I’ve been away for a weekend retreat with a bunch of other people from Vineyard churches around Australia, to work on developing new songs and so forth. I’ll try to find something interesting to write about that at some stage, but for now I’ll leave you with this:

From a fantastically bad film called Mac and Me:

I’m trying to study today, but really not having much success.

I’m not even procrastinating by doing something useful - the washing up from last night’s dinner is still on the sink.

I think I’m going to watch The Bill on ABC in a few minutes while I have some lunch.

Then I’ll clean up.

Then I’ll think about doing some study.

If nothing else comes to mind…

You know I fear change…

…and this morning when I turned on the computer, the site has changed!

I’m not saying it’s all bad, but I always get afraid when things start to change and I’m not aware of it…

OK. Take a deep breath. Phew.

Rant over.

Whilst this could be referring to my continued efforts at fitness, it’s also the title of a movie we saw this evening.

It’s quite funny, with a number of ‘guffaws’, but I wasn’t moved to hold the seat in front of me, whilst choking with laughter, which is my mark of a ‘classic film’ (see Hot Fuzz).
It had many of the elements of the other Simon Pegg films (such as Dylan Moran), but missed a few others (Nick Frost, and “you’ve got red on you”).

Well worth a DVD viewing, but probably not worth $15. We used some movie vouchers that we’d been given last year, so it was probably well worth what we paid…

I enjoyed the preview for the new Will Ferrell film (Semi-Pro), so that could be my next venture to the city of expensive drinks and popcorn…

…is what I said when my friend Mike told me to hold the position for 30 more seconds…

I’ve just been down at Wanda doing some fitness training with a couple of the guys from church. One of them is a bit of a personal trainer, and he’s been taking some of the guys out for a while now. I’ve been meaning to join them, but tonight was the first time I actually made it.

I’m really excited, because I was able to run quite well on the sand, and able to keep up (mostly) with the pace of the various exercises we did. The water was a really nice temperature, so we cooled off at the end of our run with a quick dip, then went up to the park for some boxing.

I could hear the Rocky theme music playing the whole time (in my head), but unfortunately it didn’t help my technique too much.

The only real downside was that I was eaten alive by biting insects, so now I have some lovely big lumps all over my back, arms, neck and legs.

Bring on next Thursday!

Someone’s made a video to go with a song that Ed Vedder wrote for the film ‘Into the Wild’.

They’ve made a bit of tenuous link between their politics and the song, but it basically fits.

If Saul Bass had got the contract to make the titles for Star Wars:

This evening I attended a training session for potential Police Youth Support People at the local PCYC. Basically I’ll be on call if a young or ‘vulnerable’ person is arrested, and their parent or guardian isn’t available to sit in on their police interview, to make sure that the police are following the correct procedures, and that the young/vulnerable person is aware of their rights/responsibilities.

I’m not really sure how much good I’ll be, but if it means that the interview can go ahead, then hopefully a.) justice will be done swiftly; and b.) the young/vulnerable person can get out of the police station faster, and begin the rehabilitative process (in theory).

I finish my course at the end of this year, which feels like a long way off, yet also feels like it’s just a few short months away. I have very little idea of what I’ll be doing after that, so I’m hoping that God will allow me to get a bit of a clue, and continue preparing me for whatever it is.