For those of you who don't have access to television right now, you can watch the AP live feed here.
And a reminder of this day's significance:
Hooray for MLK day
In observance of this holiday, I ventured to UrbanDictionary and found the following definitions for Martin Luther King Jr.:
- "A great civil rights leader who has been honored by having a day that nobody remembers and a street in the ghetto that is very dangerous."
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"The modern day Jesus. He died so kids could have no school for a day."
I also reflected upon MLK's "dream." Some say that his dream will be realized tomorrow when the first president of color is sworn in.
I had a dream, too.
I had a dream last night that Amanda and I were skiing and trying to dodge Smurfs stuck in the snow. Every time we hit a Smurf it blew up into blueberries that floated up in the air.
Heaven and snow
I've felt closer to God these past Sundays.
This is mostly because I've been skiing and the mountains are obviously much closer to heaven than Ballard, which sits at sea-level. Duh.
I made a New Years resolution to go to church more often, or at least more than twice a year (See C&E). Fortunately, Crystal Mountain offers Mass on Sundays during the lunch hour, so this is an incredibly convenient way to go to mass... and would be a nice time to rest my legs, except Catholic Mass is much like doing squats.
I've actually enjoyed going to Mass up at Crystal. Scott (Catholic), Courtney (heathen) and Amanda (non-Catholic-aka-quasi-heathen) all join. The priests come from Seattle University and keep Mass incredibly short -- 30 to 40 minutes vs. 60 to 90 minutes. Also, the priests wear ski boots and relate their sermons to skiing and the mountains, which keeps the service much more interesting.
After church, you can't help but feel ready to get back up to the lifts because you know J.C. has your back.
Here are some pictures from the weekend:
Your two favorite bloggers:
Paolo and Jeanna!
Amanda and I caught up with Jeanna, Mike, and her army of friends at Black Bottle last night for Jeanna's birthday party. Great to see you again, homeskillet!
There's a brightside to flooding
You can walk on water like Jesus.
I found this on a Western student's* Facebook page. I'm sure most of his friends were pining that the "water to wine" scenario would happen first.
From Sergio: "he isnt a western student, he went to bellarmine though.. he is a big douche who me and julian have nearly fought several times. he is a son of some billionaires who is going to join the french legion because its indie to him or something, and because he has no obligation in life other than to spend his parent's money and be aimless. what a chode. who joins the french army for fun."