Currently Listening Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall By Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane see related

Jazz fans, if you haven't listened to this CD yet buy it!  Don't bother with the, "I haven't heard it yet" garbage.  Just buy it; it'll be worth you hard earned pennies.

After two weeks of being an unemployed, lazy hack, I may finally have a job opportunity coming up.  If things go the way I want, I'll be working as a part-time councilor at a place called, A Chance to Change.  It's an organization that works with kids who have a history with substance abuse.  It's the same place that employs Larissa Conn.  In fact, without her I wouldn't have this prospect.  Thanks LC!

I'm excited and a little scared.  Quite frankly, I have no idea how to council kids from that background.  I'll be dealing with kids who have REAL problems.  Kids who live in ghettoes.  Kids who have experienced gangs, racism, violence, and poverty.  Kids who are despondent and hopeless.

I don't know if I'm ready for the challenge but I'm excited.  I hope everything goes well and this turns into a rewarding experience.  Then again, I wonder how I'll fit in with these kids.  With my white, upper-middle class, small town, background, yeah, I'm sure we'll have loads in common.  Should be interesting; stay tuned.

Anyway, God bless!

Going to Dub-town this weekend for my father's birthday, mother's day, and SWOSU gra-je-a-shen.  I should be crazy busy but if anyone wants to chill out they should call me; we'll catch up!  I'm looking forward to seeing a few people.  Should be a good time. 

Finals almost over; I will assume a life a boredom.  Yippee!  Now that school is over, I think I'm going to work on my social life.  Hopefully get a job. 

Bye for now! 

P.S. I need advice on quality summer reading and listening material.

Currently Listening Live At Leeds [Deluxe Edition] By The Who Young Man Blues see related

I did something fairly different today.  I actually shared my faith.  Weird because I haven't done it since Japan.  I didn't plan on it happening and I really think I actually made the guy bored.  Anyways, for the good part.  After doing so, I don't think I've ever felt so blessed.  I had planned on spending the afternoon preparing for finals and I got nothing done.  Still everything seemed worthwhile.  Work is work, but if I choose to make spirituality my life, work at times must take a place on the backburner. 

I share this story not to brag, but I feel the message to be worthwhile.  It is a spiritual milestone for me and I have to make my joy known.

I've been going crazy with finals.  Going to bed at 1 a.m. and waking up at 6 a.m.  School sucks!  I'm getting some well deserved sleep.