[10.20.08] Monday Night Recap
- October 20, 2008 - posted by chicago wedding photographer nate mathai

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• [Photo Challenge] Just a reminder there’s about a week or so left in this month’s challenge… (which means I need to start figuring out the next one…oh geez…)
• [Dancing] Much of this past week was filled with dance practices for my friends’ wedding on Saturday.  I might of stated this before on this blog, but I dabbled in many arenas of the creative arts trying to find what I could excel at – dancing wasn’t one of them.  I ‘retired’ at the end of last year because it was too time consuming and my body couldn’t handle it anymore (I’m old), but made a comeback for this one wedding this year.  I think I’m retired again.  Anyways, there are a few different versions (of varying quality) floating around but here’s one for your entertainment (the guys are in the last two sections: “Board Meeting” and “PYT”)
• [Sunil and Theresa] All that was for the wedding of my friends’ Sunil and Theresa, who got married this past Saturday.  My friend Kenny Nakai was their photographer (along with David Lai), so I left my gear at home since I had plenty of other responsibilities to fulfill.  All in all, it was a fun time – definitely will be anxiously awaiting Kenny’s pics.  The video above is just a glimpse of all the went on – I feel like our community has turned wedding receptions into a local “America’s Best Dance Crew” crossed with “Star Search”! I believe in total this one had a drum off by the bride and groom, a slideshow, 3 choreographed dance routines [the set above only counts as 1], 5 speeches, and a partridge in a pear tree.
• [Bears] Bittersweet?  Scoring 48 points is nice, but giving up 41 is not.  Definitely not what were used to seeing with the Bears D…we were looking like the Broncos!  But a win is a win is a win, and I’ll take it.
• [Fantasy] It happened again – If I’m going to win, it’s because all my players perform.  I just need some consistency!  But I can’t complain, I jumped out of last place finally and am starting my push into a playoff run as we go through the second half of the season.

[10.13.08] Monday Night Recap
- October 13, 2008 - posted by chicago wedding photographer nate mathai

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• [Bulls] On Thursday night, I caught the Bulls first preseason game.  I was thoroughly amazed at how little I knew about who was on the squad.  To my surprise, Roger Powell was picked up for the preseason squad!  Powell went to U of I and was a part of the amazing run in ’05.  Time to reminisce the greatest comeback in NCAA tournament history (I’m a little biased, maybe):

  If he earns a spot, I’ll have a reason to really follow the Bulls more.

• [Julie and Mark] On Saturday morning I was out for an e-session with Julie and Mark, and blessed with some beautiful weather! Here’s a little teaser:




• [Bears] Wow…we should be 6-0.  Granted, as I watched the first 57 minutes of the game, I didn’t expect us to win.  But Orton pretty much ran the 2-minute offense to perfection driving down the field for the score to put us up by 1 with 11 seconds left.  Who would have that a squib kick leaving 6 seconds, and a pass down the sidelines leaving 1 second on the clock would be enough to get the Falcons in FG range.  Blasted Jason Elam.
• [Cowboys] Anyone watch the game?  Now that was even more kicker madness.  To end regulation, Folk has an opportunity to tie the game for OT, but gets his kick blocked.  BUT, the Arizona coach called a time just before it, so he got another chance – and hit it to force OT.  Then after a poor offensive drive, the Cowboys are forced to punt near their own endzone…AND THAT GETS BLOCKED AND RETURNED FOR A WINNING TD!  My goodness, football was crazy yesterday.
• [Chicago Sports] It’s been a painful year.  First the Cubbies throw out an amazing season.  Now every Sunday the Bears are toying with my emotions.  I’m not too excited about the NBA season – I’m seriously going to be having some heart issues or emotional trauma.
• [Fantasy] It happened again – my RBs do not perform (combined they give me just over 5 points).  And the week where it actually makes a difference if my kicker puts up 10+ points, he puts up 5.  Now I need the Giants D to put up 25 for me tonight…or I go to 1-5 for the season.  It’s slightly embarrassing that I post about this.  Oh, and insult to injury?  My stud QB Romo is expected to be out for 4 weeks with a broken pinkie.  Wow.
• [Made of Honor] So my fiance was in town this weekend, so we were able to hang out in between the busy-ness of both of our schedules on Saturday night.  She normally picks the movies we rent (we alternate if its in the theater), and this time she picked “Made of Honor“.  Normally I can handle romantic comedies of sort, but can someone please create a new storyline?  It was semi-entertaining the first few times…but come on.  Where is the creativity people?
• [What are you looking for?] I know I post many random things especially on Mondays, but if there’s anything you guys have a question about, feel free to ask!  No guarantees I can answer everything, but I’d still be willing to give it a shot if you’re interested.  So if you do have a question, feel free to post it in the comments below, or just shoot an e-mail to info(at)natemathai(dot)com.

Rock the Vote?
- October 12, 2008 - posted by chicago wedding photographer nate mathai

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I don’t try to use this arena as a political platform, nor do I consider myself extremely knowledgeable to do so. But I have a couple questions. First, here are two videos that have been floating around quite a bit recently.

This first one is a call to vote…very creatively made. I’m a sucker for creativity…

And here is a news report by John Stossel for 20/20 regarding the massive call to vote, and the knowledge of many of the people who are signing up. Hmmm…there isn’t a way to embed the video, so check it out on the ABC News site, then come back to give your opinion.

What’s your take? Do you think it is our civic duty for every person to vote, or for those who don’t know enough not to vote? Should voting be done by those that are knowledgeable? What’s the greatest benefit – having everyone vote regardless of what they know about the country/candidates/issues, or having a ‘select’ group vote who are well-versed to make an informed decision?

[I think ultimately the best option is for those not well-versed to become well-versed and vote...but will that really happen?]

Let me know your take in the comments section below…looking to hear your guys’ stance on this! (Again, this isn’t about specifically who you are voting for or whatnot, but just the situation of who should actually vote)