dear july,

please don't end. i've been enjoying joe crede this month. sincerely, mel

i'll post about kc soon, but i'm really tired, so for now i'll just say (on an almost unrelated note)...

really. my boyfriend's not a southern boy.

how cool is this?

i'm too tired to read the article, but the idea and pictures are very spiffy.
http://green.yahoo.com/blog/guest_bloggers/56/almost-invisible-mirrored-tree-house-built-in-sweden.html

lotr dork alert

as i was on my way home today, i passed a hobbit shop.

and was very sad to discover the sign actually said hobby shop.

you're lucky, mickey d's

dear mcdonald's,
i was very thirsty driving home from my brother's today. i could've picked up a dew at a gas station, but i drove past. i could've gotten a pop at arby's, but i went on by. why? because i wanted a large soft drink from mcdonald's. why? well, you know: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sktUG-Drk8&NR=1
so i drove. and it was miles and miles and miles, purposely waiting til i crossed the border from wisconsin back into minnesota before i finally got to a mcd's, to be sure i got a justin morneau cup. however, when i went through the drive-thru and ordered my large mello yello (no ice) they handed me a cup without number 33. i had waited half an hour to finally get a drink cuz i wanted to get me some justin, and it was a plain boring nothing cup.
but. on the side of the plain boring nothing cup, was a coupon for a free smoothie, which i've heard is very good, and i've been wanting to try. and free is good, too. and i do have a morneau cup or two at home, so i suppose i don't really need one.
so alright, fine. i'm not mad at you.
sincerely,
melilot brandybuck

Melilot Classic: June 17, 2009

A new, very important law

Effective immediately, all radio ads shall be done by James Earl Jones, Sean Connery, or Matthew McConaughey, with the exception of Minnesota Twins commercials, which shall continue for all time to be done by the man who currently does them, because he cracks me up.

alright, boys, i know you're all trying to get the luck of the player formerly known as studly, but this has just gotten ridiculous.

he just has a normal moustache, guys.

"A Mighty Fortress is Our GOD"

A mighty fortress is our GOD, a bulwark never failing;
our helper HE amid the flood of mortal ills prevaling.
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
his craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.

Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing,
were not the right MAN on our side, the man of GOD's own choosing.
Dost ask who that may be? CHRIST JESUS, it is HE;
LORD SABAOTH, HIS Name, from age to age the same,
and HE must win the battle.

And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
we will not fear, for GOD hath willed HIS Truth to triumph through us.
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
his rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure;
one little word shall fell him.

That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth;
the SPIRIT and the gifts are ours, thru HIM who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
the body they may kill; GOD's truth abideth still;
HIS Kingdom is forever.
- Martin Luther

We sang this in church today, and as I looked around at all the people singing, it hit me that this song has been sung for well over 400 years. And yet the truth of it has not changed. Our GOD is still a Mighty Fortress. The devil is still out to get us. We couldn't save ourselves, but JESUS did, so we need not fear but can rest assured that HE ultimately wins. And HIS Kingdom is forever.
HIS promises never change. HE never changes. Throughout history, this has been the Story. Wow. And this is why my favorite name of GOD is
I AM.

Happy National Ice Cream Day!!!

with all these short posts, my blog is starting to look a little bit like a twitter account. hm...i'll have to see if i can think of something to babble about longer.

ok, this might make me feel a little better about myself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzBvNVNEo3U&NR=1

(although he's a cool loser. so fine, maybe i'm a bigger one.)

i might possibly be a loser

i'm sitting at home on a saturday night by myself drinking a wine cooler whilst playing family feud on facebook. oy.

congratulations bengie molina!

yay for hitting for the cycle! good job big guy!
http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=9969169

latest escapades of "the man your man could smell like"

http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/old-spice-guy-proposes-on-behalf-of-a-fan--1387

Psalm 119:50

"This is my comfort in my affliction, that THY promise gives me life."

a formal announcement

i do not like it when chelleybutton is not around

any ideas?

if i don't wait a week between leg shaves i get razor burn. but it's summer, so i have to shave more often than that. how do i avoid the burn?

my only world cup post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkZ7DgDXTTY :)

i don' wanna work tomorrow!

that is all

LORD, please open my eyes

Last night, I read a prayer by Andrew Murray, asking GOD to help us to be alert to the things around us about which prayer is needed. I prayed that for myself, and today, failed my first test.

I was reading the sports page, and saw that a fan had fallen from the second deck at the Rangers game last night. Horrifying stuff.

