Greetings all.
First...in response to Cheyanna's comment. Am I the only person who found "Napoleon Dynamite" overly strange and only slightly amusing? I've heard the old "watch it 85 times, then you'll get it" argument...but I think that you could come up with memorable lines and life-application-type humor if you watched any movie 85 times. (Well, maybe not "Platoon"). Anyway...God bless whoever it is that's reaching out to the kids with a theology book about a cult classic movie...I'm just not on board.
Second...I woke up to 2 inches of snow this morning. It's October. October. I wore shorts last week. Welcome to Colorado. (By the way, if you have the urge to ski, the door's open).
Third...I was driving home from work last Thursday when (as is standard procedure on this particular radio station at the end of the work day) the song "Bang on 'De Drum All Day" came on the air. I made the mistake of actually listening to a pop song...and heard the following:
CHORUS
I don't want to work
I wan' bang on 'de drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on 'de drum all day
Ever since I was a tiny boy
I don't want no candy
I don't need no toy
I took a stick and an old coffee can
I pound on that thing 'till I got
Blisters on my hand because
CHORUS
When I get older they think I'm a fool
The teacher told me I should stay after school
She caught me pounding on the desk with my hands
But my licks was so hot I made the teacher wanna dance
And that's why
CHORUS
Every day when I get home from work
I feel frustratedThe boss is a jerk
And I get my sticks and go out to the shed
And I pound on the drum like it was the boss's head because
CHORUS
OK...let's get the obvious out of the way first. Given the choice between work and playing...er...banging on 'de drum, well...the choice is obvious. I'm with him...pro-drum. When we get to the play versus bang-on-'de-drum argument, though, I take issue. Now...don't get me wrong, I love 'de drumming. Played 'de big bass drum in high school...loved it. But I can't say that I'd choose banging on 'de drum (all day nonetheless) over a good game of Pachisi. For that matter, if "all day" is involved, I think that I may choose work, too.
The verses strengthen my resolve to abandon 'de drum and get back to work. Evidently blisters are involved, a loss of candy is involved, and a total disregard for education. This is a life-path I just can't go down. And so...as inviting as it may sound at first...I have decided that I, ultimately, do not wan' bang on 'de drum all day. Thanks for asking, though.
That said...time to get back to work. God be with you all.
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Scott - I am shocked that you did not find Napoleon Dynamite to be entertaining. You are the first person of the male gender that I have heard admit that. Personally, I think I wasted my time with that movie. But I am SURPRISED by how many high school and junior high kids love this movie. Also, the book is much funnier than the movie.
Glad you are enjoying the snow!
Scott and Cheyanna,
Personally I regretted ever even considering that Napoleon Dynamite might be funny. I found very little in it even remotely amusing. (Although the "Vote for Pedro" t-shirts themselves are funny.
Anyway, I wish that I had snow. But it's 80- some degrees out. Fall seems to have dissapeared. Oh well.
and if there are any mistakes or stuff that doesn't make sense in this post it's Tommy's fault - he's tring to typebb
Me thinks you miss the point of the song ... banging the drum was his work, but in a vocational sense. Didn't seem like work so he wouldn't call it that. Kinda like us and ministry ... it's a calling, something most of us would do for free (I hope).
Of course, I can relate. I did quit my job because by boss was a jerk. I like my new one much better.
Thank the good Lord that ministry doesn't require me to give up candy and/or produce blisters....
"I don't 'wan work...I wan' thump on 'de Bible all day..."
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