Life on the rock. A Habhater's tale.

And now for something completely different: Over the past two nights I have finished watching both the BBC 6 hour long Pride and Predjudice movie and the American 2 and a half hour Pride and Predjudice movie. I'd like to say first of all that the BBC version is soooooo much better than the other one. Colin Firth as Mr Darcy was perfect casting and Jennifer Ehle as Lizzie gave me a new level of woman to watch out for. She was perfect and Mr Darcy comes off as not perfect which makes his journey back to redemption that much sweeter. In the U.S. version I hated Keira Knightley as Lizzie. She comes off as a very dislikable woman to me whereas Matthew Macfadyen as Mr Darcy comes off as a decent guy right from the beginning. This makes Keira Knightley look even worse because she is rejecting a nice guy. The script for the U.S. version was just terrible in comparison to the BBC version. As annoying as Lizzy's mother is in the BBC version I like her better and Mr. Bennet is a cuddly Anthony Hopkins lookalike. The one thing the U.S. version had going for it was it is a beautiful movie. I love the landscapes and the artwork in the houses. My favourite part of the BBC version which is not captured in the U.S. version is the look Elizabeth gives to Mr. Darcy across the piano I believe as Georgianna is playing. Incidentally the Australia version of the U.S. 2005 movie cuts the last scene where Mr Darcy keeps saying Mrs. Darcy over and over. It ends with Donald Sutherland laughing in his chair. Either ending sucked compared to the BBC double wedding ending. My favourite character should come as no surprise. There's something about Mary. I love her. She tries so hard and is underappreciated. (although I wouldn't mind meeting a BBC Elizabeth) Well that's all for now. Let me know what you thought of these movies.

Well it is official; Scottie Leighton has won the first ever "Pitching Tents Pastor Misspeak competition" My favourite was definitely Tim's blunder. Of course hearing it live and knowing Tim's intentions were to uplift the parents and their teens made it all the more sweeter. Well I'm still alive. I started doing a few touristy things this week. I went to a museum, an animal, park, the aquarium and one of my highlights eating lunch on the grass in Hyde Park. This is simply one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Tomorrow I'm going to the AFL semi finals. This is a very big deal. There will be over 70000 people at the game and I've been assured riots are a possibility. (I'm crossing my fingers) (I'm also hoping to bring this game back to Grand Manan. I played it for myself for the first time yesterday. It is pretty tough but with a little practice I could be the best in all of Grand Manan.) Bears are 2-0. Habs have not won a game in 5 months. Things are good.

Pastors Did I Say That? Contest

Well I'm finally ready to reveal. This was of course inspired by the great "pitching tents" video that was sent around. First off this is a pastors who said something by mistake contest. None of these pastors should be held accountable for anything said here. It was a mistake and an unintentional one. For that reason I had to disqualify some of the entries. For Example: AJ Plazer saying he would be dating people in the congregation was no doubt a truthful statement. Some of the other submissions had to do with not checking a video clip thoroughly or telling people things they probably shouldn't have ...but they meant to. These do not qualify. Sooooo read through the quotes and vote on your favourite. (editor's note pretty much all of these quotes have been used without permission from the authors)

Warning the following may offend people without a sense of humour or people that think that pastors cannot make mistakes. Read at your own risk!!!!

1. "And one final announcement, our Best Year's Fellowshit group, er,
fellowshiP, fellowSHIP. Oh, boy. That was close. Um. Yeah. They will
meet at 5pm at..." Mark Brewer

2. "Sometimes I wish God made it so I didn't like women."
Andrew Donovan

3. "I want all of you to know that your teens are all selfish" senior pastor whispers in the background "pssst I think you mean selfless" Tim Branscombe

4. We have parsonages the Anglican church has rectums...I mean rectorys.
Kirk Perry

5. Before I was born I got my mother pregnant. Scottie Leighton

6. (youth pastor from Australia trying to pray for particular groups of people in front of him) "...and God I want to pray for all the good looking people that are here and also for uh for uh ..." Greg Driscoll

7. When talking about Gideon taking on a Midianite horde with only three
hundred men, I accidentally left the "d" off. So, Gideon and his men
took on that nasty Midianite whore. Aaron Perry

8. On struggling with masturbation "but no matter how hard I
tried I couldn't beat it but finally with God's help I beat it." Nathan Smith

