Roll Like A River

Good morning, all my Monkey Maniacs -- the three of you faithful ones that still come here, expecting to see a new post every now and then. 8-) Sorry about that. I shall not abandon you. I still have a fine time reading your blogs, even though I don't get to do it as much these days.

If you'd like, CLICK HERE to go to my worship music site and hear a brand new demo by singer-songwriter friend Rebecca Bales, on a song we cowrote called "Let Justice Roll Like A River." You may recall that I posted the lyrics here 2-3 months ago. She did a great job with the melody, as always.

How Real Am I? How Real Are You?

You Are 62% Real

You know who you are, and you're pretty darn comfortable with yourself. Like everyone, you struggle with the parts of yourself that aren't so great... But you're good at accepting who you are and not dwelling on your faults. As a result, you're confident, optimistic, and very real.

How Real Are You?

Well, it hasn't been a month yet ...

Yes, the bloom is off the rose here on Jive To The Monkey. Amidst the grind of life, I have been neglecting my blog. I will try to do better, though!

I have fallen in love with the American version of "The Office." Oh why, oh why don't Jim and Pam get together? And how funny are Dwight and Michael?

I think one of the strenghts of this show is the facial expressions of the actors, especially after they say something into the camera.

Mind you, I haven't seen this past season yet. I have community group on Thursdays so I've never been able to keep up with the show. However, me and my minion have watched Season One and half of Season Two on DVD. Great stuff.

Topic Two: On the main page player of my worship demo website, you can hear a brand new recording of "I Must Depend On You," which I wrote with Rebecca Dennison. This version features the guitar-playing of Scott Daniel and vocals of Lorie King. Stellar efforts by both of these fine folks. Check it out by clicking HERE.

And now ... quotes from The Office:

Michael Scott: I'm friends with everybody in this office. We're all best friends. I love everybody here. But sometimes your best friends start coming into work late and start having dentist appointments that aren't dentist appointments, and that is when it's nice to let them know that you could beat them up.

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Michael Scott: Yeah, I went hunting once. Shot a deer in the leg. Had to kill it with a shovel. Took about an hour. Why do you ask?

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Dwight Schrute: Would I ever leave this company? Look, I'm all about loyalty. In fact, I feel like part of what I'm being paid for here is my loyalty. But if there were somewhere else that valued loyalty more highly, I'm going wherever they value loyalty the most.

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Pam Beesley: The thing about Jim is... when he's excited about something- like the Office Olympics- he gets really into it and he does a really great job. But the problem with Jim is that he works here so... that hardly ever happens.

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Phyllis: [the employees are listing what books they would like to read on a desert island] The DaVinci Code.
Angela: The DaVinci Code. I would bring The DaVinci Code. So I could burn The DaVinci Code.
Dwight Schrute: Yeah right, that would keep you warm for like 7 seconds.

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Dwight Schrute: Yes, I have acted before. I was in a production of Oklahoma in the seventh grade. I played the part of Mutey, the mailman. They had too many kids so they made up roles like that... I was good.

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Michael Scott: Yes. It is true. I, Michael Scott, am signing up with an online dating service. Thousands of people have done it, and I am going to do it. I need a username, and... I have a great one. "Little Kid Lover". That way people will know exactly where my priorities are at.