Quotes from Jose

On the swings: "Mr. Capp! Push me high, so I can fly like a meteor!"

Later: "Mr. Capp! It's me, Jose, who you push on the swings!"

Later still: "Mr. Capp, you're getting very furry."

Overheard kindergarten conversation:

"Oh hi, Nadia. So are you going to, like, destroy me?"

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Well, I am entering a new world. I am sitting in the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver, and I just went to my first class for the master of architecture program I am starting this summer. I am using a new computer that I bought for the program (it's not a Mac) and I am feeling kind of strange about this all.

I am waiting for Anne to come from her class. She is taking her last class this month to get her teaching certificate...even though she already has a job. Two jobs actually. Anne just started working in a little natural market called Wild Oats in Golden, CO; she'll work there this summer. In the fall she will be teaching French at Clear Creek Middle and High School in Evergreen, CO. In the mountains. She absolutely kicked but at school (all A's in grad school) and getting a killer job. She's going to support me in my school which is three (?!) years long.

Anne and I are moving to a new place in Golden (famous for the Coors brewery and Mines goggles); 925 9th Street. It's part of an old house in downtown Golden, four blocks from Clear Creek and the base of Lookout mountain.

Anyhow, I will (possibly) start blogging again, and maybe I'll find out how to do something actually worth checking out.

Hello

Well, today I climbed a tree and watched the last colors drain over the Rockies. It was a little awkward, because I live in a city; which means that I wondered everytime someone walked underneath I wondered what I was going to say to them if they noticed.

What is important is that I was really frustrated with myself. I have been "escaping" for a couple weeks now in my spare time, and my escapes have been starting to disgust me. So I went out angry, but when I climbed this tree, and looked at the mountains, I remembered this:

"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want..."

Ok Ok Ok

Enough already. I know that you all (if desired, substitute "no one") have been waiting for my list. Let me re-iterate 80's comedy. I realize nearly every movie made in the 80's reeks of some sensiblity that we have been finding humourous and ridiculous since the 80's but I am talking about comedies. Frankly, I am not sure that even one suggestion really hits it for me. My must sees are:
The Three Amigos.
Spaceballs
Better Off Dead
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

Those are my top four, followed by
Teen Wolf
and some others

'80's film fest

Some friends and I have been making noise about having an 80's comedy festival. I don't know how many we can include (is it going to be a weekend festival? One evening? One whole night?) so give me your top five, if you will. One of my own fav's is...Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. The rest of my list will soon follow.

in response to Us = Church

I agree with what is being said about what must change in how the Church is perceived. It is true that we are not responsible to other individual's perceptions; this will make us fall. Yet the Church is the the body of Christ, and for the body to be what it should be, shouldn't it change? I find this part of the Sermon on the Mount to be enlightening, aggravating. From the Message:

"Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand - shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you'rll prompt people to open up with God, thyis generous Father in heaven."

"I'm telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer, for then you are working out or your true selves, your God-created selves. This is what God does. He gives his best - the sun to warm and the rain to nourish - to everyone, regardless: the good and bad, the nice and nasty...In a word what I'm saying is, Grow up. You're kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously towards others, the way God lives toward you."