Did You Sit at the Cool Table?

You know, as odd as this sounds, white people really intrigue me. I mean, as a race in general, there are some really quirky things goin on with white folks. I've dicussed The CO-OP. Totally white. I mentioned Facebook... also very white. Don't even get me started on the white boy's obsession with Anime. That's just plain freaky. Farmers' Markets, Ugly Sweater Parties, Country Music- it's all so caucasian.

But the thing that really gets me is the vivid recollection white people have of their high school social ranking. Have you EVER met a white person who says, "I was extremely well-liked in high school"? No. You have not. EVERY white person will reference this time in their lives by saying "I wasn't popular in high school." Poll the Blacks. Poll the Hispanics. Do they ever say "I was a nerd."?


Can you explain this to me? I mean, really, when you "look back" with white people, what do you reminisce about? Depeche Mode, Izod Lacoste, and (yes, Paige) Drakkar Noir. But when you hear, oh, say, my husband look back, it's all talk about football and cruising the PCH. Salsa dancing? Quinceanera? Those fun Hispanics. Cow tipping? Ding-dong-ditch? Yeah, the white kids.

Ask the minority crew if they were popular in high school. They have no idea what you're talking about. They had fun, they did their own thing, and they have great memories of it all. Ask the caucasian persuasion, and they will name any number of possible social groups in which they were placed: nerds, band geeks, goths, druggies, barfs, etc. A rare few will have called themselves jocks, and they may admit to having indeed been popular. But they are a rare few.

Anyway. I don't get it. It seems like the Breakfast Club never really goes away.


And ironically,
do you see tha vanilla pattern here???

I Love it When a Plan Comes Together

As we are prone to do, last night Skip and I were tossing around our theories on various topics. In this instance, we were thinking about the release of the new A-Team movie. Being huge A-Team fans, we have some strong feelings on the casting of these iconic, immortal roles.


"Howlin Mad" Murdock: My first suggestion was Jim Carey, but only if he takes it down a few notches. There's crazy, and then there's "please take your Ritalin, you're getting on my nerves." It's a fine line with Jimbo. Skip wants to see Woody Harrelson. I think he would do a good job, but I can't stand him. He's so trailer-trashy to me.


B.A. Baracus: In my opinion, who better than Ice Cube? No one else has the sneer mastered like he does. Skip suggests Ving Rhames. Also a worthy choice. I believe he voiced the social worker in Lilo and Stitch. And I'm pretty sure the social worker was Mr. T.



Templeton "Faceman" Peck (aka: Face): The possibilities are endless here. My first thought is Ashton Kutcher. Skip said Christian Bale (Batman). I liked his idea more.

Colonel John "Hanibal" Smith: The leader of the group. Must be chosen wisely. My first thought was Terry O'Quinn (John Locke, from LOST). Skip was thinking Tommy Lee Jones. I'm not really sold on either of those choices... which brings me to the point of this post.

WHO WOULD YOU CAST IN THESE VITAL ROLES? The A-Team was a huge part of my childhood. This cannot be taken lightly. I'm open to suggestions.

Discuss.

Gratuitous Link

SO. In my church, I teach the little three year olds. They're called Sunbeams. They have spent the past 2 years in the nursery, and in January of the year they turn 4, they move up into the Big Kids class... which we call Primary. It's a big transition. They have to sit for essentially two hours, listening to lessons and singing songs. It can be a disaster if people come unprepared or are not very good at their job.

These are some of my adorable Sunbeams.

Enter... the MASTER singing lady. Her name is Melanie. For about 20 minutes, this woman is responsible for teaching the kids some pretty difficult church songs. Make no mistake, the songs are fantastic and teach excellent gospel principles. They are, however, a bit of a mouthful for a three year old child. Our lady is one of the two best I have ever seen. And I am stingy with my praise, indeed. So this says a lot.

Some of my friends have this same responsibility in their own churches. I have been trying to summarize her activities and email them, which frankly is time consuming and cumbersome. So I came up with this brilliant idea to talk Melanie into starting a blog and posting her ideas with some photos. Apparently, Melanie is about seven months more brilliant than I am. She has a blog, and you can see all her ingenuity by clicking there yourself. It's called The Crazy Chorister

and you want to do your kids a favor and pass this link along to your own church's music chick. I have ten Sunbeams, and they pay attention to her. 'Nuff said.