America

I feel like that title fits with the spirit of Memorial Day Weekend 2010...and what a weekend it was. Good friends coming into town on Friday night...a solid day of work on Saturday...and a Sunday full of teaching 7th graders, watching Star Wars, and going to Lincoln. Needless to say, I'm proud to be an American where I know I will always have the right to have fun exactly the way I see fit...that's the American way. By the way, if you ever get the chance to teach 7th grade Sunday school, DO IT! I am so excited to get to know and work with these kids over the course of the summer. My housemate Jesse and I will be co-leading this venture and I think we both have some solid ideas on what we can do to help these younglings (Star Wars reference) grow in their faith. They seem to be eager to get to work and have some meaningful education.

In other news, the Dermody Cycle has begun. I started with the last poem and wrote the first few measures. It's gonna be epic...ish. Stay tuned for more updates on these musical ventures. Speaking of musical ventures, I am going through this phase where literally, "All the world is a stage". I sang Lady Gaga's Bad Romance in the middle of the candy aisle of Hy-Vee tonight. Was I embarrassed? Not at all. Thanks to some wonderful advice I received from a Miss Katie Krause this spring, I don't have to be embarrassed about something if I don't want to be. Whether or not this is good advice to tell someone who makes a fool of themselves on the daily is debatable to say the least, but it is definitely working so far. My confidence level couldn't be higher (and neither could me "weird looks from other people" level) and I appear to be destined for broadway; singing duets with Neil Patrick Harris.

Oh...by the way. I have a challenge for all of you out there in the world, but especially in the USA. I think we owe it to our men and women in the armed forces to have an ice cold Pabst Blue Ribbon in their honor. I personally will spend many minutes on the deck of the bar thinking about how much I appreciate their willingness to sacrifice and serve for our great country. There is no better way to honor them than by drinking a beer that sports the red, white, and blue with authority. Here's to you armed forces members and veterans of the armed forces. Cheers!

p.s.- The actor who plays the Sheriff of Nottingham in the latest Robin Hood movie is the one and only Matthew Macfadyen...better known as Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. Awesome? Of course it is