It's a new year...but it feels like the old still

Still tired (my own fault), and I can't really get anything done because I have the intent, but no real drive to do it. I'll start and not finish. At the end of the day, nothing is really accomplished and then

One of the most beautiful sounds in the world

So I'm in Edmonton, at the C4C Bi-Mon Sci-Fi Con. Hehehe, sorry, that reference always cracks me up. Actually its wintercon (Winter Conference). Anyways, picture this: it's Sunday night, you're in a room with 300-400 twenty-something year old university students from across western Canada. The worship band's leader at the front of the room says you can stay, or you're free to leave. What happens? The students stay. On their own will. And they sing songs that speak of how amazing Jesus is, who is God. The voices sing in unison. The band stops playing their instruments for one verse/chorus, and its just acapella, of about 300-400 people singing to God. It was great.

And then some of the most beautiful sights I see: whereas other 20-something year olds would be off in a bar, or doing crazy/possibly irresponsible things with their friends, I see in front of me, young men with their hands on each other's shoulders, praying for each other. I see varying numbers of groups, men and women, crying out to God, near tears with passion. I don't think what I saw and heard can be faked. I don't believe it is "organized religion" because the things I saw can't be organized. I sat in my chair and just observed my peers, my friends, my brothers and sisters. It's hard to describe but I just thought I'd attempt to share that.

And I guess that's it for 2007. I'll aim for more posts in 2008. Maybe.

I wonder what my life would be like...

I'm doing this in the interest of procrastination. Sigh. Updating my resumé and writing my co-op work term report is sooooo boring. And I'm sooooo tired, because I'm always tired (isn't that a nice cogent statement? [<-- dry wit])

Sooooo.... I wonder what my life would be like if:

-I drank coffee
-I was an F.O.B. (no, not a fob, but an eff-oh-bee)
-I was more than 7 feet tall
-I smiled more
-I lived alone
-I had a gun
-I only ate kosher meat
-I grew a queue
-I could b-boy (popping is so cool!)
-I had a Scooty-Puff Sr.: The Doom Bringer (because the Scooty-Puff Jr. suuuucks.....)
-I was a world champion at something
-I wasn't indifferent
-I didn't procrastinate or waste time
-no one read this...

Tim's Solution to Help Slow Global Warming...

...which may or may not be a myth.

I'm all for reducing, reusing, and recycling, but it's sort of annoying how in almost every single type of media thingy, they'll talk about climate change/climate impact or carbon emissions/carbon credits....

It's getting a bit band-wagony/commercialized.

For example, next week I'm going to introduce onto the market, my very own designer, reusable, eco-friendly, shopping bags, made from 100% recycled panda! I mean plastic!

.....that's creepy.


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Ok, so now onto my plan to slow global warming:

Houses/living spaces use up a lot of energy (I think) to heat up the occupants inside. Solution? Get rid of all furnaces and electric heaters and stop spaying/neutering all dogs. Let them breed. Then every house should have a minimum of 20 dogs. My theory revolves around the fact that dogs are warm (and cute!) and give off warmth, so if there's 20 dogs running around your house, you won't need a heater anymore! It's as simple as that! The costs you save on heating, you can use to take care of the dogs. Aren't I genius? Take that Al Gore.

Disclaimer: I'm probably wrong. But if I'm right, BAM!

T.G.I.W!

Thank God it's Wednesday! Because it's two days from Saturday, my sleep-in day! Aaaah sleep.

At approximately 2:30pm today, there was a spectacular, beautiful (the kind of beautiful where you have to stare for a few seconds and then whisper to yourself, "That is beautiful..." kind of beautiful) rainbow in the sky. Actually, it was a double rainbow, but the first one was what had me standing out in the rain for a good 30 seconds to stare at it. Came back inside, then had to go back out into the rain to stare at it some more. I'm pretty sure it was a full arc, but I couldn't see the end side because some buildings were in the way. Wow, it was so vibrant against the grey clouded sky. Idiot idiot idiot for not having my camera with me. Idiot.

It's been a while since I've posted stuff. I'm just so unmotivated. I have a bunch of things I want to post/upload but I just don't make myself do them (more idiot....).

Anyways, here’s a picture of a rainbow from September 22, 2007. Pretty “lame” in comparison to the one I saw today. Ooooh I just got goosebumps thinking about today's rainbow. Sigh.


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Note to self: Matthew 7:1-5, Romans 12:9-21. Wake up Tim. Are you real?

