer hiking trails, I eventually wound up at the pier in St. Joseph and found this rail all covered in ice.
The bright blue rails were frosted in sheets of ice. And i was amazed by the pattern of the dripping water, frozen into solid streams of ice. The sheer beauty of it was enough to drop me to my knees to snap this shot.
And I kept walking.
Slipping.
Sliding.
And further on down the pier i found this rail.
And it hit me. The first rails were awesome, but nothing compared to what was waiting around the bend of the pier.
The rails are much like life. Today, the first rail you see, is fantastic, but it is nothing like what is in store around the bend. God has given each of us so much to see and do! We get a full life, brimming with friends, mercy, love, snow, salt and joy! He has given us grace for today and bright hope for tomorrow!
Here's me hoping to see more ice-covered rails (metaphorically speaking!), being in awe of them every time and living in anticipation of the more fully covered rails of tomorrow!
Amazing Grace - Comments on comments
Amazing Grace. A song that has wrung hearts and been sung as praise for years.
Amazing Grace. A truth of humans experiencing God.
Amazing Grace. A truth of humans experiencing God.
Amazing Grace. A hollywood movie?
Ioan Gruffudd as William Wilberforce
Ioan Gruffudd as William WilberforceYep. And a dern good one at that! If you have yet to see this film, i vote 2.5 thumbs up. It was strongly recommended to me and it truly deserves to be seen and reviewed and then promptly seen again.
If, however, you have not yet seen this movie STOP here! Don't ruin it for yourself! Don't let my ideas and responses affect your evaluation of the movie!
When this movie was recommended i was in a room full of men who were extremely thrilled with their experience of watching Romola Garai play a wonderful Barbara Spooner, wife to the famous and revered William Wilberforce. Wilberforce is known for having been the impetus behind the eradication of slavery from the British Empire in 1833. Barbara Spooner became wife to William after a two week acquaintance, bore him six children and was by his side when he died.
If, however, you have not yet seen this movie STOP here! Don't ruin it for yourself! Don't let my ideas and responses affect your evaluation of the movie!
When this movie was recommended i was in a room full of men who were extremely thrilled with their experience of watching Romola Garai play a wonderful Barbara Spooner, wife to the famous and revered William Wilberforce. Wilberforce is known for having been the impetus behind the eradication of slavery from the British Empire in 1833. Barbara Spooner became wife to William after a two week acquaintance, bore him six children and was by his side when he died.
Romola Garai as SpoonerA comment i heard the night i was told to see the film was this... " Wow. It would be great to have such an amazingly supportive wife". Rapidly following this was a chorus of "Yep's" and "Uh-huh's". And i thought, 'Hot Dog! She must have rocked it!" And she is stunningly gorgeous and endearing in the film.
However, the entire idea behind support, a supportive spouse, and the wonder of Barbara Spooner is not that she was a solid rock of support but rather that she had a solid rock to support. Wilberforce was a determined and driven man, losing much to the cause for which he gave his life (though not being killed for it, he worked so much that he did lose his health) to see his dream fulfilled. Spooner threw herself on course with Wilberforce, not because she had no other outlet for her genius, but because genius was being expressed and she followed the call of justice.
To hear a man today claim he wants a supportive spouse is fine. I believe wives should support their husbands. And vice versa. I believe in respect and love. I believe in living with purpose. But to hear that comment coming from men who have yet to decide what they want from life, what their life will amount to and have very little leaning to accomplish anything more than being average, is tragic.
So in many ways this movie was a wake-up call to me. A call to find and live my path, the one that changes the world as i know it, that liberates people, that gives hope and shows compassion and makes me live with the drive that will cause me to lose my health for the sake of the mission. And it challenges me to find people who are doing that same thing. No mamby-pamby hooga booga thank you!
You want support? Do something worthy of being supported!
However, the entire idea behind support, a supportive spouse, and the wonder of Barbara Spooner is not that she was a solid rock of support but rather that she had a solid rock to support. Wilberforce was a determined and driven man, losing much to the cause for which he gave his life (though not being killed for it, he worked so much that he did lose his health) to see his dream fulfilled. Spooner threw herself on course with Wilberforce, not because she had no other outlet for her genius, but because genius was being expressed and she followed the call of justice.
