Bork Bork Bork!

Unyune-a vhu knoos me-a prubebly knoos thet I em un efeed Mooppet fun. I theenk thet Jeem Hensun ves a creeteefe-a geneeuoos. Um gesh dee bork, bork! Tu thees dey, I cun vetch zee oold ipeesudes, und zee creeteefity nefer feeels tu estuoond me-a. My lufe-a fur zee Mooppets ves insteelled in me-a et a fery yuoong ege-a by my perents, my ded ispeceeelly. Bork bork bork! Oone-a ooff hees fefureete-a cherecters (und meene-a es vell) is zee Svedeesh Cheff, su in treeboote-a tu heem, I hefe-a pusted thees in Svedeesh Cheff-ise-a.

In case you had trouble with it, here it is in English:

Anyone who knows me probably knows that I am an avid Muppet fan. I think that Jim Henson was a creative genious! To this day, I can watch the old episodes, and the creativity never fails to astound me. My love for the Muppets was instilled in me at a very young age by my parents, my dad especially. One of his favorite characters (and mine as well) is the Swedish Chef, so in tribute to him, I have posted this in Swedish Chef-ese.

If anyone else out there is a crazed Muppet fan, and feels like having something translated into Swedish Chef-ese (or even Elmer Fudd-ese), just click here.

If you thought that it was just me who is this crazy, check out the love that Google has for the Swedish Chef. Click here.

I thought this was good for a chuckle, and I know a few of you who will REALLY appreciate it! Enjoy! Thanks dad for my love of all things Muppet. I leave you with a hearty Bork, bork, bork!

Freedom and Love

The folks at Sacred Space once again have a wonderful reflection. The timing is interesting. For me, it comes on the heels of some debate about how to nurture teens' relationship with Christ. I think that (at least in my experience) teens aren't really exposed to Christ quite in this way. I think if they were, they would be able to relate to Him more. Most of the time, I see the teens (and myself too if I'm being honest) viewing Christ as this far away figure that they have nothing in common with, since He is perfect and we are not. When I think about it, I don't really think that Christ wants to be a far away figure. He wants to be in each of our lives! Every minute of every day He tries to get our attention, and most of the time we don't pay attention. But I digress. Here is the reflection from Sacred Space. And I really do think that this is a great jumping off point when introducing teens to Christ.

"The adult Christ is hardly intelligible to children before adolescence. But for teenagers he incarnates the highest values of all: freedom and love. As he appears in the Gospel he is the freest of people: unpredictable, and alarming the respectable; a shocking, revolutionary figure whom society eventually found too dangerous and had to put away; a tender and compassionate figure, reacting warmly and spontaneously to all he met; a strong and frightening figure, contemptuous of petty regulations but open to everything living, ready to change the world. Above all, he was a man of supreme interior freedom, not driven by unconscious needs, pressures or anxieties, but doing what he wanted to do, his father’s business. He was the only person who realised fully all that a parent can mean to a child: not merely Law, but the model and the promise of an independent free existence. "

Crash

I finally got around to watching the film "Crash". I don't really know what I was expecting, but I can tell you that I wasn't expecting much. I'm generally disappointed in movies where A) Hollywood is trying to make a statement, or B) The film has an unusually high count of A-list actors in it, as usually all those egos don't translate well together. This movie had both.

I was very pleasantly surprised with this movie! It was beautifully shot, the acting was brilliant, and the message was profound. It doesn't happen often that I'm actually moved by a movie. This one moved me. It was brilliant on so many levels. I can see why it won Best Picture...it deserved it.

I know it's been out for awhile now, but if you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth picking up.

"The Real Story"

The first week of Theatre Camp at the Park District has officially ended. The new director is fantastic! I sat in on some of the camp on Friday, and from what I've seen after just the first week....I can't wait to see the final production!
Speaking of which, the final production performed by our theatre campers this year will be "The Real Story of Little Red Riding Hood". It will be performed on Friday, July 20 and Saturday, July 21. Come out and see the these truly talented kids in a delightfully funny production!