"If at first you don't succeed, you're not Chuck Norris." - Anonymous

This post is dedicated to my anonymous follower, lucky number 21, whoever you are.

"Am not I a fly like thee?" - Esperanza Spalding

Well shoot, I forgot how much I love blogging.

I have just about had it with grave shifts, mostly because I'm not awake for my social life...

But it's been a good experience.

My internship has kept my spirits up, and they've recently endowed me with my own Job Skills class and my very own client! I was very nervous my first session, but he's a cool guy. He's 45, been homeless for the last 6 months or so, has a family that he sees occassionally (who are not homeless), has been abusing heroin mostly for the last 30 years...I'll let you know how it goes. He seems willing to get his life back, so I'm excited for his enthusiasm.

I wish I had a cool picture, but I don't. Like I said, I haven't been awake for a social life in about 6 months. BUT! I am getting my hair cut tomorrow, so I'll have to take a picture and post that one. :)

Also, new favorite artist: Esperanza Spalding. She sings this fantastic song called Little Fly. Seriously, it's music art. Art music. Musart. Sounds like Mozart...

Coincidence?

"I'm going back home to the west coast" - Coconut Records

Skiing at Solitude with Seth :)

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"'Cause this is Halloween" - Song I learned in Kindergarten

*This was suppose to be my Halloween post. Oops. Better late than never they say. We'll see.

By the way, what happened to songs about Halloween? Why are they only sung in Kindergarten?

I'm tutoring a 4th grader obsessed with Transformers. He has some problems staying focused, organizing, etc., so we're creating a Transformers comic book together to teach him organization, directions, finishing a project, etc. He's really smart and a self-proclaimed nerd. So, naturally, I asked him what I should be for Halloween.

He said Alice in Wonderland wasn't good enough. I should be dead Alice in Wonderland who died by falling asleep and catching on fire and burning to death. So I should wear a dress with holes in it and stuff.

This kid is a genius.

"God’s kingdom has functioned in several political settings" - Elder Neal A. Maxwell

Very interesting:


"...the word civilization is only used twice in the Book of Mormon (Alma 51:22 and Moro. 9:11), once when its loss is graphically described. It is impressive to note that the loss of civilization was tied to the growing immorality, not to a decline in Nephite art; and the growing anarchy was the outcropping of a decline in their capacity to love, not a decay in their architecture. The author who chronicled this decaying society commented on perversion and violence, not just the failure of the political systems to perform. The inner deficiencies of men impact on the quality of our institutions." -Elder Neal A Maxwell

Sara Morris gave me the link to this fabulous talk by Elder Maxwell from back in 1972 about his thoughts on democracy. It's definitely worth a read, and will call you to repentence if you find yourself politically apathetic. He does it with a finger pointing at himself though, so don't write it off before you read it.

"I thought I could be anything" - Tallest Man On Earth

I have watched almost every episode of Grey's Anatomy. And I have never been so depressed about anything on this show than right now since Christina quit being a surgeon. I'm beside myself. That coupled with her and Meredith's friendship disintegrating, and the possibility that Meredith has early onset Alzheimer's...I'm on overload.

Whew. I feel better getting that out there.


King of Spain - Tallest Man On Earth

"All my friends know the Low Rider" - War

My 6 degrees of knowing Danny Jorgensen:


I know the camera man who shot the film Andromeda Strain, who knows the original story writer Michael Crighton, who is cocktail friends with Tom Hanks, who co-starred with Kevin Bacon in Apollo 13, who was having dinner when Chuck Norris stormed the restaurant and murdered Nazis at the adjacent table and later asked for Kevin's autograph, who obviously knows Danny from previous ninja training.

Everyone should know him.

Low Rider - War