To hear a man today claim he wants a supportive spouse is fine. I believe wives should support their husbands. And vice versa. I believe in respect and love. I believe in living with purpose. But to hear that comment coming from men who have yet to decide what they want from life, what their life will amount to and have very little leaning to accomplish anything more than being average, is tragic.
So in many ways this movie was a wake-up call to me. A call to find and live my path, the one that changes the world as i know it, that liberates people, that gives hope and shows compassion and makes me live with the drive that will cause me to lose my health for the sake of the mission. And it challenges me to find people who are doing that same thing. No mamby-pamby hooga booga thank you!
You want support? Do something worthy of being supported!
Well Come 2008!
i no longer make New Year's Resolutions. There was a time when i had a wee list that i'd studiously compose and attempt to adhere to as long as my young mind could stand. But inevitably after a month or so, the list was long forgotten, stuck in some book or drawer, only to be found 3 years later, laughed at and tossed out.
i began a different tradition years ago that i still hold to, however, and find much more endearing. i make a list of fun and interesting things to do for the next year. The list does not have to be finished, or held to it exactly. It is rather a guide, a page of possibility. A page of serious hilarity and wholehearted earnestness. Every year should begin with some sort of fervor.
2008 is no different. And so here is the list. i do enjoy a good list...Here's 8 for 2008.
1) Discover the joy of dancing before the Lord
2) Learn to make balloon animals
3) Feed a monkey, by hand, in Asia
4) Live the 1st Commandment
5) Take tap dancing lessons
6) Serenade someone (perhaps they should be deaf...)
7) Create a world class chili recipe
8) Introduce the joy of bubbles to someone
i began a different tradition years ago that i still hold to, however, and find much more endearing. i make a list of fun and interesting things to do for the next year. The list does not have to be finished, or held to it exactly. It is rather a guide, a page of possibility. A page of serious hilarity and wholehearted earnestness. Every year should begin with some sort of fervor.
2008 is no different. And so here is the list. i do enjoy a good list...Here's 8 for 2008.
1) Discover the joy of dancing before the Lord
2) Learn to make balloon animals
3) Feed a monkey, by hand, in Asia
4) Live the 1st Commandment
5) Take tap dancing lessons
6) Serenade someone (perhaps they should be deaf...)
7) Create a world class chili recipe
8) Introduce the joy of bubbles to someone
Caramel center kind of life
When you get the dark chocolate truffle filled with the creamy caramel center and you take the first warm gooey bite, that moment, that delight filled moment is one to be celebrated!
When you open a box from far away and find the perfect bauble or do-dah and hold that something in your hand that a dear one held in their hand and chose for you. Sheer joy.
Or when the phone rings and the voice on the other end soothes your busy mind with its message of love and support. That second is happiness.
It is the small, tiny fractions of time that add joy and vibrancy to life. It is the moments, the seconds, the freeze frame images of people and places, sounds and smells that come back to haunt us in nostalgic days and dreaming evenings.
This moment, watching the snow fall and paint the world white was stellar.
Watching Oliver with his Dad, both watching the world turn into a flakey white place was awesome.
Smelling the fresh cinnamon rolls that Cheryl made, and snapping the bakery pamphlet perfect image of them. Priceless.
It's a busy time of year for most of us. Many of my friends are stressed to the max with finals and papers and lack of motivation. And yet, in the middle of panic mode, we have all found our caramel center seconds. The seconds that make our days worth their weight in gold.
When you open a box from far away and find the perfect bauble or do-dah and hold that something in your hand that a dear one held in their hand and chose for you. Sheer joy.
Or when the phone rings and the voice on the other end soothes your busy mind with its message of love and support. That second is happiness.
It is the small, tiny fractions of time that add joy and vibrancy to life. It is the moments, the seconds, the freeze frame images of people and places, sounds and smells that come back to haunt us in nostalgic days and dreaming evenings.
This moment, watching the snow fall and paint the world white was stellar.
Watching Oliver with his Dad, both watching the world turn into a flakey white place was awesome.
Smelling the fresh cinnamon rolls that Cheryl made, and snapping the bakery pamphlet perfect image of them. Priceless.
It's a busy time of year for most of us. Many of my friends are stressed to the max with finals and papers and lack of motivation. And yet, in the middle of panic mode, we have all found our caramel center seconds. The seconds that make our days worth their weight in gold.
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