Wednesday Morning Run-Down

• The STORY DVD is almost complete. There's still time to order it and have it before Christmas.
• Believe it or not we're already pouring into STORY 2010 which is going to be jaw-dropping... and shaped by the best practices we learned from 2009.
• An amazing group of leaders have applied for Dream Year so far. We're at about 30 applicants for 20 openings. There's still time to apply - Dec 12 is the deadline.
• If you applied for Dream Year and are having trouble getting a Google Wave account, e-mail me from your Gmail account, and I'll submit your name.
• Cirque Du Soleil's Alegria is coming to the Hampton Coliseum in December... just in case I happened to be on your Christmas list. =)
• Thanksgiving is just not my favorite holiday. Don't think me ungrateful... but dry turkey, wet leaves in the yard, Starbucks is closed, sitting around getting fat, watching tv... c'mon. =)
• I haven't read all the chatter about Deadly Viper's end, but am I the only one who grew up idolizing ninjas? I spent at least 8 years of my childhood trying to become one. So Deadly Viper scratched an itch for me. It spoke my language. It regarded ancient Asian culture as a higher life form. And why wasn't the movie Kung Fu Panda protested as well then?
• All of you men who went to see New Moon should be ashamed of yourselves by the way. =)

Comments

[Bill Kennon]

Could not agree with the last two more. I bought DVCA on your suggestion. Also turned out that a guy I knew in high school worked on the video you posted. The whole thing kept me up for a night. Wrestling with various universals of my Christian faith. Wierd... I'm not even invested beyond a few bucks in the book.

Twilight? Clogged parking for people who wanted to see other movies. Boo!

[Chris Marlow]

Ben,

I have like 20 Wave invites if you need to use them for Dream Year.

[Terrace Crawford]

I have 8 invitations left for Google Wave - first come, first served. =)

http://tinyurl.com/yhx98l4

[Jason Curlee]

it's only dry turkey cause you've never had fried turkey...that's what I really love about thanksgiving meal...I'm frying three this year (two italian flavored and one cajun)

[Ben Arment]

i've heard those deep-fryers are like bombs waiting to go off... be careful in your pursuit of moist turkey

[Daniel Decker]

I agree on the DV thing. Shared this comment on someone else's blog post on it... "I’m a white guy who grew up watching Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Karate Kid, Ninja – Martial Arts – Kung Fu type shows. Many of the Kung Fu movies (even the cheesy ones) that I used to watch were produced, directed and created by Chinese directors and casts. Never did any of those representations make me look down on anyone of any Asian heritage. In fact, it probably made me more intrigued to learn more about the Asian community. Sure, some of the representations were a bit silly but I’ve always walked away thinking “Wisdom, Honor, Integrity, Skill, Discipline” when I think of someone Asian and that probably has a lot to do with those subtle influences from those martial arts movies."