point tally

i figured i'd post the point tally and 2 quotes that haven't been answered... i'm going to call them pretty soon and then the points are mine... and i may even double them... :)...

amy - 12,200
chad - 5100
marie - 1600
stacey - 1000
mom - 500
jeremy - 500
robyn - 500

here are the two available...

"i'm busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kickin' contest"

"i once thought i had mono for an entire year... it turns out i was just really bored."

PLUS the 5 available from the birthday game...

"birthday" game...

On the eve of my 25th birthday, i decided to post my top 25 movie/tv quotes containing the word "birthday" - some of them are not really birthday quotes... but i get to make up the rules... and since i'm feeling generous... each correct answer corresponding with the quotes gets 500 points... 12,500 points up for grabs... the tv quotes come first... and the movie ones come second... but they were all in order and then randomized... so enjoy... (oh - some of the character names i left in and some i didn't...) the blue ones have already been guessed correctly!

TV QUOTES:

1:
Sam: Uh, dad, can I have an Atari from my birthday?
Harold: An a-what-i?
Jean: That's one of those expensive video games, isn't it?
Sam: No, no! It's not expensive!
Harold: Oh, well, the welfare lines are full of those video game players.

2:
Will: I have got, pants down, the best birthday present ever.

3:
A: What kinda' scary-___ clowns came to your birthday?

4:
Nina: Who told you that?
Dennis: You, at your 10th annual 39th birthday party.

5:
Al: We're making preparations for Tina's birthday party and she wants me to pop out of the cake. You'll never believe what she wants me not to wear.

6:
A: [singing] My name is Dawson Leary, and I'm feeling kind of weary. Today is my birthday, and you all look a little bleary. The girl that I cared for left me and ran away, straight into the arms of a guy who turned out to be gay. I got the blues! Yeah! Today I woke up feeling I was born to lose!
B: [singing] My name is Andie, and my brother's the one who's gay. My other brother died, and my daddy went away. But I'm still Andie, and my boyfriend makes me randy. His name is Pacey, and my mom's gone completely crazy! I got the blues!
A: [singing] I've been restless, hopeless and confused. This girl I told you about, she's been on the move. She's at my suprise party, where everyone I know is right now. When I show up late there, they're all gonna have a cow! Yeah, I got the blues!

7:
Dr. Cox: I don't necessarily buy all this new-agey crap. One time I saw my mom knock my father unconscious with a frying pan. And d'you know what I did? I kept right on going with my birthday party.


MOVIE QUOTES:

8:
Matt: Jenna, what are you... Why are you here?
Jenna: Matty, I told you - something really weird is happening. Yesterday was my 13th birthday and then, and then today I woke up and I'm this, and you, I mean - you're that! You get it?
Matt: [long pause] Are you high? You been smoking pot? Doing X? Fallen into a K-Hole? You doing drugs?

9:
Larry: It's your birthday next week? It's my birthday next week. The 10th.

10:
Gus: Duh, duh, duh Happy Birthday.

11:
Kuzco: It's my birthday gift to me. I'm so happy.

12:
A: Hi, do you have the song "I Just Called To Say I Love You?" It's for my daughter's birthday.
B: Yea we have it.
A: Well, can I have it?
B: No, actually, you can't.
A: Why not?
B: God. Do you even know your daughter? There's no way she likes that song. Oop, is she in a coma?

13:
Maleficent: Listen well, all of you. The Princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty, beloved by all who know her. But, before the sun sets on her 16th birthday, she shall prick her finger, on the spindle of a spinning wheel - AND DIE!

14:
A: My old girlfriend from Oklahoma was gonna fly out for the dance but she couldn't cause she's doing some modeling right now.
B: Is she hot?
A: See for yourself. [hands him Deb's glamor shot sample]
B: Wow.
A: Yeah, I took her to the mall to get some glamor shots for her birthday one year.
B: I like her bangs.
A: Me too.

15:
Chris: Is that what you want everybody to do for your birthday? Pay it forward?
Trevor: It wouldn't work.
Chris: Sure it would. Why not?
Trevor: Because I already blew out my candles.

16:
Henry: Happy birthday, sir. What are you, like, 200 today?

17:
A: You know most kids hope for a car for their 16th birthday, not a country!

18:
A: Today's my birthday and my father says I can have anything I want.
B: Good for you and your father.
A: So guess what I want.
B: A new brain?
A: No. Your bike!

19:
A: I can't believe this. They _______ forgot my birthday.

20:
B: Thanks for coming over.
A: Thanks for coming to get me.
B: Happy Birthday, Samantha. Make a wish.
A: It already came true.

21:
Noelle: You gotta have a boyfriend, don't you? Otherwise it's just you, a cat, and 40 candles on your birthday cake.

22:
Jefe: We have stuffed many pinatas for your birthday celebration!
El Guapo: How many pinatas?
Jefe: Many pinatas, many!
El Guapo: Jefe, would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?
Jefe: Yes, El Guapo. You have a plethora.
El Guapo: Jefe, what is a plethora?

23:
Arnie: I'm having a birthday party, but you're not invited, but you can come if you want.

24:
Papa Smurf: Those other smurfs are all a hundred years old and they think they are all grown up now.
Johan: A hundred?
Peewit: Well then how old are you?
Papa Smurf: On my last birthday, I turned 542.
Peewit: Oh boy! You sure don't look it!

