24

Yesterday was my golden birthday. When I was little I looked forward to the day when I would be 24 on the 24th of September. I wondered what my life would look like, if I would even be alive, and what crazy thing I could do to commemorate the day. I remember thinking that going up in a hot air balloon might be an appropriate activity. Hahha... well.... on my actual golden birthday I didn't do anything very out of the ordinary except for lock my keys out of my car. But, I did receive a lot of love from family and friends and I had a wonderful day. I have decided that 24 hours is much too short to celebrate something as cool as turning 24, so I'm going to spread this celebration out over the whole year. 24 is going to be a good one. Please leave your suggestions on appropriate celebrations.

Also, to celebrate turning 24 I have posted some of the lyrics from Switchfoot's song 24. I've always loved this song, and while I think posting song lyrics can be really anti-climactic compared to hearing the actual song, I posted most of them. Check out the actual link to the song below too.

Twenty four oceans
Twenty four skies
Twenty four failures
Twenty four tries
Twenty four finds me
In twenty-fourth place
Twenty four drop outs
At the end of the day

Life is not what I thought it was
Twenty four hours ago

And I'm not who I thought I was twenty four hours ago
Twenty four reasons to admit that I'm wrong
With all my excuses still twenty four strong

But I want to be one today
Centered and true
I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You
You're raising the dead in me

I want to see miracles, see the world change
Wrestled the angel, for more than a name
For more than a feeling
For more than a cause
I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You

And You're raising the dead in me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLagfciU_PU&feature=related

The Spirit Catches You

I just devoured a book by Anne Fadiman called "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down". It details the history of the Hmong people in the US (and their role fighting for the US in Laos), traces a compelling medical case, and the difficulties in intercultural communication between a Hmong family and their American doctors. I couldn't put it down. Wausau has a large Hmong population and those that I have met are really fabulous people. I'm glad I read this book because it gives me a more basic understanding of Hmong culture and history.

Choir is for Lovers

Last night Erik and I had our first night with the Wausau Lyric Choir. Its been two years (!) since I have sung in a choir. Its been two years too long.

We are going to perform The Messiah at The Grand Theatre Saturday, December 13th at 7:30.