Sunday, April 09, 2006

poseidon crouched

seven days ago i took four pictures of myself. i call them "the four portraits of an artist as a young man." and yes, my name is stephen. what is yours? is it dedalus?







45 comments:

petey said...

no it isn't, my name is peter. (you can call me icarus)

paul said...

my brother the artist.

please don't let you first artistic indulgence be equal in nature to that of dedalus...

cheesecake is a safe indulgence.

figuring out where to bike on April 27,28 and 29 is another great indulgence.

paul said...

but i guess safe indulgences may not cut it for artists.

my votes for best mormon artists would of course, and deservedly, go to orson and richard...

petey said...

sorry paul, i choose dedalus and orrin g.

paul said...

why didn't jack just play the recording over the phone for chloe to be recorded and archived at CTU?

Anonymous said...

-i'm going to have to pass on the bike trip...

bytheway, i've always preferred the term "shpants" to capris... for example, "look at those shpants," or "my shpants havn't fit since thanksgiving dinner," and the like.

Jonny, Mel, Aaron said...

Did we change the bike trip to three days now?

petey said...

paul, stephen said the same thing. first of all the digital media may not be compatible right off the bat. second, they have to get it directly to miss reigns' father, without the time consuming and potentially dangerous system of CTU.

Anonymous said...

a man of genius makes no mistakes. his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

paul said...

melinda: it's okay. we realize that jonny was pretending that you wouldn't let him go because he himself isn't sure if he can handle the days away. and that's okay too.

we are greatful that jonny has decided to come--which we are greatful to melinda for encouraging him.

The trip is, as discussed previously, thursday, friday with a return on saturday in time to bless little girls.

it's nice to think that shmonny has probably folded up his shpants and put them in the di bag.

melinda: we would be happy to have you on the trip. the only restrictions are that we don't wear shpants while riding and stephen won't be sharing his pink pillow.

we brothers don't discriminate.

petey said...

dd.
nice wiki quote. got anything of your own?

Anonymous said...

"jack is a genius. so is stephen."

-elizabeth ann lowe

Anonymous said...

petey: the digital media may not be capable right off the bat...? do you have any idea what you're talking about?

Anonymous said...

I would just like to comment that I'm never going to get married. All this coordinating with in-laws etc. makes my head spin. I do what I want, when I want, where I want.

paul said...

we are very happy to have the dj in the dominion.

paul said...

thank you dd. 'the digital media' is never a hangup on 24. they always have lightening fast connections and everything is compatible when the storyline requires it. in this case the storyline required a sweet gunfight between cops, mercenaries and army men in tanks.

i'm not asking for compatible media sources, i'm asking for the tried and true 'press play' and chloe records the phone conversation on her end.

petey, i agree that CTU is not to be trusted as homeland security is trying to take over. the next question is whether we can trust secretary heller (audrey's dad). he is a patriot you know.

Anonymous said...

i will not have this downtalking (i think i made up that word) of 24 on this web log. it is genius and infallible. therefore, remove your criticisms and embrace 24 for what it is: flawless.

i like how paul welcomes dj to the dominion because i didn't get a chance to because i was working all day. paul: you are the gatekeeper.

Anonymous said...

you know that capris can be categorized as capris, clam diggers and petal pushers (lame, i know).

i prefer dj's shpants.

by the way, we will have new pillows before the month is up.

stephen: you may use my pink pillow case i used as a child...it silky and homemade.

Anonymous said...

it's true, CTU cannot be trusted, but Chloe can be...

i don't understand why jack didn't have chloe record the logan conversation over the phone, but he must have had his reasons. i choose to trust jack and his infallible wisdom.

skinny: i'm with you, man.

Jonny, Mel, Aaron said...

Did you know that if you google "melinda frandsen" our blog comes up as one of the hits? pretty sweet eh?

I know you all are probably thinking that I have no life if I sit at the computer googling my wife's name; however, on the contrary I know that all of you have googled your own names before, just admit it.