""I looked up and saw him starting to come down. He hit the luxury box area and came straight down,'' Cleveland left fielder Trevor Crowe said. "It's one of the scariest things I've ever seen. All I could think about was to start praying for the guy. There was nothing to brace his fall or anything. I was just scared that he might have killed himself.''"

- AP

My thought was, "Crowe could just be saying that, but it sounds like he's a Christian. I'll have to look that up when I get home." (He is, by the way.)

I got home, and saw that Hobbitsister had sent me a link to the article, with this as her actual email: "cnn showed a shot of josh hamilton with his head down and eyes closed, and they said, "the players couldn't even bear to look". while i'm sure that was true, i didn't get the impression that that's why hamilton had his head down and eyes closed." I then also went to MLB.com to see if I could find more info on it.

I found a clip, and watched it. They showed Crowe bowed on the ground praying. It was at that point that I finally thought, "I wish I was better at having prayer be my first reaction like that." And then it hit me. I had not yet prayed for the man who fell. The morning after I asked GOD to help me be alert to things requiring prayer, I failed to pray when one fell into my lap.

And so, again, I ask the LORD to open my eyes to things around me. And I thank HIM for men and women like Trevor Crowe and Josh Hamilton, who, first of all, pray.

dear my boys,

i would just like to say again, that i strongly believe there's a tie between sexy socks and winning. the rays all (but one) wore sexy socks on sunday. they won. pretty sure this is not a coincidence.
(i hate to show this clip because it's an out for us, but it might not have happened if you had been wearing sexy socks, too. this is what a team should look like [except carl crawford in the background - what's with that?]: http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=9660779 watch and learn.)
love,
mel

Sorry, non-baseball girls

But yet another reason to love Joe Mauer:

Re: Advertising:

"'I don't do anything that I don't believe in,' Mauer said...

"Mauer said Kemps is a natural fit for him because he actually grew up eating their ice cream. 'My dad always kids around with those guys [at the advertising agency], saying, 'Can you get me deals with Jack Link's [beef jerky], Bud Light or Miller Light?' Mauer said. 'But, yeah, that's not me.'" - Joe Christensen

our darling baby girl

today uncle boof, boofaunt, and baby girl were at the zoo. whilst looking at the tigers, baby girl felt the need to roar at one of them. he roared back.
"don't you talk to me like that!" she hollered. (and that girl can holler, let me tell you!)

Congratulations Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau on being starters in the All-Star Game! First time the Twins have had two starting All-Stars since 1968. Good job, boys! You deserve it. (And thanks to all who voted. :) )

And congratulations to Justin on more important things, too.

yet another thought

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

another thought

guys who have done steroids should not get to be on leader boards or get to hold records or anything. they're cheaters. if the black socks can't be in cooperstown, neither should the juicers be.

a thought

i took a facebook quiz awhile ago, and one of the questions asked if i would rather be loved or understood. i thought about it for a bit, and decided that actually, it was an easy choice. i would rather be understood.

Movie Review: Easy Virtue

I've been on the waiting list at the library for this for a couple months, ever since my last 'I'm in love with Colin Firth' day. Finally it came. But I didn't know what to do. I wanted to watch it, but the Twins game was starting in an hour. Oh well. I decided to watch half while I ate my supper, then turn it off and turn the game on.

Only I didn't. Cuz the movie was good and I didn't want to have to wait to see the rest.

It takes place in the 1920s. Larita is an American race car driver, who marries John, an Englishman from a good old-fashioned snooty English family. His mother is horrified, and makes life miserable for her, and then it becomes a matter of whether or not they can make this work.

The casting is good, and the four leads (Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, and Kristin Scott Thomas) do superb jobs. Jessica Biel and Ben Barnes have opportunities to show off their vocal talent periodically throughout the movie, and leave you craving more. The costuming is fun, and the location beautiful.

The one problem with it is that it is part comedy, part drama, and just doesn't get the balance quite right. The funny parts are humorous, and the dramatic parts well done, they just don't quite make sense together.

Overall I enjoyed it. (Though my first thought upon seeing the cast was that I would be very disappointed if I were Jessica Biel and had to be married to Ben Barnes instead of Colin Firth. Not that Ben Barnes is bad, mind you, but he's not Colin Firth.) I plan on watching it again before I return it (probably with my mother, seeing as she caught the last 15 minutes and thought it was good). I recommend it.

in honor of chelleybutton's vacation: why i would've fought for matthew lewis' autograph above all others

far and away reason #1: i love neville

reason #2: dude - he grew up good ;)