{"id":105,"date":"2008-11-14T23:51:27","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T04:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimmypribble.com\/blog\/?p=105"},"modified":"2020-02-10T10:23:27","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T15:23:27","slug":"random-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimmypribble.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/random-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Saw the midnight showing of the new 007 flick Quantum of Solace<\/em> last night. A review is forthcoming, but I will tell you that despite some criticisms, I feel like the movie delivered on its promise to kick seven different kinds of ass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was off today, so I have spent quite a lot of time cleaning out my office. I thought it might be fun and\/or frightening to share some of the random things that I have found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My packet from NASDA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometime around 1998, I stumbled upon a poetry contest that was sponsored by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), which used to be one of Japan’s national aerospace agencies. I can’t remember the details of the contest. I think the poem was to be read in space or something. Anyway, I like space and stuff, so I entered the contest. It was pretty easy, because all the contestants had to do was complete a poem that was already started and we only had to write two lines of seven syllables each. Here is my poem (my lines are italicized):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turn space somersaults
as many as you like
That is weightlessness
My spirit alone at last
My body unencumbered<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think I should have written your<\/em> instead of my<\/em>. Anyway, I didn’t win, but NASDA sent me a packet with a photo of the astronaut who was going to read the poem and a bunch of other stuff that I don’t understand because it is all in Japanese. One page is clearly the finalists and their entries, but it is also in Japanese, so I can’t make fun of the winners. There is only one English entry on that sheet, but my poem is way better than his. I’m not bitter, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"First<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My first time on the Internet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is even better. My team is going to get a huge kick out of this. I haven’t said anything about this, but I actually have a new role at church and I no longer handle the sound reinforcement or any other production technology for that matter. However, my very last act as Production Ministries Leader was to work with a consultant to plan and budget for the installation of acoustic treatment in our main event center. Well, I found some printouts (yes, dot-matrix printouts) of my very first sessions on the Internets, which I had access to when I worked for AT&T after separating from the Air Force. It was May of 1988 and I was hanging-out in rec.audio learning about…acoustic treatment. The company referenced above is still in business. They didn’t have a website because, you know, the web hadn’t been invented yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ticket<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My ticket to stardom? Not exactly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is my pay stub from when I was an extra on The Underneath<\/em> – possibly the only Steven Soderberg movie that did not find any commercial success whatsoever. It also looks like I only made about $50. So, I wasn’t discovered on the set, I didn’t get a SAG card, and I didn’t make much money – why keep the pay stub? I’ll tell you. This pay stub proves that I was in the movie (although I’m guessing it would take a forensic scientist examining the film frame by frame to find me). Anyway, I was in the movie with Elisabeth Shue, who would later star in Hollow Man<\/em>…with Kevin Bacon. And that dear friends gives her a Bacon Number of 1 and me a coveted Bacon Number of 2. Yes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t know what I’m talking about? Look here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, I’m doing more blogging than cleaning, so I’m going to quit now. I still have to write my movie review, I have to work this weekend, and I have to start getting ready for my road trip with Charles next week. More on that later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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