Things from the top of my head

Currently, I am in a super, fantastic, happy mood. I don't know why. I'm thinking my dinner was laced with LSD, but its unlikely. Maybe I'm realizing the joy of the Lord tonight.
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Today's Office episode, entitled "Branch Wars" is one, possibly, the best Office I've seen. I laughed a lot. Out loud. I even giggled.
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Our next door neighbour is such a sweet old lady. She's really old and always calling me over to get her newspaper for her (long drive way) or open a jar of something. And then she'll give me a treat like cookies or juice and in her own words, "Something for your Bow-Wow." She always has leftovers from her meals to give to our dog.
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King of Queens is soooo funny. This tiny bit of dialogue had me laughing out loud:

Doug: (walking in to Arthur in the kitchen) Hey Arthur, what did you do today?
Arthur: Oh, I had a busy day: Long story short, the shag carpet's all the same length...

Hi-larious!
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CKNW New Club (type in "tsbutton" in the referred section if you want to join 8^D)
I was hoping to win a Wii..... 2500 points per entry for the draw for the Wii.... 130 entries later.... I didn't win a Wii. Poo. But, see top "point" of this post.
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I wore really thick/long socks yesterday. My feet were amazingly warm! Although, I got some static shocks from certain door handles that I haven't felt before....
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Mark Driscoll is a very gifted speaker/teacher. He doesn't always give a lot of Scripture references for everything he talks about, but he manages to balance it out by explaning biblical things in a relevant manner, which is pretty great in itself. You'd understand more if you listened yourself, which you should.
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There's so much dog hair in my bed. The dog sleeps in my bed so much more than I do. The little spoiled fart.
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You should really go do something productive now.

On Thursday...

I went to a mailbox to mail some things and I crunched some dry leaves on the ground. Then while at the bus stop, I crunched a few more leaves on the sidewalk. They were reasonably crunchy.

One minute of your life you're never going to get back....

Tomorrow's weather forecast...

As if today wasn't wet (Vancouvery) enough, due to some boost from tropical storm LingLing(?) from the Pacific, there have been warnings for high winds and heavy rain.

Yippeeeee.....

Pictures of the past week

Here's a 4000 word post, in pictures (because I'm still lazy, unmotivated, and now also emotionally tired... whatever that means):

A distant relative came over to our house, and he decided to make an apple pie, from scratch. It was beautiful, and it tasted like beautiful as well.

The remains of a phone book, that I ripped in half with my super-hero strength.

The dog threw up. And this is what he looked like about 7 minutes later.

Got a fortune cookie with two "fortunes" inside. Oh the irony, because I read the first one, and then the second and I thought, "That's cool." Although its been about four days and I still haven't found anything that I've lost long ago....


Now, you go be productive... somewhere else....

Unmotivated Tim = A post of just links

Soooooooo........ I updated the Gigantigismic links page!
Perhaps I'll try to put some stuff during the long weekend, but don't count on it. I'll try though. Maybe.
If you subscribe to my feed, you'll be able to know...

Here's what's new:

http://TheResurgence.com because Jesus Christ is alive
http://www.gizmodo.com fascinating giz news. aka tech news, aka geek news, sort of (frequently updated)
http://www.rbc.org/odb/odb.shtml Our Daily Bread. Thanks God!
http://www.bikesense.bc.ca/manual.htm biking rules/safety etc in BC - very informative and useful. very.
http://www.instructable.com brilliant. people do stuff, document it, then post instructions for you to follow
http://www.redneckpoolheater.com a guy made a pool heater
http://www.solardeathray.com - 112 mirrors reflecting 112 patches of light onto one spot
http://www.eepybird.com/ "entertainment for the curious mind" the coke/mentos people
http://www.kipkay.com this guy does cool (dangerous?) things and video teaches it to you
http://www.Biblebelievers.com/moody_sermons/index.html dwight lyman moody's sermons BAM!
http://www.ki4u.com/free_book/index.htm the book one "Nuclear War Survival Skills" i'll read this someday
http://www.thingsthatmakeyougoaahh.com pictures that will melt your heart
http://www.u-starvin.com/micromaniac want to microwave weird stuff and watch it? this is it
http://fleethorse.net/index.htm its an idea to have cars powered by horses. yeah.
http://www.pocketcalculatorshow.com/nerdwatch i haven't even bothered to take a good look

Happy Friday Everyone!

Hurrah for Fall!

