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  • The Biggest Loser (and other things)

    I watched 3 episodes of 'The Biggest Loser' last night. It was so motivational!

    Nick: Were you motivated? What were you motivated to do?
    Jenna: yes! Um....well okay, so I don't have to lose weight...I guess it was hypothetically motivational...
    Nick: So it wasn't motivational.
    Jenna: Argh.Fine.

    The argument went on a bit longer than that, but that was the gist of it. Fine, Nick, it wasn't motivational. It was touching. It was emo. It was a better reality TV show than American Idol, at least (oh yeah! Yes, American Idol. And I'm not giving in on that one).

    For those of you who had better things to do on a Sunday night, 'The Biggest Loser' is this game show where overweight people compete to see who can lose the most amount of weight each week. It sounded shallow to me too, but when I finally caught the show it caught me off guard. The show actually emphasizes losing weight the healthy way -through a balanced diet and exercise- and made the contestants feel good about themselves, which you don't often get on reality TV (read: AI). And unlike other TV shows, when the contestants voted people off, they seemed truly sorry that they had to do so. The host and the trainers encouraged the contestants to go the extra mile, and really whenever a contestant lost weight everyone was happy for them. Kudos, the Biggest Loser!

    I have officially kissed dating goodbye. Every Christian in their tweens and twenties should read I Kissed Dating Goodbye. It outlines how to apply Christian principles to dating and how singledom (is that a word?) is a gift. Okay, I know, you're thinking, 'Wow, that sounds like a fun book, Jenna.' Watch the sarcasm, mister. That was my attitude towards the book that must've broken up lots of relationships too. But 5 years after reading its sequel, Boy Meets Girl, I finally went to Canaanland, bought the book, read it and can say with confidence, "I've kissed dating goodbye". It isn't a book about celibacy, by the way. The author, Joshua Harris, got married 5 years after writing this book. It's about trusting your love life to God.

    I realise that unless you have already been thinking about committing your love life to God, this book sounds like one book not to read. Just try it. Maybe the first chapter? Go on, what are you afraid of? That you might have to change? Me too. Isn't that what sanctification's all about? Changing to be the person God wants you to be?

    Alright, I've just talked about a reality TV show, a book, and now I think I'll wrap up with a movie: The Shinjuku Incident. Starring Jacky Chan, this movie is more violent than one would expect. No kung fu, either, sadly. This helped me appreciate Jackie Chan's acting more, though. I don't know why I was surprised that he was a good actor. I guess I always thought he was 99% kung fu, 1% acting. Not any more! Not that the movie was exceptionally good - if you go in without any expectations, then I think you might enjoy it. I did, because I was expecting another Shanghai Noon-type movie. Fair warning: this movie is not for the weak-hearted.

    Before I go off, let me make a little advertisement: visit The Psammead sometime. Admittedly, it's updated even less frequently than this one, but I can't bear the thought of it sitting up there in cyberspace, collecting cyberdust. My poor baby!

    TTFN,
    Jenna
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    • Name: Jenna
    • Birthday: 8/20/1988
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 3/22/2004

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