"And it's been a while ..."

... since Staind wrote that song. Ha.

I have been spending my time here in Marietta serving at mass, going on communion calls and hospital visits with the pastor, riding my bike/taking pictures, and spending time with priests, seminarians, and parishoners.

Here's a bit of the latest:

I went home to S-Ville on Fathers' Day to hang out with my family. I did that, as well as see our puppy, Smokey, and go to the movies with my sister. We saw Nacho Libre and I was pleased. Its humor is in the same vein as Napoleon Dynamite (it also has the same beautiful cinematography as Napoleon) and, despite my earlier concerns, it treated Catholicism with class. My main worry was the relationship between Jack Black and the sister but that whole situation only made the sister look even more holy and taught Jack Black's monk character a lesson. Good, funny movie - it even had some good morals. Here's the best set of lines:

Nacho: I thought you hated all the orphans in the world.
Esqueleto: Not anymore. Now I like them.

While I was home, I also watched Unbreakable. I love M. Night Shyamalan's work and this is no exception. Though it is considerably slower than his other movies, the story is great and it has an amazing style. I also watched Snatch with my brother. Though the movie is pretty profane, it has a darn good story with some hilarious parts ("D'ya like dags?") and awesome character names (Bullet Tooth Tony, Boris the Blade, etc.).

In our final bit of movie news, while up north to visit with two priests from my old college town of Alliance, I finally saw Memento. Great movie. Same as above about the cussing, but man, what a great story.

Moving on!

Underoath's new CD, Define The Great Line is AMAZING. Holy cow. It's not as hook-laden as their last album, but it hits hard and never lets up. It also came with a cool (thought short) behind-the-scenes DVD.

Today, B-Ryce stopped to visit on his way to Myrtle Beach. That was cool. His visit inspired me to call a few college friends, which is always well worth the time. I was blessed to get to know some awesome people at MUC and I hope to continue to stay in touch with them.

Finally, I'm reading Priests for the Third Millenium by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan. It is quite good and I suggest it for anyone considering a vocation to the priesthood.