Two Days In A Row!!

yeah, thats right...posting two days in a row.  what are you going to do?  call the cops!?!? dont make me laugh.  (he he he....maybe a little girly giggle)  BUT THATS IT!

anyways, canada doesnt even have cops!  i can jaywalk all i want AND NO ONE IS GOING TO STOP ME!!  suckers.  i dont even care, im over this like when jeffron is over the world (when hes skydiving) 

or 

like zach is over 'call of duty' when he gets bozoed1 by darius

or 

like kalib is over me by getting a new girlfriend (this is bullshit....get ready for the fury fight of a lifetime over christmas break "tree-dog!!")

or

like cobra is over american politics when they apparently withdrew the "necessary rule" of having awesome facial hair to be president.  "but but but obama has a great smile..."  I DONT CARE!! chester a. arthur DIDNT NEED to smile!!

anyways, the purpose of this post is to share "Photos by Darius".  well not all of them because there are a lot.  however, ill just share the ones chosen.

these were taken before i moved to canadaland.  before i moved, i was interning HARD at my church in raleigh.  so as a going away gift, i wanted to give my bosses a nice 11" x 15"ish portrait of me for their offices.  so i commissioned the infamously progressive photographer Darius for the epic job.  after weeks of preparation and massaging each other's brains for ultimate creativity...our brains finally made love and our intellectual offspring took over the project and created these pictures:

for matt

for rob

for nate

for tyler

the rest can be viewed by clicked the link in the "Photos by Darius" above.

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1  "bozoed"  is the new "clowned"

As I'm sitting here

eating the official food of the Bro-Zone Lair, i realize that this is the best opportunity for a little bloggy journal update.  i havent written a substantial post in quite some time and im quite jealous of mr. cobra's zeal and rapid fire posting.  but i am 100% positive that all the jealousy with transferred from me to him once he views the "official food" picture and sees that it is a delicious platter of ants on a log (prepared and devoured by yours truly)

i think there is peanut butter on my keyboard though...

my grad school is interesting because for one of the assignments, we were to do a "creative diagrammatic summary" of either: exodus, samuel, or job.  the reason for this grad school crayon activity is so that we get to do something other than write papers.  this is right up my alley because to quote my 11th grade english teacher, "you're just not a good writer"....so i will exceed with my artistic interpretations.

the project was to be limited to 2 pieces of paper...and we had to portray the structure, sub-structure, themes, sub-themes, etc ALL IN A CREATIVE WAY.

i chose the book of job.  because its awesome and my idea to present it was supremium!

unfortunately i turned it in without getting a picture of it.  im an idiot.  however, i can still explain what i did and then ill post the whole thing later.

well, job apparently found out about the internets (specifically the facebooks) and created a profile for himself.  (again, not a real profile, just one on the papers....so dont go searching for Job on the facebooks)

Job had a profile picture, information, notes, gifts....and most importantly he had a extensively filled wall.

all the different sections of the books structure was marked off by status changes:

JOB is suffering

JOB is talking to his three "genius" friends

JOB is listening to Elihu

JOB is talking to God

JOB is redeemed!

all the wall posts were all the discussions from his friends.  lets meet the players:

so pretty much if i dont get like 200% and $1000 on this assignment then im going to destroy life and eat everything.

regardless of the grade, i really enjoyed re-reading Job and thoroughly studying it...its such an awesome (and brutal) book.  

NEXT:

well last night was a party (and i went to it).  the theme of this party was "Bollywood" and apparently i didnt know what that meant because i dressed like aladdin....aladdin in the 21st century of course.  i made aladdin pants out of my bed sheet and my shoes were totally awesome.  "thats what they looked like back then!!" i kept yelling as my friend matt tried to explain that ancient egypt had nothing to do with this party.  whatever, i looked great.  

after the party, laura, michelle, gini, eva, and i (thats right, girls night out!)  went to tim horton's after the party.  gini (mamma g, virg), eva (baby feminist spice), and i went inside to get some yum yums.  laura (too lame) and michelle (too classy) stayed in the car.  as we were waiting in line, i start to hear chatter about my attire from a group of young partiers.  

me - "im aladdin!" (as i start to dance)

group - "OMG LOOK AT HIS SHOES!!!"

me - "well, yeah, how else would i steer my magic carpet?"

after the "high" of witnessing the true aladdin, one of the human female partiers proceeded to "fall asleep" in a tim horton "chair".  laura and michelle later told us that they were thoroughly entertained with the situation in tim hortons that night.  i had fun.  the partiers had fun.  eva hated her turkey/bacon sandwich because it had honey mustard on it BUT SHES FOOLISH BECAUSE HONEY MUSTARD IS THE DANK BANK!  gini was wanting to enjoy her hot chocolate but according to tim horton, "chocolate drank" should only be consumed at boiling temperatures.  as for me....I KILLED MY APPLE JUICE AS IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT or if BZL pledging was back in full force!  yum goody yay!

well tomorrow (monday) marks the first day of READING WEEK!!!!!! YAAAAYY!!

however, unlike the first reading week, im going to be DISCIPLINED and WAKE UP EARLY to read and work because i have so much work that my face is melting off just thinking about it.  i feel like i have to read the entire old testament in one week.  also, my insides are crying when i think of hebrew...im so far behind that its not even funny!  unless its not happening to you, then its HILARIOUS!  soooo feel free to make fun of me and laugh at my expense.....ill eat you.

however, mornings and afternoons will be dedicated to studying but i definitely want to take the advantage of no school for a week to explore the vast and wonderful city of vancouver.  i want to be on an adventure every night! IT WILL BE AMAZING!  ill walk around all the parts of the city and try to tap into the premium night life of dance-offs, rap battles, and cinnamon roll eating contests!  

no longer will i settle for 3 movies a day!  (although that does sound awesome)  

OH!  i just remember that since i dressed like aladdin for that party...i really want to have a party (not at my place) where the theme is that you dress up like your favorite disney character.  mine of course would be from disney's robin hood.  ill let you guess which one id be.   

so yeah, someone have this party.  and ill bring a plethora of milks and oreo cookies.  

