hope holidays are good for everyone…

“interventions” – this is the book i should’ve reviewed last week – by the former UN president – it makes the case for the UN to be the leader in the world in political interventions – the honesty from annan was a strong suit – he was obviously not a fan of W Bush – but he perhaps didn’t address fully the limitations of the UN as well as he should’ve – that said, he argued persuasively for a strong UN

“the song machine” – as a fan of pop music, i LOVED this book – the story behind the current songs – most of which are made from former swedish metal guys:) i’m curious to see how many of 1D’s songs are written by euro guys – very informative book most of ya’ll would actually enjoy reading too

“the death of cancer” – very good book – doctor, through his daughter, tells of his 50 year fight as a doctor/patient in the war on cancer – there’s a lot that’s being done that people don’t know fully about – there’s a lot of hope – reasons to be optimistic – the book was an encouraging read

j

thanks to Carrie for the Storm Trooper helmet, Alexa for filming, and Elijah for being an excellent Chewie

so reading update…

“how star wars conquered the universe” – finished the book last week – it was a great, great read – very enjoyable – even through the prequels – i now know why they were so bad:) just a great book on the creative process

“why olga runs” – or something like that – basically, there’s a 95-year-old woman who wins age group awards by the truckload – and so the book was a bit about her – but more about the aging process – and how we can fight it – or what we can do about it – like most books in this genre, there weren’t secrets or short cuts – i think mainly i just enjoyed reading about how blessed someone that old would be to get to still be active

no journals this week – don’t even try:)

starring Alexa as video editor, Robert, Dalton, Chuck, and Jackson as “passers by” – Rachael as the very evil elf, Elijah as Santa – and a few more “minor” actors – oh, and then special guest star, Sarah – the girl from that Lay’s potato chip commercial – as bell player:)

favorite moment of the first semester – what was it???

so, epic fail, i didn’t finish a book this week – instead, i “just” got 180 pages into “how star wars explains the universe” – and it’s been a really fun read – honestly, i think i sometimes read so fast because i don’t end up liking the book – but this one, i’m enjoying a lot – including, getting a few class ideas – like using star wars uncut for shakespeare – alexa even liked this idea, so you know it has to be good:)

happy reading

mayfield

this is the season of advent, so tell a story involving numbers…