25:
Donna Jensen: You're breaking up with me, in a birthday card? Why?
Tommy Boulay: Because they don't make breaking-up cards?

a busy schedule and a little bit of grace... (and actually when i say a little bit, i mean a lot bit)

i've thought that my life is going to get busy... i think i underestimated that... i'm looking at my calendar and i'm getting tired...

here's the deal... i love life right now... i have talked to a couple of friends the last couple of weeks who i haven't talked to in a long time... and in talking with them, i realize how happy i am in my life... there are things that aren't great, don't get me wrong... i wish i had more friends that lived in vancouver... along with other things that i won't mention...

however... i'm so excited about what God is doing... He's got me in a place in ministry that i'm so grateful for... and a great job... and school (the end of it, anyway)... and while those things cause me to be busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kickin' contest... (name the movie - 500 points) i prefer it to the alternative... which is where i was a year ago... not in a place where i was involved in ministry... not a great job... i did have school and i loved it, then, too... but things are different in my life now...

i guess i had to go through some "junk" to get to this point where i can appreciate how good God is - the grace He gives CONSTANTLY...

i had a different intention when i started this entry... i have an amazing professor for my ethics class for j-term (the class was only 2 days - the rest is online)... i have been really tired from work... it's like i work for 8-10 hours a day and at the end of it, i just can't really think... i want to go home and veg - you know... lay like broccoli... (name the movie - 500 more points) and i have assignments due for class... but they're late... so i need to email him - expecting to get a response that is not so nice... something like this...

"Get them to me as soon as you can. I will have to dock some points as they are late."

you know - something short... to the point... enough to say, "i'm really irritated with you and the fact that you haven't done your assignment, slacker..."

i didn't want to email him - i didn't want to feel that way... i didn't want to get the response i was expecting... i didn't want to feel like i had let someone else down... but i did it anyway - i knew that i had to... so i email him... just a short email briefly explaining an unexpectedly busy week at work and assuring him that i would get them in as soon as i can... here's the response i got...

Hi Robyn,
I am at present in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a medical conference, and the Eagles have just won their conference championship. It is bitter cold (-8 degrees F), and the winds are blowing bone cold at 30 mph.
I am so glad that you emailed me!
I actually was just preparing to email you, because I saw that you have visited the site, yet have not contributed to forums nor submitted your midterm. I am glad that you are connected to the class, and I am honored that in spite of the challenges to your time, that you intend to follow through.
Thank you for your follow up. God definetely connects our lives through His Holy Spirit.
I was concerned that perhaps there was an uncommunicated misunderstanding, or alienation through the progress of my lectures.
I very much respect the response of each student with regard to the content of the course, and their own pilgrimmage through the challenges of life's dillematic challenges.
I am more than willing to accomodate your needs, because I worked a full time job and a 50% time job concurrently while attending Fuller Seminary. I am well aware of the limits and I had one professor in particular who allowed me more time in the midst of crushing demands. I do look forward to your paper and your forum responses.
If ever you have special needs for extended time, or have issues you need to clarify with me, then please do communicate your needs or questions with me.
For His Honor,
Professor Smith

not the response i was expecting... and i thought... hmm... grace... it was shown to him and he is willing to extend it... how many times do i fail to show the grace that has been shown to me so readily?

i think i've kind of realized i'm a jerk... and i don't like the way that feels... like i'm so much more important than anyone else... like i deserve special treatment... that everyone is going to like me... it's just not true...

my desire is to not get so caught up in this busy season that i forget to stop... appreciate those who have been gracious... show grace to others who need it... and embrace moments when i realize God is not through with me yet... and maybe He wants me to learn something... maybe He wants more from me than i'm sometimes willing to give...

i have to learn surrender... to not try and be the leader of my own free world... but allow Him to handle it... to work through me... to love on others through my life... amy is good at that... heather is good at that... mary is good at that... i can learn a lot from them...

so for now, i'm letting go (in a different way)... i'm going home... to rest... to be...

i'm so vain... i probably think this song is about me...

i promise that not every picture that goes on my blog will have me in it... except for, that could be a fun game... photoshop is a fun tool...

i've been meaning to write something the last couple of days... but everytime i sit down to write... i don't feel like it...

i have plans for an entry for the next couple of days... should be fun... but maybe only to me and amy...

but for now, it will just have to stay unwritten... because i'm going home...

me and amy in seattle - i love it - but amy doesn't... it was so good to hang out with her here... if only it weren't so cold to her... she'd move and it would be terrific!!! 

now i have pictures on my blog... this is my weird happy face...  

finding neverland...

babysitting went fine... the 10-year old lost 2 teeth, which proved to be the most eventful thing that happened... but we had a ton of fun... it felt great - the whole babysitting thing... i was a nanny for a couple of years in college (not a live-in nanny, but i kept 4 kids 4 afternoons a week)... i got so tired of it... i was bored with keeping kids... it's been a while since i got to babysit and friday night was just fun... we ordered pizzas, had ice cream and jelly beans with whipped cream on top, ate milk duds and watched dennis the menace... good times...

last night i went to see finding neverland. i thought i'd like it and i did. i was really impressed with the story... (not impressed that it was exceptional - but impressed - as in - it made an impression on me...) i was intrigued by the creation process of j.m. barrie's story... i like that i got to see that process, or an interpretation of the process... it was inspiring for me, creatively... there are scenes that stick out in my mind, but i don't know anyone else who's seen it, so i don't know that it would make sense... but there are these great images... meaningful dialogue... and magic involved... a great combination... i have never really been a huge fan of johnny depp, but last night gave him a much better chance of being on the list... we'll see how i feel post-charlie and the chocolate factory...

anyway - if you've seen it, comment - i want to know if i'm the only one who has seen it, and if my observations are accurate...