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Friday, June 24, 2005
I Knew Her When
I don't know that I mention this enough, but I'm very proud of my silly little wife. She has an enormous amount of love to give, she works hard and she has more integrity than just about anyone I know.
After nearly three years of toiling away at Virginia Country Club, an organization with well over a hundred employees, she stood up to receive her award for Employee of the Year on Wednesday.
It's a big deal. It's a tough business and an even tougher environment. Carey started out as a server and managed to work her way through the ranks. Over the past few years, she's dealt with conflicts and issues that would drive 95% of us batty, but she manages to press on with an inspiring grace that I doubt I'll ever attain in my own lifetime.
Employee of the year. Congratulations, Care.
Let's do the wild thing tonight.
posted by Jeremy Bear 7:18 AM
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Three years
Have I really been contributing to this wretched blog for three solid years?
Some days I have this notion that I'll one day fire up my computer, open my browser, click over to JeremyBear.com/blogger and discover posts I haven't written yet sitting there. Not only will my blog have been writing itself, it'll be writing about events that have yet to happen to me. The archives will link to future entries: I could read what it's like to turn 30 or 40. The Whoops-We're-Pregnant post or the My-Book's-A-Bestseller post... or even the Doctor-Says-It's-Cancer post.
I can't help but wonder how long I'll keep this up. If memory serves (and it seems to), I started this blog as a sort of "Can I Really Make It In California?" chronicle. Speaking honestly, I didn't really expect to hang in there with it. My life's been littered with half-assed attempts at an ongoing creative endeavor and there really wasn't any reason for a blog to be any different.
But I'm not hanging it up anytime soon. According to webstats, this blog is the most trafficked page on my website, including my homepage (which means the majority of folks coming here for the first time are exposed to my rambling before my scripts, reviews, resume, or even my portfolio. Funny, the blog started out as a happy little add-on to my website, and somehow it's taken over and turned into the purpose for the whole daggone thing.
I'd like to think I'll keep posting the rest of my life. We'll see.
posted by Jeremy Bear 7:05 PM
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Homeless, Wesley, and Jer the PC jerkoff
As Jewett would say, "Randomize, suckas":
1) Cold, Cold Heart - Hank Williams
2) In the Morning - Norah Jones
3) Indian War Whoop - John Hartford
4) Hey Young World, Part 2 (Featuring Slick Rick) - Macy Gray
5) World Love - The Magnetic Fields
6) (Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy - The Magnetic Fields
7) Hold On - Sarah McLachlan
8) Rock of Ages - Gillian Welch
9) The Sounds of Science - The Beastie Boys
10) 8.4.82 - Beck
Yesterday I noticed two homeless guys walking together downtown. Nothing unusual, just a couple of grubby, horribly dejected-looking souls.
Then, one of them slung his arm around the other, as if to say, "I'm glad we're friends." They both smiled.
I nearly burst into tears.
I hate online quizzes. "Derh, which member of the Brady Bunch are you?" They're usually meaningless, subjective time-wasters. Every so often, though, someone like Danny finds an interesting one.
Had to give a big, fat shrug to most of the questions, but this one actually seemed to spend a bit of time, thought and research.
As a Christian, what's my theological worldview?
As it happens...
 | You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan. You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which God has called us. You are influenced heavly by John Wesley and the Methodists.
Emergent/Postmodern | | 71% | Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan | | 71% | Reformed Evangelical | | 57% | Fundamentalist | | 57% | Neo orthodox | | 54% | Classical Liberal | | 46% | Roman Catholic | | 29% | Charismatic/Pentecostal | | 29% | Modern Liberal | | 29% |
What's your theological worldview?
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Talked to Dad today to wish him a happy Father's Day and ended up having a mini-debate on political correctness. Is it necessary? How far is too far? Personally, I don't particularly give a damn one way or the other, but I try to be sensitive to who I happen to be with at the time. If I can avoid alienation, why wouldn't I?
I'll admit I'm baffled by folks that are threatened by the idea of saying "African American". What exactly is the problem? Are they so invested in the term "black" that nothing else'll do?
(Dad's response: "Black people would rather be called 'black' anyhow. Besides, 'African American' isn't even accurate half the time. How do you know they're African?")
Accurate? If we're going for literal accuracy here, I'm not sure "black" is the term we want to land on.
"Pride, Dad! It's your own pride that's the problem!"
He graciously changed the subject.
(Take a note, dear readers, this is how a jackass wishes his father a happy Father's Day.)
Back to the comic. Gotta work, gotta work, gotta work.
posted by Jeremy Bear 5:38 PM
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