Dress Down Friday | Notes From Feb 16

February 16, 2007 in Blog Entries with 5 Comments

This week has been INSANE. I guess that would make this a, “notes from one who is now insane,” post.

  • I spent all day Monday, Tuesday and Thursday writing a paper on the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre. I have a little over 40 pages to show for it, and now am going to try and pawn it off to someone else to edit! I can’t believe how fast my rough draft came, and for some reason I feel like now comes all the hard work.
  • Because of all this writing, my right should, arm and hand started hurting really bad. To combat this I did three things. a) got a G3 keyboard from my awesome housemate; b) downloaded AntiRSI, a free program that forces you to take stretch breaks; c) bought one of those beanie wrist rest things that you put at the bottom of your keyboard. I just googled beanie wrist rest things and got this. Not exactly what I now have.
  • Learned that the Wild Hare, one of my favorite bars in Highland Park is closing for good tomorrow.
  • Downloaded this cool little app to block out distractions from the desktop, and yes it actually helps.
  • Found out about a New Testament guru, Bruce Metzger, Dying.
  • Got the ol’ wiki back up and running in preparation for our first official Menno-Nite Riders outing. Props to housemate Chase for getting the page all setup. Menno-Nite Riders are a bunch of bikers (re: bicycles) from our church. We are planning a 12 mile Los Angeles bike riding route to do on a coming Saturday, I can barely contain my excitement.
  • Emily and I Finished watching the 13 episodes of a now favorite TV show Wonderfalls. Our friend Cate turned us onto it, and we simply couldn’t get enough. It’s kind of a postmodern Joan of Arc tale. You really need to add it to your netflix queue. Frankly, it’s an awesome, fun, quirky and very thoughtful show that we will be watching again — very shortly, probably this weekend.
  • Heard about Danielle and Matthew Hoopes’ new baby! Congratulations! We’re sooooo excited about the new baby Hoopes.
  • Finally, celebrated another valentines day, with my incredible wife of 5.5 years! She bought me a Chimay, need I say more?

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    About C. Wess Daniels: From Canton Ohio, currently living in Pasadena California and going to Fuller Seminary for a PhD in the School of Intercultural Studies. My areas of interest are contemporary culture, new forms of worship, church and culture, and the Quaker tradition.

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    5 Responses to “Dress Down Friday | Notes From Feb 16”

    1. Moni February 16, 2007 at 10:29 pm #

      What, a knitted beanie and wristwarmers not quite going to work for your purposes?

      Gotta love Google.

    2. Cate February 16, 2007 at 11:39 pm #

      So glad you’re loving Wonderfalls – be sure to watch Cocktail Bunny with the commentary on so you can here the big shots give me a shout out!

    3. C. Wess Daniels February 17, 2007 at 1:55 am #

      @Moni, Although I do love homemade knitted beanies and wrist-warmers (my wife loves to knit) I don’t think they would help with typing in this case, unless of course I was in the arctic north. But since LA has been almost too warm this week, I will have to put that on hold.

      Thanks for the comment.

      @Cate – We want a post of the Cocktail Bunny, what do we do?

    4. Cate February 17, 2007 at 2:06 am #

      What do you mean? A photo? I can e-mail you the one I’ve got, which is only a screen capture from the episode. I really should try to get a copy of the original artwork…

    5. Wess Daniels February 17, 2007 at 5:12 am #

      I guess I don’t really know – when I say post, I mean poster – that’s me being in too much of a hurry.

      How about some rabbit stew? That might do the trick.