Darth Broooks
My Halloween costume:
Western Wear (boots, tiny hat, jeans, pearl snap shirt)
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Darth Vadar Mask
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Darth Brooks
I work as Associate Children's Ministry @ Saturn Road Church of Christ, but I prefer the titles 'Secretary of Keeping it Real' and 'Medium Range Ballistic Missionary.' I try to mix up the posts so some are for adults and some for kids. Hopefully there is a kid inside all of us. Although I do not have a kid inside me, I swallowed a knife and the kid cut his way out and escaped.
My Halloween costume:
All day at work I try and unlock doors with my apartment key.
Reproduced in all it's glory from the Children's Ministry Newsletter:
Top Eleven Reasons Football is better than Soccer.
11) One touchdown 6 points; one goal 1 point. Football is 6 times better.
10) Big Games: Superbowl (Millions of viewers) vs. World Cup (Millions of viewers, none of whom speak English)
9) A blowout isn't 1-0.
8) You can use your hands. (I mean God invented hands, they are cool, use them.)
7) I can actually understand the off-sides rule in Football.
6) Greater risk of injury.
5) The ball is called a "pigskin" not a... uh... "soccer ball."
4) "Football was created to keep European women busy while their husbands did the cooking." - Hank Hill
3) Things actually happen.
2) Best Teams: Dallas Cowboys vs. Manchester United
1) The French play soccer.
(And don't even start with that whole "soccer is football elsewhere" business.)
(In an attempt to push my overly open post about weddings, marriage and crushes further down the page I will recount this adventure breifly.)
Ok I went to Josh and Suzie's Wedding this weekend (congrats) it was very nice.
I don't mean this as a dig but Hey Man is better qualified to talk about age than I am. Here is his recent response to one of my blog posts that is too good not to be on the front page.
Now that I'm "older" (but refuse to grow up), here's what I've discovered:1. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.
2. My wild oats have turned into prunes and All Bran.
3. I finally got my head together; now my body is falling apart.
4. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...
5. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...
6. All reports are in; life is now officially unfair.
7. If all is not lost, where is it?
8. It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser.
9. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...
10. Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant.
11. I wish the buck stopped here; I sure could use a few...
12. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...
13. It's hard to make a come back when you haven't been anywhere.
14. The only time the world beats a path to your door is when you're in the
bathroom.15. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees.
16. When I'm finally holding all the cards, why does everyone decide to play
chess?17. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...
18. It's not hard to meet expenses... they're everywhere.
19. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
20. These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter... I go
somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm here after.21. Funny, I don't remember being . . . . . absent minded...
To continue my impromptu series on oldness, I'll share some recent events that made even me feel old.
Judging by posts and emails you people all either think you are young or that my list isn't a true barometer of oldness. Well, all of that is a lot like writing a letter to NBC to keep Pat Sajack on the air: It reeks of oldness.
I don' t think there is some "age" people get old. It stricks the youthful sometimes (for example lindsey holder is the oldest young person I know). Here are a few old tests.
Today I met henny for lunch and to steal some styerfoam bricks. We ate at Rosas's w/ Brian. Good times. There was a couple of nice mullets at a nearby table. And an old lady who smelled like an old lady nearby. She continues to improve the interiors of Altamesa but the exterior is still Taco Bell on the Hill.
Ok so here are the photos I don't mind being spread accross the internet (wink wink). I don't know why I winked there I didn't really do anything crazy.
Ok here a few scenes from "The Strip" the new section of vegas. First the Mirage Volcano, this thing gets hot.
And also on the strip a picture of Zeus's fountain from Ceasar's Palace. (I felt too shy to take a picture of Michelangelo's David.)
Now lets head down to old Vintage Vegas, Freemont Street downtown. The entire street is all pedestrian, it's covered and air-conditioned! Plus the room is a giant light show, pretty neat. (The picture of the flaming drag race took place 100 feet above the street.)
This cowboy has been smoking on the stip since the mobsters built the place. (He would probably have lung cancer if he wasn't made of neon.)
More to come.
I dropped off my film today so I'll post a few pics soon.