This new album from Portishead, called Third, is fantastic. The song The Rip is particularly lovely, and gives me goosebumps when I hear it.
Monthly Archive for May, 2008
SHE DID IT!!!!!
After 13 years of study (including kindergarten!), Yvonne is graduating from La Cueva High School!!! The ceremony is this Sunday, May 11, at the Pit. If you’re anywhere near Albuquerque, come celebrate with us!!
This picture was taken during the robing ceremony, in which my mother Yvonne robed Yvonne in the official cap and gown that Yvonne will wear on Sunday. We got to hear all about all the accomplishments of all the seniors… and yeah, La Cueva is full of very high achieving kids. It’s nice to hear and all, but Yvonne’s college is completely paid for, and I’m SO proud of her, and that’s really all I was there for. 
When I was a teenager, I read The Tao of Pooh, by Benjamin Hoff. It had a tremendous influence on me, as it did on many people, and illustrated that it was possible to not only live your life in harmony with those around you, but to stop struggling against yourself and to just exist.
I still recommend this book to people whenever I get the chance, as I hope it can influence people just as positively as it did me. Most people give me a friendly ear while I rant and rave about it, find it on the internet, and print out excerpts for them to read, but they never pursue it. Regardless, I still try, because I believe in what Benjamin Hoff had to say.
