Jeremy Sexton

Hate it when this...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:47:37 -0500

Hate it when this happens.

bestrooftalkever:

pleatedjeans:

trampoline double fail [video]

Some things can never happen twice.

Best High Expectations Asian Father...

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:28:48 -0400

Best High Expectations Asian Father ever.

bestrooftalkever:

Approve.

If Vick were…

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:07:31 -0400

If Vick were…

Aw, yeah, Friday…

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:49:26 -0400

Aw, yeah, Friday…

Ohio State athletic department asks Cleveland fans to stop cheering for them

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:27:56 -0400

Ohio State athletic department asks Cleveland fans to stop cheering for them:

lifeinthewaitingroom:

In an unexpected move, the Ohio State athletic department has issued a press release asking fans of Cleveland sports teams to “no longer take any interest in Ohio State teams or players.”

The move comes just days after Ohio State was upset in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Men’s Basketball…

"Only when we see God’s eye-covering holiness will we grasp the magnitude of our traitorous..."

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:42:17 -0400

“Only when we see God’s eye-covering holiness will we grasp the magnitude of our traitorous rebellion, and only then will we marvel at the incomprehensible love that purchased our deliverance on the cross.”

- Kevin DeYoung – Review of Love Wins

"And that is the promise of the prophets in the age to come: God acts. Decisively. On behalf of..."

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:04:03 -0400

“And that is the promise of the prophets in the age to come:
God acts.
Decisively.
On behalf of everybody
who’s ever been stepped on by the machine,
exploited,
abused,
forgotten,
or mistreated.
God puts an end to it.
God says, “Enough.””

- – Rob Bell, Love Wins

The King's Speech was just okay

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:15:29 -0500

Before I made my Top 10 of 2010, there were a couple films I wanted to see first, as I thought they might make the rankings. One of them was The King’s Speech, which I saw today. This film is getting the Oscar buzz like a short haircut in a trashcan and there are definitely elements of it that are magnificent.

It’s a period piece and they nail the details and put you convincingly into that time period. The photography is fantastic, every shot is beautifully done. The performances from Geoffrey Rush, Collin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter are all tremendous. The script is great. The direction is very solid.

You’re probably now wondering why this post is titled the way it is.

The film is about the Duke of York and his stuttering problems. The problem with the film is the story it tells. So there’s a guy who’s rich and famous because he was lucky enough to be born to a specific set of parents. He has but one job to do and that is speak publicly on occasion. He is incompetent at this job.

I’m sorry, but I can’t get on board rooting for this guy. He is not sympathetic in any way, shape or form. Am I supposed to feel sorry for him because he stutters? Boo hoo. This is taking place during the Great Depression, I’m sure everyone starving would trade situations with him in a heartbeat.

Maybe they’re trying to invoke this reaction from the audience so that you then think about how minor your problems are compared to others around you. There is nothing in the film, however, to warrant such a reading. That is, unless they’re playing it even straighter than Herzog and Cage did for Bad Lieutenant.

At the end of the day, The King’s Speech reminds me much of last year’s The Road. It’s beautiful, it’s incredibly well acted and well written and as a piece of art it stands above the rest.

Just don’t ask me to watch either of them ever again.

cineboobs: Filming the opening crawl for The Empire Strikes...

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:36:43 -0400

cineboobs:

Filming the opening crawl for The Empire Strikes Back. And to think, you could achieve the same effect in ten seconds on a laptop today.

Industrial Light & Magic, March, 1980

ultrabrilliant

10 years ago

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:06:53 -0400

Today during our staff meeting, Amanda, our administrative assistant, gave our weekly devotion. She pointed to Jesus’ declaration in Revelation that he is the God who was, who is and who is to come. She asked us to think about each of these in steps and had some of us share things God had done in the past, the present and what He will do in the future. For some reason, 10 years ago was the mark for the past, which got me thinking…

10 years ago, October 2000, I was preaching at a youth rally. Well, we called it a youth rally, but it seemed to be as many adults as kids. I got up and let rip a firey, impassioned message. I’m sure I’d be embarrassed if I heard it back today, but I felt great about it at the time. The response was fantastic both during my talk and after. When I’d finished, the leader of the group that was overseeing the event got up. Her name was Danita Hale, she was a thoughtful, charismatic leader. She pastored alongside her husband at a church in downtown Cleveland. It was in their building, I believe, that I participated in the most accurate human video depiction of Carmen’s “This Blood” that has ever taken place, but that’s another story.

