Out in the cold

It is so easy to cocoon ourselves in our own little protected worlds and not pay attention to what is going on around us. It is easy to say, I am taking care of myself and my family.. I can't be worried about others. They can take care of themselves. This morning, the girls put the dogs outside, then "allegedly" told their brother to let them inside when it was time. As you might imagine, the dogs ended up in the cold for a long time. The finger pointing began.. he said, she said... he was supposed to, she was supposed to... Even with all of the talking, the main result was that the dogs had been left out in the cold simply out of carelessness.

I can't fix the world, I can't even help my entire neighborhood or workplace, but I can make an effort to reach out every day and be caring about others. I can endeavor to follow through with my actions and responsibilities. I can make others' needs as important as mine in my skewed prioritization matrix that helps me through each day.

We may fail one another. I can go as far as to say we WILL fail one another. Now for the rub, if my intention is focused on helping others rather than myself... then. the failure is less of a problem. Someone else can and will succeed where I failed. God will not fail us.

I talked with a friend named Faith yesterday. How cool that even her very name, helps to remind her to believe in something greater than herself.. Every day, every minute.

I haven't felt led to write lately. Holidays were kind to us.. Family, friends(old and new).. we are finally settling in our new "place"... I hope that you are feeling settled too. I hope that your "faith" is intact and that we can all focus on those around us more...

God works through us.. not for us.. Lord make me an instrument of thy praise.

Vacation time...

...this time tomorrow I'll be on the road on my way to California. I'm looking forward to getting out of here for awhile. I still have yet to pack! So I'll try and blog fom Cali, I'm sure I can find time. Until then here is another Dieux Du Stade Video for you. These men are just too gorgeous!
peace out!

Diuex Du Stade "Making of..." calendar shoot.

One more day...

....then I'm off to CA for vacation. I'm looking forward to it, although my Aunt (who is driving with me) was quite ominous when I asked if she was packed and ready to go, she said she wasn't sure. Well I'm ok either way, if we don't go then I save money and I can go shopping and if we do go...well that will be fun also. Work is crazy busy today (hence blogging at 5pm again). I'm excited though, I have a few projects that I'm working on and I "own" them so I'm extremely more comfortable with that. Not that I don't like to share, but when working on something from beginning to end I like to follow the process through. Well I was going to go home and pack tonight but now, not really sure if I should. Not to much else going on (my blog is sooo boring) on the other hand, at least there's no drama. So with that, here's another Diuex Du Stade video, also a trailer for the "making of" the French Rugby Team. Enjoy!

I love this song BTW!!

A message from Lee Andrew...

...in posting the video for the "making of" calendar yesterday I was so excited that the photographer himself emailed me to enlighten me on the true endeavors of this project: Thanks for posting the information about the "Angeli del rugby MMVI" calendar... I have added your post to the list of top international bloggers, news journalist worldwide. Please consider making a correction and posting the facts about this unique production... it is not like the French version --
This national team is made up entirely of profesional firemen and the majority of profits benefit Hurricane Katrina victims...

There really isn't a comparasion betweenthe two calendars -- this is not a commercial endeavor it is an art endeavor limited to only 3 000 to aide my native Mississppi hometown and New Orleans as the people attempt to rebuild their lives....

Again, thanks, much appreciation from Rome,

LeeAndrew GIABENELLI

He also had this press release available:
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE

Rome Italy- The National Italian Rugby Team composed entirely of firefighters bare all for chairty to help raise money for the USA hurricane Katrina relief stateside, chiefly of the Mississippi Delta region where the photographer Lee Andrew Giabenelli was born.. The champion professional firefighters and ruby players won their divisional gold medal this past July in Quebec, Canada deafeating Australia. The anticipated debut premiere of the teams calendar has taken the city of Rome and the Internet by storm. The Italian fire chiefs are not thrilled about the exploits of the team and have forbidden participation in promoting the calendar in Italy by the teams members. This Italian national rugby team are champions on the field and heroes as first responders in these times that we live.

What a wonderful charity! Mr. Gianbenelli is right, there really is no comparison between the calendars ;-)
and with that...a couple more pics from the Angeli del Rugby calendar!




I love the cover!

Angeli del Rugby...

...this is also a rugby team who decided to do a calendar for charity. They are the Italian Rugby Team...all firefighters. Not sure what this means (ignorant American on rugby) but they won a gold something or other in Quebec last year. So kudos to them...enjoy the video and let me know whom you think is hotter, I'm going for the French Rugby Team myself. :-)

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Dieux du Stade-Calendar Video

Found this video of Dieux du Stade photo shoot, just gorgeous! I was under the assumption it was just French Rugby Players but I think it's more a compilation of French Atheltes, but mostly the rugby players. Enjoy.

TGIF!!

Been a short week but feels like a long month! So this time next week I will be on the road with my aunt on our way to California. I wasn't really looking forward to it but now I'm kind of getting excited to see my friends and family. Absolutely nothing going on around here. I signed up for classes for this semester but will probably end up dropping at least two. I think I may keep my literature class, that type of class is usually an easy one for me. Miss Mantoan did this list of like 27 things she wanted to do this year (like go to china and learn a different knitting stitch). I was almost inspired to do the same, almost. This year I want to work on my credit, that's what I want to work on. I'd like to travel somewhere also, I'm thinking Canada. Well that's all I have today, I need to get my work day started and get this weekend over with, so I can hit the road next week! Here are some more of the French Rugby Players from Dieux Du Stade. I gotta get the calendars and the "making of" DVD's! I swear they look more like models than football players! Enjoy.