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Posted by shelby on Dec 1st, 2009 at about 4:43 pm

Thanksgiving proved itself to be a holiday like the many that came before it in years previous...full of food and really bad football. I was extremely underwhelmed by the lack of quality football that happened Thanksgiving day and overwhelmed by how much I actually ate.

My day started with the parade on TV (Macy's, of course), that made me wonder what the big deal is about giant balloons of SpongeBob Square Pants and floats for ambiguous Nickelodeon kid's shows. All peppered by various bands and Broadway shows that were so obviously lip-syncing, it made even me go, "so when do we get to see Santa?" Then he showed up.

Wow, Macy's picked a bad Santa for the end of the parade this year. He kept touching the side of his nose, lip-syncing the "ho ho ho" off beat, and waving to the same three kids on the side of the street. Plus his beard was far too short.

Then football came and made me fall asleep. Enough about that...let's move on to other things.

I'm off to JMU this week to speak at the annual "Christmas Cru" on Thursday night at 8:00 in HHS 2301. I'm a last minute substitution for the director there (my hero, Dan Flynn), who is suffering from a bad case of his organs trying to kill him (appendix burst). I'm looking forward to being back in Harrisonburg and can't wait to see everyone there.

Thirdly, RADIATE09 is fast approaching and the time to sign up for the conference is NOW! Make sure you sign up before the 4th to save $26 on the registration cost...the price goes up after Friday. It really is going to be a great conference and I can't wait to get there and see what God will do!

That's it for now. Talk to you again soon!...or see you at JMU.

NEWS...

Posted by shelby on Nov 28th, 2009 at about 3:25 pm

Lots to tell about my Thanksgiving holiday in a blog post coming Monday. Impromptu visit to JMU this Thursday. RADIATE09 update. More details at the beginning of the week. For all the latest, keep up with me on Twitter.

Until Monday... Shelby

Channeling My Inner T-Pain

Posted by shelby on Nov 18th, 2009 at about 3:43 pm

I worked on a rap today for our speaker at RADIATE, Darryl Smith. I was diggin' on some tracks layed down by my "I Am T-Pain" App on my iPhone and I couldn't help myself. If it works and I'm able to get my hands on the audio file that I recorded on my phone, I'll have a little something special for Darryl the last morning he speaks.

Shawty.

RADIATE09 Emcee Promo Video

Posted by shelby on Nov 17th, 2009 at about 2:24 pm

You may be wondering, "What the heck is that?" Good question. I don't really know how to answer specifically, but trust me...it's for a purpose.

We shot some stills today for the RADIATE09 emcee promo video that will be playing at the conference the first night. Green screen is a funny and wild thing that makes all of life more interesting. You'll have to come to RADIATE to see the final product.

Also, please no Brady Bunch jokes about the picture above.

Autumn Leaves

Posted by shelby on Nov 11th, 2009 at about 6:19 pm

Everybody thinks about autumn with a dreamy appreciation for changing colors, beautiful leaves, crackling fires, and brisk cool air. I think about all of those things, but I also think about the 6 hours it took me to rake up all of the leaves that fell into my yard and created my searing back pain.

This picture doesn't even really capture how big the pile was when I finished. I was beyond exhausted when the afternoon drew to a close, and my lats along with my triceps were huge...maybe it was worth it.

Slippery Rock-Last One of the Semester!

Posted by shelby on Nov 9th, 2009 at about 12:56 pm

I'll be heading to Slippery Rock University this Thursday for my last comedy show of the semester! It's hard to believe, but the fall semester is drawing to a close very soon and before you know it, Santa will be breaking and entering to peaceful homes all over the continental United States.

Before that happens, though, if you're in the Western PA area this Thursday night, come on out to Slippery Rock and see the last seminar I'll do this semester. I'm looking forward to being there on the 12th at 7:30 in the ATS!

Situation Remedied

Posted by shelby on Nov 5th, 2009 at about 12:20 pm

All is well with the website world again. Feel free to check out my two new song parodies that I wrote for RADIATE on the "MUSIC" page and see their videos on the "VIDEO" page, right here at shelbyabbott.com.

Weird Web Stuff

Posted by shelby on Nov 5th, 2009 at about 11:23 am

I'm currently in the process of trying to figure out some web issues with my site right now. It'll be back to normal as soon as we can make that happen. Thanks for your patience!

Shelby

Car

Posted by shelby on Nov 5th, 2009 at about 11:00 am

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Street Corner

Posted by shelby on Nov 5th, 2009 at about 11:42 am

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