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Rock Your Face Off - Episode 1: That Was Smooth

From the Mind of Matt & Wes Short Film Festival

As part of the 2nd Annual 2008 Winter Rock-Your-Face-Off Christmas All-nighter Bash. Matt & Wes will be putting on a short film festival. It's going to be unbelievable. Check out the teaser trailer:

(P.S. It is not really rated R, and there isn't any nudity, unless you count nudity of the brow after I shaved my eyebrow)

That Was Smooth - Season 2: Sock Puppet

Well, we have been taking a break from "That Was Smooth," but now we're back on a once-a-month basis. We kicked off this season with a bang. This month's selection: "Order at Burger King with a sock puppet that is always shouting."

Enjoy...

Summer Camp Gag Reel '09

This year, we were privileged to have Wesley Matlock join us as a leader. Most of you who read my blog probably don't know Wesley, but if you did you would understand the constant goofing around, pranking, and other shenanigans that happen when he's around. Thankfully, we were able to capture some of them on film. Here are some of his better moments.

Innovatechurch Day 2 - Session 1

Speaker: Francis Chan 

Author of Crazy Love and Pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, CA

That Was Smooth... Tee Pee'ing Pastor Jimmy's House

The title says it all. Fun times. For those of you that are wondering... no, I didn't get fired.

That Was Smooth... Puting Ice Down His Pants

It was recently brought to my attention that I never posted this one on my blog. My apologies to all who have been waiting.

On another note, several people have commented that they have missed my more serious and indepth blogs. I will return to posting things like that in the near future, but not posting blogs of that sort has been intentional. For awhile there many or most of my blog posts were very serious subject matter, and I felt that I was running the risk of taking myself too seriously. Some of the best advice that I have ever received came from a sweet older lady in a church where I used to work. One weekend after I had spoken from the platform, she came up to me and said: 

"Son, I usually love to hear you speak. But today, I felt like you took yourself way to seriously. God has a big plan for your life, and he is going to use you in great ways. But always remember, you are not all that important. Don't ever take yourself too seriously."

On that day I vowed to never take myself too seriously. For those of you who don't know, "Smooth" is not my legal name. It is a nickname that I was given as a kid that stuck with me (in fact, my whole family has nicknames). But on the day that I made this vow, I decided that I would be intentional about keeping that name, because it acts as a constant reminder never to take myself too seriously. When I graduated with my Master's degree, a professor asked me if I was going to stop going by "Smooth" now ("Smooth Via" is the name that was on roll through my seminary career). I asked why I should do that? He replied, "Well, now that you have your Master's and you're on your way to get a Ph.D., don't you think there is a level of respectibality to which you should rise, that there is a certain 'aura' that comes with acadamia?" I politely told him that I rejected that mentality, and that I was working hard not to become one of those kind of people.

So in honor of my commitment, here is the moment you've all been waiting for: me putting ice down my pants.

That Was Smooth - "That Was Alex"

This is a special "That Was Alex" edition of That Was Smooth. This video was filmed and played at Uprising the week I was in Uganda. Alex spoke at Uprising so I decided that I draw for him and let him enjoy the same experience that I get to enjoy every week!

Now you can enjoy watching... it's hilarious.

That Was Smooth... Eating Two Dog Treats

I will try to keep these coming to make up for having been so slack...

A word of warning: you might not want to watch this if you have a bad gag reflex.

That Was Smooth... Eating a Bug

Sorry that these have been so late in coming. I've had trouble coordinating with my Tech guys getting these videos in a format that I can upload to my Vimeo. Now the three I will be posting are out of order. Oh well. At least they are here.

Enjoy!