9. I said "Joseph was obedient to God for not sleeping with Potiphar,
and he still was thrown in jail." Brent Ingersoll

10. In the morning service, he was telling a story but kept
having to stop because he would forget details. Finally, he said,
"Sorry folks, in my old age, my memory has gotten somewhat erotic." He
then paused, laughed, and said, "Now, if I was a good preacher, I would
have kept talking and most of you would have thought I'd said
erratic,' not 'erotic.' Unfortunately, I'm not a good preacher. I
can't believe I just said that." H.C. Wilson

11. "I want to introduce Mr. and Mrs. Jones who will soon be with child."
Neville Gossman

I'm waiting on details from one last story so the pastor's mistake issue is still to come which means there is still time to submit them to my email address or in Paul's case let me know who the pastor is he told the story about. I went to the Hillsong church Sunday night and the whole experience was quite amazing. It is great being in a church where 70 % of the members enjoy jumping around as part of their praise and worship. I'm going to try to buy recordings of the services I attend so people back home can see them. I'm going to a conference there tonight on "Grace and Favour" I've eaten at two Tai restaurants here and I must say I will be looking for them when I get home. The Tai restaurants here are cleverly named: Tai tanic, Bow Tai, Tai riffic. I suggested Taity Whitey and Tai Domi and to my surprise no one has used those names yet. Maybe I'll open a restaurant while I'm here. I've always known I'm meant to open a restaurant some day. I thought it would be a toaster theme. " Come in to Toaster Buns where toasting only bread seems lame." I know I need to work on that but hey not if I go Tai instead. hmmmmmm Tai Die, Taile Floor, Taiger Lilly, Canadian Taire, Tailynol, Taime to make the doughnuts....(Krispy Kreme doughnuts here $2.50 a piece)

Just a quick update to let everyone know that I am here safely in Australia. Jo H asked me if I kept my feet up on the plane and the answer is no but I found it really curious that in a couple of the airport terminal gift shops that they sell large rubber snakes. Caleb and Jo L have seen Snakes on a plane as well and agree with me as to the high entertainment value. So far people I know who have seen the movie and liked it 14 and people I know that have seen it and disliked it 1 (A hab fan) (Maybe hab fans have no taste...what am I saying of course they have no taste.) I'm hoping that my next post will be my pastor pulpit mistakes contest. Stay tuned. I'd say I miss you all but I haven't slept in 2 days and I'm really not sure who you are any more. If you want to contact me while I'm away either post a comment or email me as I have access to my account here. That's all. TA TA (Tobias and Anne)

Two New Songs Free Download

Well I've had enough requests for me to do so, so I am going to post these songs any ways whether or not people get their content. The first song is called Because of Zion Hill and if you were at Zion Hill this past year or have been to the camp before you will get a lot of the song. This is a sentimental song to me and one of my favourites. The second song is called Emmalina's Birthday Song and I wrote this for a girl's birthday party. Her name is Cassidy Ingersoll and if you have been privileged to have seen Emmalina perform on youtube then you have seen a glimpse into Cassidy's acting ability. This song has probably more depth just in the layering of the song. There may or may not be a few subliminal messages. To download the songs just click on the link on the left.

People mentioned in Zion Hill song:

Darren C - Taking a shortcut that Darren suggested on a dirt road we almost hit a hawk
Big Balls Bowen - Lifeguard at Zion Hill. Quote - "but Big balls we want to dive off the dock" BBB replies " Don't Big Balls Me. Get off the dock"
Rick Pybus - Best cookie maker ever.
Kyal Simpson - In charge of security
Bubbles Owen - his soliloquys are to die for
Nathan Macarthur - Did a trust fall from the rafters of the tabernacle
Mike Chapman - Euchre cheater and Bethany Student extraordinaire
Jo Avery - disgusting belcher girl (actually her belching is pretty cool)
Pastor Ryan - Youth pastor from Brockville. Played frisbee on the beach to the detriment of many.
Scott Ingalls - Took us on a hay ride in the back of his truck. We almost died.
Cat Pybus - I felt honoured the first time she said I was p***worthy. It means so funny he or less likely she may make you pee your pants.
Steve Irving - author of tattoo pictionary - see Grand Manan Games