Why Scrubs is the Greatest Thing on Television

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Scrubs is my favorite show on t.v. right now and I'll tell you why. It is the show that can make me consistently laugh every single episode. It deals with serious issues, too, like the problem with seriously sick people who have no insurance and the issue of faith in doctors who see trauma on a dialy basis. But the reason why I like it so much is that it makes me cry. I dont really cry over much, but there are two episodes of Scrubs that make me cry every single time I see them: the episode when Ben Sullivan (Brendan Fraser's character)dies and everyone goes to his funeral and Dr. Cox thinks he's still talking to Ben. And the second one is when Laverne dies. No other comedy can make cry and that is why Scrubs is the best thing on television.

Why I Love My Wife.

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People still ask me how I am enjoying married life and I love when they do. My problem is that I say "I love it, it's great." But people always stare at me waiting for me to continue and give a clever anecdote. I always panic because I can feel their eyes boring a hole into my soul as they rest their entire judgment of the quality of my marriage on the next words that come out of my mouth. I always default to something like "It's so much better than I thought it could ever be" or if it is someone that I can joke with I'll say something like "Its just weird that there is a girl in my bedroom." But recently I have noticed that my wife has done two things that has made me fall more in love with her and things that I can now use when people ask me how I'm enjoying married life. The first is that my wife quotes Family Guy. My favorite line that she quotes is "That's 'R' as in Robert Loggia...'O' as in oh my god, that's Robert Loggia...'B' as in by god, that's Robert Loggia..." Second, and more importantly, my wife has come to tolerate, and dare I say enjoy, Star Trek. If you asked her, she could tell you who Seven and Chakotay, or Riker and Troy are. So now when people ask me how I am enjoying married life, I am going to say, "Great! I love being married! My wife watches Star Trek with me!"

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

I love Christmas. It is always the highlight of my year. I actually start preparing for Christmas in September. If Michelle would let me I would decorate in the middle of November and leave the decorations up until February. I love the whole season. I love the long, dark nights. I love the cool, crisp air. I love all the stores when they're decorated. I love the Santas in the malls. I love the caroling. I love the full month of Christmas music on KOST. I love seeing my whole family. I love all the emotions involved in the whole season. During the Christmas season, I turn into a kid again and I still get that same sense of wonder and innocence that I had when I was a kid. For me it is the most joyous time of the year. Its hard to explain, but I get this sense of awe, wonder, amazement, overwhelming joy. It is because I get to celebrate the birth of my Savior, but for me it is something a little deeper, too. I feel like that this emotion that I feel during the Christmas season is a little taste of what Heaven is going to be like. That sense of childish awe and wonder and unadulterated joy.

The Long Now

I am such a nerd. My job requirements are all involved with computers. In order to do my job all I need is a computer. All work is done on the computer, all communication is done through email, I am rarely on the phones. In order to help the day go by a little faster, I get to listen to headphones. My company took away headphone privileges a little while ago because there were a couple people who abused the privilege, but they brought them back about a month ago. I got so excited because I like to listen to lectures on my ipod. Isn’t that one of the nerdiest things you’ve ever heard?? I listen to lectures from professors at Berkeley and Yale. I listen to seminars on how to teach history. I listen to podcasts on the latest discoveries in Astronomy. Lately, I’ve been listening to a seminar series from a group called the Long Now Foundation. This is a secular organization that promotes, what they call, long term thinking. They think about the future as far as 10,000 years and try to promote responsible planning and use of resources. They have a completely atheist outlook (they feature speakers like Sam Harris) but they have a lot of interesting things to think about. You can check them out here.

Back To Blogging

I have been wanting to get back into blogging, but have been overwhelmed with busy schedule. But there is a new blogger in my blogosphere, my sister-in-law Becky, and she has spurred me into finally getting back into my blog.
So, I am going to come back with a confession: I covet stuff. I have come to the realization recently that I constantly want new stuff. I keep telling Michelle about all the things that I want to save for. I want to save for a new truck (2007 Toyota Tundra is what I want), a new telescope, a new computer, a new stand-up toolchest, a new LCD tv. I have the longest list of things that I want to save for. This is one of the things that bothers me the most about myself. I want to stop coveting. Its not like I am unhappy without this stuff; I don't go around all day thinking "If only I had a new tv I would finally be happy." But I do want it all. And I will always want something new. I got a new computer a while ago and about a month after I had it I wanted a new one. About 3 years ago, I bought my first car from an actual dealership, instead of a friend, and soon after that all I could think about was a new truck (which I am still thinking about). I am not blaming it on this culture (its mostly just my selfishness) but I think to some extent it is growing up in the Nintendo generation. I have grown up in the generation that has seen Beta, VHS, Laserdisk, DVD, and now HD-DVD and Blu Ray, and 5 generations of Nintendo. We are always being told that our things our out of date and that we have to replace them. So here I am always wanting something new. I hate it!