Paul, I vaguely remember us agreeing on thursday, friday saturday. It's all coming back to me. Are we going to moab? You know, gas costs a lot these days, especially in the suburban. Maybe we should do something a little closer.

Jonny, Mel, Aaron said...

Skinny, someday you will find that woman that will let you do whatever, whenever and however. As for me, Mel does a pretty good job at wearing the pants. :)

As for shpants, I think mel was a bit confused when she said that I wear capris when I play football. I think she got capris confused with the XXXL basketball shorts that I found at home in my closet when I got home from my mission. I am sure that my shorts could fit both abby and bekah in one leg while I am wearing them.

Jonny, Mel, Aaron said...

not that I would actually put abby and bekah in my shorts while I am wearing them. :)

Jonny, Mel, Aaron said...

paul and petey,
I am signing up for physics right now, and do you think it's really worth it to go to slc to chenworth's class? Will I learn the material as well enough for the MCAT with chenworth?

Jonny, Mel, Aaron said...

I don't think I have ever made five posts in a row in my entire blogging career.

Anonymous said...

jonny: it sounds like you were wearing clamdiggers...

Anonymous said...

jonny: maybe you could wear some pedal pushers on the bike trip...

paul said...

jonny my boy: gas prices are irrelevant when it comes to the absolute joy of biking. from the sound of it you would rather come all the way from hawaii to bike in nephi? gunnison? salina?

stephen: do you have a preference? mona or moab?

paul said...

brother jonny: the BYU course was so in depth for me that i feel that i escaped happily with a B+ and still didn't learn a thing. my tests were all BS that made vague sense to me with lots equation interspersed to make it look very 'physics'...

chenworth's class is not a guaranteed A, but even a B+ in his class is worth spending 20 less hours per week in the physics lab.

do you have my back on this one petey?

paul said...

i don't think amy has ever posted twice in a row in her blogging career...congratulations!

what is the longest someone has gone without posting...libby? giddy in love?

Anonymous said...

i'm finishing chenworth's 106 physics in a week or so. jonny, it's worth it. like paul said, no guaranteed A, but even after the drive up and back, i saved at least 5 hours a week not having to do the rediculous homework...

petey said...

shmonny.
chenny is memorable. you will not get the true pre-professional byu experience without it.

that being said. the time you spend in driving will be significantly less than the time you will waste on the rigourous, tedious, mundane weekly assignment from the campus course. i showed up on average an hour of so late and read car and driver for the other hour or so i was in class and still pulled a decent grade. so, conversely, if you treat it as a real class, it is easily A-able and you will learn enough for the MCAT, in my opinion.

plus ron and shauna will feed you every thursday night if you wanna stop by on your way home.

dj.
space hammer...

amy.
more manly while biking, tight biker shorts vs. capris (under any name)?

paul said...

the next item of business is what we will listen to while on our mtn biking road trip...

i'll burn a few you burn a few uh huh, uh huh.

paul said...

the logic is false. the wearing of skin tight bike shorts is the more manly thing as it displays you security in your manhood.

clamdiggers on the other hand are like a blanket of security. hiding your insecurities and blemishes. restricting you movements--providing excuses for poor performance.

no brother, clamdiggers coverup weakness.

paul said...

jill: that decision is still under debate. we may find someone in the ward or stake to watch them for that hour--either at our house or down on temple square. we will have the kids there for everything else (luncheon etc).

paul said...

freedom

petey said...

paul.
i couldn't think of anything more constricting...

paul said...

jonny and petey: you are going about this all wrong. it's like keeping society's (or God's) laws versus anarchy. If you choose to abide within certain limits the freedoms that open up to you are exponential.

i can show you sometime.

paul said...

not show...have more of a discussion...in fact, take my word for it.

Stephen said...

paul...um....i think i'll take you up on that.

ry@n: its good to see you back, my friend.

petey said...

paul.stefey.
nothing's sweeter than a little brotherly love. except sugar cane.

Stephen said...

petey: do you mean sugar cain?

petey said...

only if you're raisin it

petey said...

that is, if you are abel.

Soo said...

really like your pictures...

Stephen said...

boo-ya-ka-shaw