Doesn’t Turn Soggy in Milk

October 9, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

I woke up this morning with a mighty powerful hankering for some Cyclone Crunch.

Contributed Camera Phone Photo

It is mighty tasty and I encourage you to go out and buy some today. It tastes mighty good after doing some crowbar work on a party bus. But I talk too much.

To the game…

I don’t have much to say about the 2nd half. I combined all the 2nd half pictures into one big entry.

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Entrance

The Kansas coach, but every time I see him I think about John Doe from Se7en: “An obese man… a disgusting man who could barely stand up; a man who if you saw him on the street, you’d point him out to your friends so that they could join you in mocking him; a man, who if you saw him while you were eating, you wouldn’t be able to finish your meal.”

Versus Camera

Leonard Johnson

I don’t know the name of the dude on the left, but I like this picture.

Alexander Robinson

Reesing

Travis Ferguson being blatantly held.

Travis Ferguson

Reesing

Quigley

Kansas converted not 1, but 2 4th Downs on this drive.

We will own the 4th Quarter gesture.

Christopher Lyle

Noise

Not winning any longer.

Reesing

Kurtis Taylor

Replay ref

Cheerleader

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Arnaud

Sharp

Arnaud

Hamilton

Cheerleaders

RJ Sumrall

Timeout

Houston Jones

Sedrick Johnson

Arnaud

Onside Kick

Sedrick Johnson (#2) recovering the onside kick.

We lost.

After Arnaud’s overthrown pass for Sumrall hit the turf on 4th Down, some of the people in my section overreacted. The guy in front of me hit the seat in front of him.

Believe me, I’m as passionate (remember passion does not mean the thing that you love but the thing that you are willing to suffer for) about Cyclone Football as any guy that I know, but I don’t hit things when we lose. That is an anger management issue.

You see, the Cyclones losing was sad, but not a tragedy. I like quotes. Some people don’t. Some people view quotes as letting somebody else think for you. I view quotes as finding words perfectly placed in the right order and tone that precisely describe how you feel.

I considered a couple quotes about tragedy to close the Kansas game set of entries.

The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins.

Heywood Broun

The tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
W. Somerset Maugham

The tragedy of man is what dies inside himself while he still lives.
Albert Schweitzer

All good quotes, but not how I feel about this game.

Melodramas are, by definition, black versus white, where the villain takes all the badness on himself and gives all the goodness to the hero; whereas, in tragedy, fault is always shared by the hero.
Orrin E. Klapp

Close, but not quite there. Then I found it.

Is not the decisive difference between comedy and tragedy that tragedy denies us another chance?
John Updike

Fortunately, the Kansas game is a comedy for Cyclone fans. All you can do is sit back and laugh and remember that we have another chance this week in Waco, Texas against the Baylor Bears.

Candid Portrait, Football, Iowa State, Linda

Work Half Done

October 8, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

Before delving further into the Cyclone game, I need to post a website.

WEBSITE DELETED

You should check out this website if you live anywhere near Kansas (which according to Google Analytics none of you do, but I am strangely big in Gillette, Wyoming) and head to this sale.

My Aunt Linda is downsizing her possessions as she is looking to move into a smaller house. She has some pretty sweet stuff for sale. I am personally eying the bowl of billiard balls. But there is much, much more.

1950 Mar Company metal dollhouses
Unique small, black Duncan Phyfe table
3 Treadle sewing machines
Washboards
Wooden rolling pins
Handmade maple bread boards
Electric freestanding roaster
Red & White Graniteware
Wilton cake pans
2 Living Room sets – 4pc & 3pc
Old kitchen cabinet
Antique pot belly stove
2 antique cook stoves
2 Wood desks circa 1950
Treddle sewing machine base table
4′ Oak church pew
Wooden school desk
Gossip bench
Claw-foot bathtub

I don’t even know what a Gossip bench is, but it sounds pretty cool.

To the game…

I am told that “work half-done isn’t done at all”. The Cyclones ended the 2nd Quarter with the game half done and owning a commanding lead.

Reesing

Dance Team

Arnaud

Bass

Flags

Crawford

Robinson

Halfback Pass

Arnaud

Darks

Mahoney

Harris

Mahoney

Arnaud

Robinson

Arnaud

T-shirt Cannon

Hail Mary

Exit

Cyclones 20 Jayhawks 0

I have to be honest. Sometimes being a Cyclone fan is like being hit in the head with a mallet every morning. I’ve seen the Cyclones blow enough leads in my time that with a 20-0 lead, all I could think about it during halftime was when we fumbled the ball away in the red zone and lost a scoring opportunity.

Candid Portrait, Football, Iowa State

Quintus Horatius Flaccus

October 7, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

Horace said: What’s well begun, is half done.

Iowa State certainly began well.

Coin Toss

Sideline Reporter

Kansans

Quigley

O’Connell

Arnaud and Robinson

Arnaud

Kickoff Coverage

Arnaud

Jones

Arnaud

Robinson

Arnaud

Hamilton

Touchdown Celebration

Flags

Kickoff Coverage

Reesing

Patterson

Reesing

Crawford

Another Cyclone First Down!

End of 1st Quarter

14-0 lead to end the first quarter. A good Saturday thus far.

Candid Portrait, Faust, Football, Iowa State, Writing

Stupid John Greenleaf Whittier

October 6, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

I’ve come to the conclusion that I need to move my website to a different server. That is going to be a goal of mine in the next couple of weeks. Until then, I’m going to have to post all of the Kansas game pictures in the journal.

