Crash the National Dance

This has nothing to do with the quality of the films, but can I tell you I absolutely love the fact that the Academy selected Crash over Brokeback Mountain. Here’s why. Last year was the first time I watched the critic’s choice awards. I was really annoyed because Sideways kept winning. As far as I could tell, all this did was corroborate my theory that people on the inside, try to pick the most esoteric unpopular films so that they can seem high society. At the shows conclusion they selected their choice for the year’s best film, and they were sure to throw out this caveat, “and what we’ve chosen so has the academy for the last five years.” Well guess what? The academy choose Million Dollar Baby, suckers. So this year, the critics let their true colors shine through with this caveat before their announcement, “and the film we’ve chosen, the academy has chosen the last five out of six years.” Suckers got wrong again. I hope they do the same thing again next year and bolster the appearance of “wanna be.” I have no idea why I care so much about this type of thing or why I get so much satisfaction out of it, but I do.



On a different note, God continues to poor out His pre-exilic Divadic/Zionistic type of blessings on me. As it turns out Grande communications has added the National Geographic Channel to its line up. First, Tivo makes regular T.V. viewing available in surround sound, now this. I wonder what I have done to bring this kind of blessing upon my life. It must be all the time and money I give to the poor. It’s sweet to be chosen by Him. I might have watch out though. The ark of the covenant, a seemingly good thing, killed a guy who was trying to keep it from falling. In the same spirit, this blessing of the National Geographic Channel could end up cursing my G.P.A.




I really liked Gideon’s message of the full expression of God’s love this morning. I think it is one of the most under preached themes, which desperately needs to be heard today. Specifically I love how he compared the miracle working wondrous part of Jesus three-year ministry with His full expression of His love through the cross. He gave the contemporary example of caring for the paraplegic. I that thought was a good one. When so much of love is expressed as this enamoring, easy, effortless journey, we would do well to see movies like Nick Spark’s the Notebook. Sticking by the side of one who is now gone, retelling a story a hundred times for three minutes of occasional parachoresis. This is also why I like the endings of movies the Shall We Dance. After several months of working with the sexy Jennifer Lopez, Richard Gere makes this incredible choice to remain committed to his wife, Susan Sarandon. There is an expression of the fullness of love. Yes when everything else in our self screams no. Yes for the sake of the other.