Quote of the Moment:
“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.” - Audrey Hepburn
“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.” - Audrey Hepburn
Mood: i'm good.
Music: pretending.
Music: pretending.
Previously:
tell. me. why.
jim varney.
homecoming.
fiction (before it's too late).
yay.
countdown.
we need prayers.
noah.
Punxsutawney Phil.
what a weekend.
tell. me. why.
jim varney.
homecoming.
fiction (before it's too late).
yay.
countdown.
we need prayers.
noah.
Punxsutawney Phil.
what a weekend.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
blessings from lies.
Kevin and I went to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in Mineola la la la today. The show has been filming there this past week, working to give another sob story family a house. Okay, so the show does good things for people. What they don't tell you is that a lot of the time these people end up losing their homes because they can't afford to pay the taxes and other bills that come along with owning a big, fancy home... which is why most of these families are not living in big fancy homes to begin with.
The show is such a fake. Fake. Fake. Fake.
First of all, we were told to be there for "MOVE THAT BUS!!!" at noon. When I got there, I - for some stupid, silly reason - thought the family would actually be there when they filmed "Move That Bus" but no. No. No. No. I figured they'd have to refilm multiple times. But I didn't think it'd all be as set up as it was. They filmed the "Move That Bus" thing a few times... trying to get the crowd shots just right and the bus shots just right and the cheering just right and Ty Pennington's hair just right. Ugh. It was annoying. The only thing they didn't film over and over and over was the family's initial reaction upon first seeing the house. The limo had to pull in and out of the drive. In and out. In and out. In and out. The bus had to back out, back out, back out of the drive several times. Even when the family was trying to walk down the sidewalk to the door... they refilmed that six times at least and I finally told Kevin that I was ready to go. I didn't actually see the family walk through their front door cause I got tired of waiting for them to film and refilm and reshoot again. And again. And again. And again.
Le sigh.
But despite all of that, I must say the show did a very good thing for this family. And it was incredible to bear witness to the fact that East Texas came together to build this family's house. That's right. Volunteers from East Texas built this house. A local company from Tyler oversaw the build. You think Extreme Makeover sends its teams in to build a house? Well, I'm sure they have a few basic people who travel around and help. But this was local people building the house. It was awesome. If we, as a community, would do more things like this, it would be amazing. And though I realize I may have sounded a bit bitter about the show in the above paragraphs, I'm really not. Because at the end of the day even though Hollywood is, well, fake, this family still has a lovely home. And I heard that this family's taxes have been paid for - through community donations - for the next 10 years. So they won't be losing their house any time soon, like other families have.
A truly great and wonderful thing happened in here this week. I'm so, so grateful that I got to be a tiny, tiny, tiny part of it.
The show is such a fake. Fake. Fake. Fake.
First of all, we were told to be there for "MOVE THAT BUS!!!" at noon. When I got there, I - for some stupid, silly reason - thought the family would actually be there when they filmed "Move That Bus" but no. No. No. No. I figured they'd have to refilm multiple times. But I didn't think it'd all be as set up as it was. They filmed the "Move That Bus" thing a few times... trying to get the crowd shots just right and the bus shots just right and the cheering just right and Ty Pennington's hair just right. Ugh. It was annoying. The only thing they didn't film over and over and over was the family's initial reaction upon first seeing the house. The limo had to pull in and out of the drive. In and out. In and out. In and out. The bus had to back out, back out, back out of the drive several times. Even when the family was trying to walk down the sidewalk to the door... they refilmed that six times at least and I finally told Kevin that I was ready to go. I didn't actually see the family walk through their front door cause I got tired of waiting for them to film and refilm and reshoot again. And again. And again. And again.
Le sigh.
But despite all of that, I must say the show did a very good thing for this family. And it was incredible to bear witness to the fact that East Texas came together to build this family's house. That's right. Volunteers from East Texas built this house. A local company from Tyler oversaw the build. You think Extreme Makeover sends its teams in to build a house? Well, I'm sure they have a few basic people who travel around and help. But this was local people building the house. It was awesome. If we, as a community, would do more things like this, it would be amazing. And though I realize I may have sounded a bit bitter about the show in the above paragraphs, I'm really not. Because at the end of the day even though Hollywood is, well, fake, this family still has a lovely home. And I heard that this family's taxes have been paid for - through community donations - for the next 10 years. So they won't be losing their house any time soon, like other families have.
A truly great and wonderful thing happened in here this week. I'm so, so grateful that I got to be a tiny, tiny, tiny part of it.