I’m going to start with a collection of pictures from before the game. It was another disappointing Iowa State loss, but I don’t wish to dwell on it. After all, John Greenleaf Whittier said it best in his poem Maud Muller:

A manly form at her side she saw,
And joy was duty and love was law.

Then she took up her burden of life again,
Saying only, `It might have been.`

Alas for maiden, alas for Judge,
For rich repiner and household drudge!

God pity them both! and pity us all,
Who vainly the dreams of youth recall.

For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: `It might have been!`

Ah, well! for us all some sweet hope lies
Deeply buried from human eyes;

And, in the hereafter, angels may
Roll the stone from its grave away!

Cy crossing the street

Paul

Nicole

Faust

I didn’t know they still made this beer.

The Jack

Kansas player

Kansas players

Cyclone warmups

Leaving the field.

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Cheerleaders

Flags

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Sideline “Reporter”

Color Guard

Student Section

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Flags

Dance Team

Entrance

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Prayer

Kansas entrance

It was time for kickoff and it had been a pretty good Saturday thus far.

Candid Portrait, Johnathan, Photoshop

Happy Birthday!

October 5, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

Happy Birthday to this guy:

I don’t know where he got his questionable taste in athletic teams…

Animals, Becky, Candid Portrait, Commercial, Flowers, Macro, Shannon

Volt-face

October 4, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

Last Sunday I had some unexpected free time when I got fired from a friend’s photo project.

That is right I got:

A career change opportunity
Discharged
The Pink Slip
Dehired
Canned
Downsized
Let Go
Outsourced
Made Redundant
Skill-mix Adjustment
Released
Walking Papers
Shown the Door
The Ax
Terminated
Sacked

On the positive side, this freed up my Sunday afternoon.

I made the use of my time by taking some flower pictures.

I also was able to witness some Ames Party Bus painting. I have more pictures of this, but even posting the one picture that I’m posting is kind of violating an agreement I made.

I made use of my unexpected freed up future.

Monica

Susan G. Komen Fundraiser

October 3, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

I got some information from Monica yesterday that I think is vitally important that I pass along.

If your curly locks are getting a little bit long and you are looking for a way to get both your hair chopped and donate money to a worthy cause, then I have some news for you! The Salon at Younkers is doing a fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

I would advise you to make your appointment now. You know it is for a good cause. Plus Monica does good work. I’m sure her other girls do as well.

Birthdays, Black & White, Candid Portrait, Derrick, Jay, Jen, Olympic Sports, Sara

Happy Birthday Sara!

October 2, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

Today is Sara’s birthday.

Rather than post a bunch of pictures of Sara for Sara’s birthday, I’m going to take a slightly different tact.

Yesterday I wrote about Sara auditioning to become a Photography 139 Photo Assistant. She got high marks for having a big purse. One of her few problems was that she doesn’t know the difference between a film camera and a digital camera.

I left her with 1 digital camera and 1 film camera while I moved up the river looking for a better spot to photograph Jen’s team. I told her that she could take pictures with the digital camera if she wanted.

About 10 minutes elapsed and I returned to her position and asked for the film camera.

She looked at Derrick awkwardly. He looked back equally awkwardly.

The she said, “There is a little problem with that camera. I didn’t know it was film, so I used up all the film.”

So as a tribute to Sara, I’m going to post all the pictures from that roll of film. The first few are from before I handed her the camera.

More convertible

Dock

Derrick and Jay

Derrick

Jay and Derrick

The River

It was at this point that I left my camera in Sara’s hand.

All in all, I think she did some pretty solid work. But I was still counting on having that film for later in the day!

So one final Happy Birthday Sara! I look forward to the party on Saturday.

Black & White, Derrick, Flowers, Jay, Jen, Olympic Sports, Portrait, Sara

My Saturday (Volume 2)

October 1, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

More pictures from Saturday. Some of these pictures were taken by Sara as she was auditioning to become a Photography 139 Photo Assistant.

Relaxing

On dry land

Done

Oar duty

Guns

Oar Duty

Celebration

Celebrating with some juice.

Jen and Derrick

Sara

Banner

The Past

Back in the convertible

Shiny

Sara after winning a scholarship.

Classic Frozen Custard

All in all, it was a pretty good day.

Art, Boone FUMC

Done Waiting

September 30, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

About 3 Sundays ago while I was leaving the sanctuary, Andrea told me that she was thinking about me when she wrote her section for the October Bulletin.

That made me a bit nervous. Was there some particular message that I in particular needed to hear?

This Sunday the new Bulletin came out. I read Andrea’s section with more than my usual amount of anticipation.

A Note from Pastor Andrea

October Blessings!!

I have been doing a lot of reflecting this past month on ways in which we can as a church grow as one community. I have been thinking about ways in which we can get involved not only by our giving but also through our talents.

So, I thought that for the month of October we as a church could reflect on the “God Moments” in our lives. First, find a photo from this summer or fall that shows you “God Moment”. It could be a scenery picture, it could be a family photo, a child’s photo, any type of picture that you have taken of something you did or saw. Secondly, I would like for you to write a short blurb explaining your special “God moment”. Bring your photo and blurb to the office and we will display them around the church as a way for us to share with one another not only our talents in photography but also to share the way that we have seen God in our everyday lives!! The question I want you to answer is, “How have I seen God working in my life?”

I think those of you that attended my Sermon Interview a few months back will know why she was thinking about me when she wrote this section of her Note.

As it turns out, it was nothing to worry about. I’ve even offered to help out with this project. I think it is a brilliant idea. I hope people choose to participate.