Monday, February 4, 2008

Monday Mingle-Mangle

Yes, I really did just use the word mingle-mangle. I saw it on dictionary.com and couldn't help myself.

Bill Nye: the consummate teacher.


This zoomed-in picture was taken by Alli while we were kind of stalking Bill Nye after he had walked away. Here in the profile, you can notice a few things:

1. That man is definitely Bill Nye: the Science Guy
2. Bill Nye does not need to be in front of a camera to be passionately educating.
3. The man with Bill was unfortunately not Ed Begley, Jr.
4. Bill Nye has really cool shoes.

Here, for your enjoyment, is a picture of me in the arms of a Giant Sloth. Don't worry, Amanda, as much as I was interested in a relationship, it turned out the Sloth just wanted a funny picture with a human, and it pushed me away right after this picture was taken.


Seriously though, this is the actual size that Giant Sloths were during the Ice Age. Wouldn't it be amazing if they had survived and just hung out in the woods and stuff?

Speaking of Bill Nye and teachers and Amanda, congratulations to her for getting her first voice student today! It's a big deal and is very exciting!

Not directly related to Bill Nye but perhaps subconsciously connected:

After this weekend, I'm feeling like I want to do some good in this city. I don't really know what at the moment, I mean, the homeless population is huge and its a big city so its dirty, but I don't feel called to any specific work yet. I just feel like I've been a spectator here for the last month, now I want to see how I can take part and do some good and become somewhat more connected to this city of Angels.

Tonight, I'm going to shoot an email to Mosaic, the church I've been going to, to see if they have any service opportunities or if they can point me in some good directions. I'm keeping my options open right now, but I'm excited to see what happens. I've been praying about it and about finding some deeper purpose while I'm out here, and already today at work I was put on a team working on advertising for a non-profit cause. It's a really cool project and really will be having a positive effect on our world. I'm not sure to what extent I'll actually be involved in the project, but after only one day I'm already finding answers and seeing some deeper purpose in my career. How cool is that?

Hopefully these developments continue. I'll obviously keep you all updated!

It's nice that the Super Bowl proved that nothing is ever definite in football, even when you're "perfect." No hard feelings to New England fans. New England itself is a sweet place. I'm a big Revolution Era history fan. The founding fathers were wicked cool.

That's all for now. Keep it real.

much love,
Alex

2 comments:

Andrew Jarrell said...

HOLY FREAKING CRAP! It was Bill Nye! That's way better than Bruce Willis! I can't even explain to you how happy it makes me that Bill Nye really is as excited about science as he appears on TV. Wow, that just made my day and I wasn't even the one to see him.

Also, the picture with the giant sloth is about as good as it gets. If you could have one pet, Alex, I think it should be a giant sloth.

Ok, I'm off to get stuff ready for Key Laborers. Have a great weekend and I'll talk to you later!

Love,
Jarrell

Thoughts From Behind the Counter said...

The giant sloth has an agenda...he's reaching for your package.