A-"Muse"-ing Thoughts

Embrace Your Inner Child

Ali shared this, and I just think it rings SO true, that I wanted to share it as well:

In the last week I have been reminded, yet again, about how much life really doesn't change after 7th grade...

You still have a goofy side.
You still love to laugh with your friends.
You still judge others based on appearances.
You still have to eat your vegetables.
You still have friends that are tried and true.
You still have some acquaintances that will stay just that.
You still hate being forced to exercise.
You still have a work load that consists of mostly things you love and a few things you hate.
You still have a "teacher" (or seven) in your life.
You still have a deep hatred for changing your clothes in a public place (gym/fitting rooms).
You still have the "butterflies" feeling in your stomach around the man/woman of your dreams (even if you have been married for 15 years).
You still have moments of uncontrollable weakness, when tears are all that will come out, without any explanation.
You still think things are funnier at 2am.
You still give in to peer pressure.
You still misspell words.
You still find a slight thrill in breaking a small rule.
You still have an issue with ridiculous authority figures. ("Yard Duties"/ Ushers, Security Guards)
You still don't have enough money to do everything you want to do.
You still have to go to bed at a reasonable time because you have to get up in the morning.
You still have people you just "click" with.
You still have people you just "clique" with.
You still have the group that thinks they are better than you.
Most of the time, you still feel like they are better than you.

It's funny; I operated under the assumption that life would be different, and somewhat easier, as a grown-up. From where I stand right now, it doesn't feel all that different. Maybe I'm not there yet. Maybe, when all is said and done, I'm okay with that.

Oh how true this is

I think this speaks for itself!!!!!

I am Superman!!!

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You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero am I?" quiz...

Jesus Junk Award

Ummm.  How about these "Holy Huggables" - where you can order Jesus with either Blue Eyes or Brown Eyes.

Their site describes them in this way:

Holy Huggables are used in so many ways to spread God's message. For some, they are excellent teaching toys to captivate the imagination of a young child. For others, they are symbols of our faith, to be proudly displayed.

Pastor2youth.com

Unbelievable

And you think YOUR phone bill is bad???  Check this out!!!!

Thank You

I wanted to say a quick THANK YOU to Renee @ Youth Specialties for the shout out for "A-'Muse'-ing Thoughts" in the YS Update.  I also want to welcome all of you new readers who have come from the YS Update.

I hope you will bookmark this blog and visit it often.  Also would love it if you would share any comments you have on any posts.  Even if it is just to share who you are and where you are from.  It's always fun to know.

Dr. Dolittle

Christi and I are season subscribers to the “Broadway/L.A.” series in Hollywood at the Pantages Theater.  This is basically where the Broadway Musicals come to Los Angeles and show here.  I have been a subscriber for a number of years now and shortly after Christi and I started dating (about 2 years ago), I called to see if I could get an additional ticket added in the seat right next to mine.  The was important to me because 1) I LOVE musicals and seeing the Broadway shows; and 2) because I had 3rd row orchestra seats… so good you can see the sweat on the foreheads of the actors.  Fortunately, Christi also likes musicals, so this is something we have in common.

Most of the shows that we have gone to see there have been wonderful.  We have really only seen one show that was terrible (to us), and the main reason for that was that the main character who was supposed to be a young woman was played by a woman who must be in her 60’s now.  It was SO hard to see her play this roll and take it seriously.  Not to mention her singing was that of an older woman… which is fine, if that is the roll that is intended in the musical. 

This most recent musical we went to see was Dr. Dolittle starring Tommy Tune.  Neither Christi nor I really know who Tommy Tune is, but apparently most of the people over the age of 40 knew who he was and were excited to see him in the Musical.  The musical was very good, but hard to get into just because of the theme of it.  It sort of felt like the person who wrote this musical was on drugs.  The music was great, the acting was wonderful, and the staging was beautiful.  So, overall we enjoyed it, but it just was hard to get into. 

We only have one more musical to go see in our subscription series for this year.  Our last musical we will see in this series is “Little Women” and we are excited to see this one.  I am slightly bummed that we will be giving up our 3rd row tickets and buying tickets for the Broadway series in Orange County because it takes at least 3 hours (often more) round trip to go up to Hollywood for the Broadway/L.A. series.  The Orange County series will take us maybe 10 minutes to get to.  The driving time makes enough of a difference to make the change, but it is hard to give up such amazing seats.  But, it will be worth it in the long run.  Christi and I are anxious to find out what seats we can get in Orange County and also to see what the new series of musicals will be.

Tivo

So after a LONG time of wanting it... I finally did it.  I finally went and bought a TIVO!!!!

I mean, I knew I wanted it all along but now I keep thinking: "why was I such an idiot and waited this long???"  I love it.  It is so nice.  I am working on getting all the features set up and can only imagine how much more enjoyable it will be once that is done.  But I cannot tell you how amazing it is.

I remember being at a Youth Conference and at least 5 of the speakers I heard during the few days I was there had mentioned Tivo and said "if you don't have it, get it."  I remember one even joking and saying "Tivo is next to godliness."  Now of course we all knew he was joking - but now I realize his statement is at least closer than I originally believed when I first heard him make it.

What was also funny (ironic funny) to me was when we first installed Tivo, Christi commented that she didn't think it was any big deal and could leave or take it.  But after a few days of having the TV remote control in hand and seeing the features of Tivo she is a lot more sold on it now too.  Granted, maybe not nearly as much as me, but we are both very happy to have it now. 

So... if you don't have TIVO or some form of DVR.... GET IT!!!!  :)

Teachers' Misbehavior

So on January 17th I blogged about a teacher who had assigned a Pornography Homework assignment that got cancelled due to complaints from parents...

You would think that teachers would think a few times before acting on certain things... and if they have something they think they would like to do but are uncertain, maybe they would be advised to ask a colleague or even their boss.   And yet things still mystify me.

Here is a teach who got suspended for 20 days for showing the Movie "The 40-year-old Virgin" to his High School Spanish Class.

And here is a teacher who punished a student for wearing a Denver Broncos Jersey to class - and made the student sit on the floor for an exam as well as allowed other students to throw things at him.

This stuff is crazy.  I cannot believe what is happening in some classrooms these days, but I am glad that teachers like this are not getting away with it.

(ht to Gman)