2.26 He enters. I think he's wearing the same shirt as he did on Thursday. Looks a little sleepy.
2.28 He means buisness. He's moving around the wooden podium. He's like a prop comedian! We're waiting for the first row to be passed out plastic tarps so that he can start smashing some watermelon. (see picture)
2.30 Laptop up on overhead screen. Back to the aeriel shot of Van Hise for his desktop image. Lecture begins. finishing up our talk on 1 and 2 kings.
2.32 Two minutes in and nothing too exciting going on, Wiley seems pretty intrigued. He is feverishly taking notes. He brought his 'old school laptop' to class today. I feel like he's been overdoing that joke lately. (His "old school laptop" is the overhead projector carried around in a bag roughly the size of a small duffel bag. He jokes that it is not a overhead projector, but a outdated laptop. Trust me, the joke is funnier the third or fourth time you've heard it.) Yet at the same time, I am frightened by the similarities in our sense of humor.
2.33 A sigh of relief comes up from the crowd as the familiar yellow highlighted text comes over some 2 Kings texts. It makes me feel safe.
2.34 Safety defiled. "The computer is jumping around on me, I'm not too sure what's going on" Panic erupts in our minds, but a quick "split" transition brings our turbulent hearts to a rest ans puts us back on the fast track to some serious scholarship.
2.38 Colorful Square graphics summing up the Deuteronomistic history. That's right. The whole thing. Some may ask how he does it. I reply: "It's Ron Troxel."
2.39 The graphics continue to weave a vivid storyline of a chronological compositional history of the DH.
2.40 Troxel utters "sex" in a Freudian slip. Yes. I am that immature.
2.41 Summing up the graphic table.
2.42 "Well, Let's move to a very different topic then..." YES! What will it be? Powerpoint tutorial? How to properlly groom a beard and moustache? Is is son going to teach us how to goaltend? No! It's better than we could possibly imagine! My heart skips a beat, my hair stands on edge, the class is equally excited. We're talking about the later prophets!
2.44 I'm becoming increasing convinced that he's controlling this powerpoint show with his mind.
2.46 He calls prophets "movers and shakers."
2.47 Someone had there computer speakers and/or speaker phone on, after a few seconds of awkwardness, disaster was averted.
2.48 Stumbles over the word "say" --"shuh....say."
2.49 A colored map with an expanding yellow sun outline around the city of Mari! It's here! It's vibrant! It's beautiful! Just as we grow attached, he...
2.50 "fades out" into the next slide.
2.52 Is he awake? Is he sleeping? I don't know. (see picture) He drops the book. Definitely sleeping.
2.54 He makes a joke. I'm going to be honest. I've already forgotten what it was. He seems indifferent after stumbling over the word "inhabitant" What is happening? I'm pretty sure those are signs of the apocalypse.
2.57 The man is back. All it takes is a little bit of red italics to change everything.
3.01 Google helps us unearth some more of Troxel's magesty. Check this out: http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/~rltroxel/TroxelVita01.html
3.02 God bless you, Google images. http://www.news.wisc.edu/wisweek/14-Apr-2004/images/Troxel_Ron_hs04_1616s.jpg
3.03 This image also came up. NOthing relevant. Just plain terrifying. http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t301/troxelandwait/DSCN0645.jpg Troxel is still truckin' with analyising some Jeremiah.
3.04 He's showing us the Hebrew for "madman" (meshugga')
3.05 I don't think Wiley has moved at all in the past fifteen minutes. At all. He might be dead. Someone should make sure he's okay.
3.06 Bold, caps lock'd, underlined text sweeps the screen, interrupting monotomy and begging our attention. My pulse accelerates.
3.07 This whole slide's text is red! With arrow bullet points! I'm hyperventalating!
3.08 "Zoom In" to a blue page with yellow text.
3.09 Wiley moves. Marc stops chanting the Hail Mary.
3.10 Trox cites "the latest research I've seen..." with some vivid hand motions
3.14 I learn Ronnie Brown is out for the year. I've finaly gotten out of the fetal position. But I can't stop weeping.
3.17 Some more coor! Green text enters tha dance.
3.19 He manages to squeeze the term "ball of wax" in somehow
3.22 "What woman wants to be called a cow?" Hillarious. What a man.
3.23 Troxel does what can best be described as an Oscar the Grouch voice while saying "Bring me a beer" Time stops for a moment and we are encapsulated in this moment for eternity, like an insect in amber. Hilarious amber.
3.29 Some blue text, some red text. Lots of long words.
3.31 I'm going to be honest. It's been slow. Dave Vandenlangenbergenhogen is reding the "rodeo" entry on wikipedia.
3.33 There's only so many red italics that one man can takes before he loses it.
3.40 Still going through Amos. Still losing it.
3.43 Graphic reading "Edom already under Judah's rule" A la Mythbuster's "busted." Nice try Amos, but it looks like you're busted.
3.45 "...Next time we'll turn to Hosea..."
Well, not his best. I realizing this is like comparing one diamond to another, but we must be honest, it was a long one.
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