Fun in the Atrium

the amount of effort and energy it takes for a toddler to climb into a chair is absurdly excessive and ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL!!

Locust - update

Have Heart

Have Heart: this band has filled my nubile ears for a couple weeks now. i really enjoy this hardcorey hardcore band from boston. the song "bostons" has given me great feelings in my body while i dance to the bus stop and yell the lyrics in the library. speaking of the library...im there a lot. all the time. reading and reading and partying HARD. my research paper is due wednesday so i have been diving my cute little nose in the stacks of the regent library like kid in a candy shop (which is actually a little less rambunctious than me in a candy shop)

so my desk is piled high with books about the eucharist. specifically what the theologians from the early scholastic period thought. apparently this eucharist issue (and all its meanings) was hot topic for debate and discussion in the 11th and 12th century. so as im reading about berengar, peter lombard, anslem, guibert, gerhoh, peter comestor and others, my head fills with so many amazing thoughts and perspectives on this single little sacrament. a lot of those theologians were influenced by the early fathers like augustine but also used platonic and aristotelian ideas to express their points. very interesting.

speaking of augustine and this sorta goes back to my original thought on have heart BUT augustine would be the greatest hardcore vocalist EVER!!! especially reading his masterpiece, "confessions", all i think about is making a hardcore band and just getting up to scream his book.

so the whalewatchers video was a success! im really happy with the way it turned out and i think everyone really enjoyed it. special thanks to iain and suzie for helping me film AND providing me with premium presence in the video. if suzie wasnt able to do it, i would have just substituted "graham chasing a girl" to "graham chasing an ice cream truck". the latter would actually have been more believable. maybe next time. maybe ill do an Advent music video and at the end, i would flip over the ice cream truck, destroy the driver, and eat EVERYTHING!!!!!!111onewon

oh, and i talked to my mom earlier this week and she said she loved the video (especially since there was a girl in it).  however, her hopes were crushed and her heart was broken when i had to let her know that suzie was married to iain.  and in a desperate attempt to save her hopes, she asked about the girl that i "made out with".  she was bummed out again when i told her that the margarine make out session was also a made up story.  sorry mom.

im really glad that my macbook camera provided superior quality for the music video. Apple should just go ahead and give me a million dollars for creating a masterpiece on their iMovie. which brings me to my top 2 career choices at this time:

1) film maker who is limited to using the iMovie

2) corporate jester

now before you(dad) tell me im an idiot-boy, let me explain...

as a film maker, i would create artistic representations of real life by capturing every emotion that a human being experiences and because of Apple's wealth, i would be guaranteed like a billion dollar pay check (a week) so i would limit myself to be the #1 representative for iMovie and other Apple products. my sound engineer/producer would be darius on garageband. and with this billion dollar pay check (a week), i would be able to redistribute the wealth so that there would be no more homelessness and hunger. snack packs and luxury shacks for all! (ok, well maybe houses but houses didnt rhyme with snack packs)

as a corporate jester, i would turn miserable lives into HAPPY lives. we are always told that we need to pursue our dreams and if we arent happy with our jobs, then we are dumb....but i think thats a little unrealistic because most people will have to have a mundane job in the corporate place to support their family. well this gets into the STUPID notion that peoples lives are defined by their jobs but i wont get into that right now. im here to explain my idea for the corporate jester. so for those that have sacrificed their quote on quote dreams to work a mundane job 8 hours a day so that they can support their family and feed their kids, well THEY deserve some delicious services from graham bennett. sorry jonas, not that kind of services....go take a bath....siiiiiiiiinner.

i will go into the corporate skyscraper just like any other accountant/analyst/economist/computer person/etc, except my job will be going to every floor, and every cubicle to form friendships and to entertain. i will raise spirits like a yeast raises the bread (except i wont smell like a subway sandwich restaurant....again). now, people will think that i would be distracting the workers and that the company will fail because of my irresponsibility but i dont know how to put this but THEY ARE IN THE WRONG! because of my carefree spirit, skillful joke delivery and ability to connect with EVERYONE, these corporate robots that once hated their 8 hour mundane jobs, will now be alive and happy to come to work. production and efficiency would increase BY A MILLION PERCENT!! for those who think that lame "team building" exercises build morale, they need to be slapped. by my foot. true friendships and the jokes that follow will only spark true morale.

and i may have another agenda as well. we all know that the corporate paycheck distribution is not ideal. the fat cats on top who are more than likely there by corrupt politics are taking in the majority of the monies while the rest of the company (the ones actually doing the work) arent getting what they deserve. SOOOOOOO after being there for a while, i would some how jester my way into the company bank account's panties and then ROBIN HOOD FTW!!!

OR better option would be to form relationships with those fat ass cats on the top floor (i would be accepted because of my girth alone) and share Jesus with them so that their hearts would change and they would be doing the redistribution themselves. THAT WOULD ALSO BE FTW!


SO, my goals for life are finding myself in the position to:

1) be a disciple of Christ
2) make people laugh

all other things are just minor details.

im also getting back into art:

It's Come to My Attention

im a real boy.

The Whalewatchers - Pretty Money

just something i put together for some buddies in north carolina.