Thank
you for taking the time to view humblethorn. The purpose of this blog is
to have an outlet to share my thoughts, quotes, ramblings and the occasional
item of interest as I serve as a missionary to the Akha in Northern Thailand.
Mostly, this is an outlet (in English!) for me to feel like someone out
there is listening. So, to whoever you are, thank you for being my listening
someone.
Many
people have asked about the name "humblethorn". I would love to explain
it, but I honestly don't fully understand it myself. In very simple terms, it
is an identity that I have come to realize in Christ. I do not claim to be humble,
rather that I am often humbled by my own weakness.
Feel free to navigate through the links on the top of this site to read more about me or just to view the photo galleries, videos, podcasts and journals about our lives with the Akha. Now...
on to the posts!
My Secret
Sunday, February 19, 2006
With the pressure of 100+ unanswered messages in my inbox weighing down on me, I have decided to instead write a light-hearted update to relieve my e-guilt. Though most of you know of my major time-wasting TV addictions (those being baseball, football, volleyball, hockey and anything else with appropriate levels of competition), I have a subtler, more controversial love:
Scrubs. And now, thanks to my great friend Andy Engdahl, I now have hours of this hillarious comedy, along with commentaries and extras to enjoy. Lori and I love this show so much that it constitutes a large part of our daily interactions, quoting obscure references to each other. We know, this is not one of the most wholesome of shows, and we certainly would not recommend it for children, but something about its comedy, its script and its characters really rings true with us. I would go into more philosophical details here, but I am bound by my previous rule of "light-hearted update".
Recently Scrubs aired it's 100th episode. Thanks to Lori's parent's Tivo we were able to watch this episode (many times) and it is (in my opinion) one of the best three Scrubs episodes ever. This Wizard of Oz spoof is deserving of an Emmy award (of course, this opinion is coming from someone who recently confused the Grammy's with the Golden Globes - pop culture is admittedly not my stongest suit). Beautifully tied in to the flow and storyline of the sitcom were illusions and homages, both subtle and absurd, to the Victor Fleming classic.
So, there it is. My light-hearted update to all of you who are waiting with baited breath for responses to your emails. Thanks for your grace and patience!
new line system "yellow to all the exits." "what's red for?" "sneaker painting" - (ruby slippers)
And I know what you're thinking Dorothy
I gotta get back home...
I'm not even supposed to be here
we still don't have a donor heart we have to convince his family to pull the plug and give us a heart
we only are singing songs from classic movies now
straw covered scarecrow head of yours
i'm going to get my heart
whether they're looking for brains, a heart or courage. as for me i was just going to keep following that yellow line and hope i eventually got home (while Ted's band sings the tune of "we're off to see the wizard" in the background.)
the todd: lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Toto and I are going home
oil can oil can (muffled)
he's green. (child painted all green like a munchkin)
pay no attention to the man behind the curtain (echo-ey)
the wicked witch of the east wing? help! i'm melting in here! help i'm melting
every so often a wizard comes along and tells you exactly what you needed to hear "sounds like you had a heart all along" (bckground : somewhere over the rainbow - finding forrester version)
see, you had the brains all along
you're going to find you had the courage to be a parent all along
ted's band: somewhere over the rainbow
dorothy, you're going home are you? walks off in red sneakers
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