I got invited yesterday to be part of a project called The Bread and Wine. I am just now getting information about what all will be involved, but I will be writing (along with about 30 others) entries/articles for an online discussion of life and spirituality. For more info check out . http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif Cheers.
Chris
I freaking love Dave Grohl!!!
I was watching Fuse's Foo Fighters Rocks the Garden, a live Foo Fighters concert and it rocks so hard! It makes you say "rock and roll" in a high pitched shaky voice, go ahead do it, don't be embarrassed, I know you want to try, I just did it. Ok fine, we'll do it together, 1-2-3, "Rock and Roll!"
I wish I could go back to 2nd grade and when Mrs. Hagar asked me, "Chris, what would you like to be when you grow up?" I would change my answer from something lame like a rocket ship or Sir Winston Churchill to Dave Grohl, the future of face-melting-rock.
Dave and his fighters of foo are the definition of rock and roll. Cheers.
Chris
We still haven't sold our house yet in South Africa and that is a bit of a stress for us at this time. We were also a bit stressed because the job market in Prescott isn't that great so Ray was getting the run around from different companies that she has been applying to. However, today Ray got a JOB!!!! Woo Hoo. She is the newest/smartest/sexiest employee at Wells Fargo in Prescott Valley, AZ.
(Whisper: I'm not totally sure what she will be doing there, but she will get a paycheck to pay for the house in SA until it sells. So who cares?)
We are super stoked!
We noticed that now a days when you apply for a job you don't do much at the actually place you will potentially work. Applications are online. Your first interview is on the phone. Its kind of strange.
Congrats Ray!!!!!
Chris
I am rereading a book by Bill Bryson called A Walk in the Woods. Its a travel book about his experience on the Appalachian Trail and its great. If you get a chance to read it you should.
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Ray and I have been in this long process to get a tag on the Jeep and today we went to the DMV and finally get everything finished. The whole process was strange because we got it and then moved here so the insurance was for AZ not GA and and and. But, its all finished now.
Alaska.
I have been following the training of a woman named Jill and a guy named Geoff as they train to do a winter race on the Iditarod trail in Alaska. They started the other day and you can follow the leader board here and see where everybody is.
They are both competing in the 350 mile trail race. Jill is doing it on bike and Geoff is running. Its a self supported race so they have everything the need with them the whole time. If you have a chance check out there blogs leading up to the start of the race, its pretty cool. Plus, Jill has some beautiful shots of Alaska from her training, its beautiful. Cheers.
Chris
Ray and I are watching the Oscar's and here are a few of my thoughts as the show plays.
-I love John Stewart. He's so funny.
-I love my DVR. Because then I can rewind all the techy speeches over and over and over and over.
-I loved Casey Affleck in The Assasination of Jesse James... and think he should have won Best Supporting Actor. He did an awesome job.
-I hate that we didn't get to see all the movies mentioned over and over again. We have some serious DVD renting to do to catch up.
-I have never watched a French cartoon, but I always love their art. I want to go rent Persepolis, the simplicity on the black and white looks awesome and it seems really creative.
-It was cool that the people of the military got to read out one category. That young women from the Virgin Islands had no idea that she would be on the Oscar's when she signed up for the military. I bet that was cool for her, I hope they all make it back home unharmed and soon.
-I secretly think it would be so cool to be a conductor. I also would love to create scores for movies. Music really makes a movie and would love to be part of that.
-I don't like 99% of musicals. I respect them as an art form, but I hate listening to typical "musical" music, I think its so corny. I have no desire to see "Enchanted".
-I am glad Diablo Cody won Original Screenplay for Juno. I also thought Lars and the Real Girl was super creative and could have won also.
-Daniel Day Lewis has great hair.
-I think John Steward was great, I love his since of humor.
Fun night, so long, but fun. Cheers.