Danita got up on stage and allowed for another round of applause after my talk. She had a prophetic voice. Not in the Nostradamus kind of way that people normally imagine, it’s like she saw through things. This was not the first time she or the other members of United Youth MInistries would speak into my life. After the applause died back down, she complimented the job I had just done and said, “And ladies and gentlemen, that young man is only 15 years old. Imagine what he’s going to be doing in 20 years!”

Her husband had been sitting in the front row. He was more reserved than Danita was. I don’t remember ever hearing him say much outside of the times I’d seen him on stage. He just had a way about him that commanded respect. He spoke up.

“20 years? Shoot, 10 years. When he’s 25.”

“When” is now. I’m the media pastor at National Community Church. I’ve helped people enjoy, appreciate, and learn from this church. I’ve helped dozens of churches do what they do better. I contributed a chapter to a book on church communications. I was asked to be a part of a film competition at the Story Conference.

It’s crazy to me the things that have happened in 10 years. There’s a part of me that wonders if I’ve done enough, though. Have I lived up to the vision that the Hales and Pastor Harry, and Kim and Connie Snyder, and so many other people were able to see? Is what I’m doing enough? Or is there something bigger that I should be reaching for? I don’t really have answers for these questions.

What I do know is that it’s amazing what God can do with 10 years.

Testin da Boo

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:07:25 -0400

Listen!

"If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough."

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:41:55 -0400

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”

- Albert Einstein (via vizualize)

"Watching ‘Breaking Bad’ has conditioned me to assume that all of my neighbors with old RV’s are..."

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:55:54 -0400

“Watching ‘Breaking Bad’ has conditioned me to assume that all of my neighbors with old RV’s are cooking meth to pay for their chemotherapy. Then I remember I live in Canada and no one has to sell drugs to pay for health care.”

- (via kellyoxford)

"Well, I will concede this argument to you, but I did grow up in the jungle…"

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:26:24 -0400

“Well, I will concede this argument to you, but I did grow up in the jungle…”

- Overheard on F St NE on my way to the office today.

rocketboom: A fantastic Shaved Bieber fan-mail...

Wed, 26 May 2010 10:38:53 -0400

rocketboom:

A fantastic Shaved Bieber fan-mail message.

Rocketboom’s Greg Leuch recently released Shaved Bieber, a Firefox addon that removes any mention of the name ‘Justin Bieber’ from your browser. This is an example of the Bieber Nation hate mail that he’s been receiving all day. See more at the Shaved Bieber Blog.

(via gleuch)

Ha!

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:36:24 -0400

Ha!

Wow. The record industry is even worse than I thought it was.

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:18:13 -0400

Wow. The record industry is even worse than I thought it was.:

I know I’m reblogging this image again, but there’s something not mentioned on this pie chart that I realized, over the weekend, was a bit misleading.

In the music industry, there is a term that few outside the industry know of or understand: recoupment. Wikipedia explains how it works:
…

rocketboom: Death Star Watermelon (via Silverisdead)

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:29:54 -0400

rocketboom:

Death Star Watermelon

(via Silverisdead)

"Love Poem Beyond watching eyes With sweet and tender kisses Our souls reached out to each other In..."

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:16:58 -0500

“

Love Poem

Beyond watching eyes
With sweet and tender kisses
Our souls reached out to each other
In breathless wonder

And when I awoke
From a vast and smiling peace
I found you bathed in morning light
Quietly studying
All the messages on my phone

”

- Soho London 2004

Banksy, Wall and Piece

dbsw: “They may not look like much, but they’ve got it where it...

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:02:08 -0500

dbsw:

“They may not look like much, but they’ve got it where it counts…” Han’s Used Cars

(via kelseygee)