Favourite Things Friday

Bit of a theme for today's Favourite Things Friday. It's my favourite things on TV.

DEPARTURES

If you're a regular reader of the blog, you know I love to travel. I think I might actually have a dietary need to travel. Seriously, I'm sure it's a medical condition - "exploritis" or "travelungus".

Since I am unable to just pack-up my life and go see the world, I have to find another way to satisfy that craving. Enter the Departures, the "crack" to my travel addiction.

It's about 2 high-school friends from Brantford (Scott and Justin) who quit their jobs and decide to travel the world for a year. A friend of Scott's (Andre) films the trip, and captures it in such an amazing way. The guy captures some amazing footage, and has won a couple Gemini Awards for his work. (The India episodes from season 1 are amazing!) The best part, is that they don't do the typical tourist things, they try to experience the country like the locals do,

Tomorrow I'm one of the lucky 300 who get to experience Departures in a new way. Crystal and I are heading down to the Great Hall in Toronto for the Departures VIP Gala! YES! Cocktails, hor d'oeuvres, Q&A with the cast and a premiere screening of season 3! I'm so pumped!

THE BURIED LIFE

A couple weeks ago my sister sent me a text asked if I had seen The Buried Life on MTV. (I hadn't.) My sister is a pretty chill chick, so I decided to check it out. I LOVE it! It's about these 4 guys (from BC) that made a list, "100 Things To Do Before We Die", and set out to cross off each item on the list. BUT there's a catch. For every item they check off their list, they also help someone else do something on their list. It's a good show, and it's on MTV. MTV! Did you hear what I said... errr... read what I wrote? A redeeming show on MTV. Amazing.

THE DALLAS STARS

We don't get a lot of Dallas Stars games in Central Ontario. In fact, unless they play the Leafs, or are the featured game on TSN, we don't see them at all. But that's why I love playoff time. I get to watch my Dallas Stars play, and it's great hockey. Unfortunately it doesn't look like they'll be making a run deep into the playoffs this year, so I probably won't be seeing much of them on the tube. But when they ARE on... I'm watching.

I Still Don't Like Him

Sunday night I was at my parents' house watching the gold medal game in glorious HD, and throughout the third period I was voicing my dislike for Sidney Crosby. Saying that he hasn't stepped up when it really counted, I'd rather have a Rick Nash or Eric Staal on my team. The verbage continued in the overtime, until 7:40 into the extra frame when all of a sudden all eyes were focused on me. Mr Crosby just scored the golden goal; he stepped it up when it counted. All I could muster was: "I still don't like him."

I don't really have a legitimate reason to dislike him, I just do. Anyone with me?

True Love

John 15:13 - No one has greater love than this, that one lays down his life for his friends.

This is beautiful. Creepy, yet moving.

Happy Birthday

Dr Seuss was born on this day in 1904. The guy was pure genius. I still find his work entertaining.

One question for you today, what is your favourite Dr Seuss book?

“Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So... get on your way.”

The Middle Road

YouTubesDay

Francis Chan is becoming one of my favourite speakers/authors. I wish I was there for this entire talk.