Chris
So the other day I posted about my (Allen's) capo that broke and how sad I was because I have been using this capo for a long time and hate the idea of buying a new one (because I am really cheap). I decided last night to check out the Kyser website to see about a new capo. Then I had the brilliant idea to contact them and see if there was anything they could do to replace my capo. Here's the simple email I sent them;
Dear Kyser,
The spring on my capo broke and I was wanting to know if there is any warranty on your products. I have really enjoyed using your product and hated seeing it break. Please let me know.
Chris Holohan
I felt it was simple and to the point, not demanding, but easy to see what I would like, a new capo.
Then this morning I received this response from Kyser, also very simple and to the point;
Yes, just send it back to us and we will send you a new one.
Nick Palmer
It worked! I am getting a new cope.....for free. I couldn't be happier. I have no idea who this "Nick Palmer" is, but you know what, I love him (I guess it could be a girl, but I assume its a man).
The snapped up capo will go in the mail tomorrow and I will hopefully receive a new one soon.
Thanks Kyser.
Chris
Ray and I were at our friends Matt and Beth's house tonight playing Wii, which is really fun. I love Wii Tennis, Matt and I are the Venus and Serena Williams of Wii Tennis.
Anyways, this afternoon its started raining and while we were playing the game it began lightning and thundering and when we finally left, to go home, we noticed it snowed during the storm. I didn't realize that it can snow during a thunderstorm. Did you know that? I thought was pretty dang cool.
Last thought. We have had kids camps the past 2 weekends and we have our last one this coming weekend. I would love it if it snowed for the next few days and all the Phoenix kids could have a lot of snow to play it, they would freaking love it. Cheers.
Chris
I had the day off today, because I worked this past weekend, and Ray and I were planning on going up to spend the day in Sedona, but I wasn't feeling great so we just hung around town and went to see a movie.
We went and saw Juno and we both loved it. I think the characters were great, the script was great and I really loved the way they portrayed her as a confused kid that understood that she didn't even really grasp who she really was as a person. I thought it was brilliant. Plus, the music was wonderful and for me thats a huge bonus. For me music can make or break a movie.
A movie that has great music is Good Will Hunting. Its all Elliot Smith and it fits the film perfectly. If you have never watched the movie, check it out and pay attention to the music, its awesome.
Another movie that I think is brilliant musically, is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Its amazing, check it out. Cheers.
Chris
I lost an old friend tonight. The spring on my trusty Kyser capo that I have owned as long as I have been playing guitar snapped while working on a song for a friends wedding.
Me and this capo have lived a lot of life together. This whole relationship started back in the summer of 1995 when I started playing guitar (thanks Jay). Later that year I received a guitar for Christmas (same one I still play [she needs some work done]) from my aunt Pat and then "borrowed" this particular capo from my youth minister Allen Gonzalez.
I suppose I technically "stole" the capo, but is it considered stealing if you never intended to keep it forever? At what point does it become "stolen"? My guess, in this instance, would be when I began referring to my capo as the one I "accidentally stole from my youth minister". But, see its still all gray because it was an accident. I don't know.
Perhaps I should mail it back to Allen with a thank you card. Lets see, how that may sound.
Dear Rev. Gonzalez,
Thank you for the use of your Kyser capo (pat. 4,583,440). It came in superly dooperly handy since I didn't own one of my own and it was really really kind of you to allow me to use one of yours for the past dozen or so years.
I am returning it because I am no longer in need of your Kyser capo because it has some how become broken and I, obviously, have no need for a broken capo. It would only be right of me to return the now broken capo to its rightful owner. I will, however, argue that perhaps I should retain custody of the capo since it has been in my possession for such a long time.
Imagine, if you will, a wolf that was raised from a pup by a nice suburban family with an SUV and season tickets to the ballet and then 12 years later the wolf was returned to its rightful pack. Would that be fair? I don't think so. Imagine the relationship that has been forged between this glorious animal and its new "pack". A dozen or so years of shared experiences that can't be bought with the purest gold.
So after some time thinking about this sensitive issue I am writing to inform you that I will not be returning the capo to you since I have become the capo's true owner. Sure I technically stole the capo (accidentally), but lets not argue over the details.
the bottom line is that the capo is broken, period, and will never be used again by me or you or anyone else on this magnificent planet. Unless I chose to recycle it, then perhaps one day it will be used in the construction of something breathtaking, like a skyscraper or a Toyota Prius.