Reasons I Hurrah for Fall:

1. The weather is colder ==> bugs will all die soon
2. Get one more hour of sleep on a blessed Saturday!
3. Really cool TV shows back, plus some new ones.

Things I've seen/noticed (not necessarily because it's Fall):

1. I can feel and see the weather getting colder in my hands.
2. Dead skunk, run over on the street. Looked pitiful/disgusting.
3. The next day, a dead cat on the street, looking pitiful/scary (eyes were still open)
4. Me very sore/tired from too much exertion of energy (eg. floor hockey/random jumping, phew!)
5. Me very lazy/unmotivated to get things done, because of above point.
6. Mark Driscoll on Ephesians - is like God speaking directly at me!

This is a really lousy post that doesn't make 100% sense......

But on the topic of making sense.....did I not see this coming?!?!
Google laying its on fiber optic cable across the ocean?!?! No way!!!

If my theory on Google is correct, what does this mean for humanity then? What next- pigs flying?! Hehehe, that would actually be kinda cute, if it was one of those small fat potbelly pigs...

Mmmmm.....bacon. Wow I could really go for a good burger right now.

I'm sort of speechless after watching this

I think this is a great representation of what God is like, and what Jesus has done for you. You may not know it, you may not agree, but if it's true, then it's amazing. And that is why I'm sort of at a loss for words. Gives me chills.

Happy Labour Day! + PNE pics

According to logic and reason (well, mine anyway) there should be Labour Day Greeting Cards. Father's Day and Mother's Day aren't holidays, but they have greeting cards. The same with Valentine's Day. Yet, Labour Day is officially recognized as a statutory holiday or as an old co-worker of mine said, "A day where you get paid time and a half" but people don't wish each other "Happy Labour Day!" with greeting cards or hold Labour Day Banquets!

Actually, this is probably a good thing, because then according to my logic, greeting card companies would also need to have cards for Remembrance Day, Victoria Day, BC Day....etc. Then more trees would die (that's a bad thing... I'm really into recycling paper) and yeah.... I think I've proclaimed my hate for Christmas cards a long time ago. Meh. Besides, who in their right mind (maybe in their left, *rimshot*) would want to wish someone a "Happy Victoria Day?!" Hmm...it would probably be really fitting if someone's name was Victoria though. I don't know anyone with that name, which is why it's only occurred to me now. This is a really stupid topic. I can't believe you're reading this crap.

Okay, back to Labour Day! For the first time in 15 (16?) years, I'm not going to school, the day after Labour Day! This is the new thing I mentioned here. I'm working full-time; it's a co-op job. So it's actually directly related to school, but I'm not going to school itself. Although I do learn things at work... Meh this is beginning to be a boring topic too...

Today is (was?) the last day of the (*drumroll*) PNE! I went last weekend, and so I think it's fitting if I put some pictures up.

Running, backflip through spinning hoops...

...and a beautiful landing!

I estimate this girl was balancing all those cups on her face for a good 15-20 minutes during her act.

Crazy! (crazy good)

The crowd is in awe.

What could be on top of these 4 glass bottles?

....just 10 chairs and a girls doing gymnastics, that's all.

More crazy! (crazy good;skill)

This picture does not do justice of this act. It was really amazing.

BAM! And that's how they do it!

Those were the "Peking Acrobats" (grrr Wade-Giles, my butt!). That was pretty much the only thing I wanted to see at this year's PNE. Not interested in the rides, any other shows, market place, etc. They were so captivating.... partly because I'm guessing they were my age, or younger. Sigh... I have an idea how they grew up, probably in a school since they were young, being trained for (insert crazy high number) hours a day, away from their family all the time... China is rough on its people (understatement, of course).

BUT, I saw and did some other things after the show.

This is a horse's butt.

This is where my 2% milk will come from... or lunch.

Me, pretending to eat the chickens... behind the fencing... use your imagination.

Pigs' butts.

Prizes you could win, after spending $83 on the fair's games.

So many people! It was like a river of people!

Me, pretending to eat a delicious elderly couple. Mmmmm.... old people....

My absolutely scrumptious, $5.00 footlong hotdog! That's ~$0.42 per inch.

Oh my goodness, the bathrooms are on fire (were they bathrooms? I'm guessing cause of the guy/girl persons symbol on the banner)!

....just kidding. It's just a ton of meat being barbecued in the back.

And last thing before this post is over, I rode a STRIDA today.... It was great.