Thank you again for letting me borrow/steal your capo so many years ago.
With all my breath,
The Reverend Christopher B. Holohan
Cheers readers, do your best to not snap a spring on your good friend tonight. I have no idea what that means, but it sound awful.
Chris
Today is Rachel's birthday, the big two-eight. We had a party tonight and I will post some pics tomorrow when I get them put on my laptop.
All I know is as the years go by that Ray Ray just gets hotter and hotter, woo, hott!
Chris
My friend, Chris-Jake, put a link on his blog for an amazing website called "Stuff White People Like". Its freaking awesome because it's so true. Take the time and go through the whole list and hit "older posts" at the bottom, it's worth it. Thanks Chris-Jake.
Comment on what your favorite one is.
Cheers.
Chris
Sorry to my handful of faithful blog readers that hourly check to see what amazingly awestastic bit of prose I composed for that day that I have been in such a blog slump. I have just had no motivation to write about anything. I will try to write something later today, perhaps something sappy about this beautiful Vanentines day. Lets see if that happens. Cheers.
Chris
Did you guys hear Amy Winehouse give Ray Ray a shout out during her speech last night? I was proud of my little wife.
Ray and I had about an hour this morning before lunch and decided to take the dogs on a ride in the Jeep. We went up to an overlook that has a great view of the valley and the snow higher up the mountain hasn't melted yet, well some has melted and made for a fun muddy ride. On the way up we saw a coyote running along the road, it was cool, the dogs freaked. Here's a few pics.
Nice Arizona Snow
The Jeep Enjoying a morning in the snow. 
Ray and the danes enjoy our morning together.
(Disclaimer: You may find the following gross/inappropriate/"why did he go there" in nature, if you are easily offended find another place to get your daily blog fix, but its not that bad.)
There are things that we all have in common as human beings.
1. We were all babies.
2. We all have to eat and sleep to survive.
3. We all agree I am the coolest person ever.
4. We have all farted in a public place and kept on walking like nothing ever happened.
I know its not something we like to talk about it, but we have all let it slide out and never acknowledged the fact that it happened. When this happens to me I often think what its like to be the person that was following me and what are they thinking.
You know the scene, you're in the Gap checking out the clearance rack and as you turn to go check out the sale they are having on jeans you silently release a little "puffer" and there is a woman shopping for her teenage son and you know she is getting the brunt of the force. I hate that, but it happens.
Well yesterday as we were leaving our local Fry's (like Kroger for my east cost readers and Super Spar for my SA readers) and one of the people walking in front of us farted and my lovely wife and I walked through it and sucked the nasty into our precious lungs. I knew it had to be this couple because there wasn't anyone else near us and there were no piles of poop on the ground around us.
Have a good day.
There are things that we all have in common as human beings.
1. We were all babies.
2. We all have to eat and sleep to survive.
3. We all agree I am the coolest person ever.
4. We have all farted in a public place and kept on walking like nothing ever happened.
I know its not something we like to talk about it, but we have all let it slide out and never acknowledged the fact that it happened. When this happens to me I often think what its like to be the person that was following me and what are they thinking.
You know the scene, you're in the Gap checking out the clearance rack and as you turn to go check out the sale they are having on jeans you silently release a little "puffer" and there is a woman shopping for her teenage son and you know she is getting the brunt of the force. I hate that, but it happens.
Well yesterday as we were leaving our local Fry's (like Kroger for my east cost readers and Super Spar for my SA readers) and one of the people walking in front of us farted and my lovely wife and I walked through it and sucked the nasty into our precious lungs. I knew it had to be this couple because there wasn't anyone else near us and there were no piles of poop on the ground around us.
(Disclaimer: You may find the following gross/inappropriate/"why did he go there" in nature, if you are easily offended find another place to get your daily blog fix, but its not that bad.)
Have a good day.
