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A surprisingly small amount of internet goodies from the past two weeks.

This week I traveled from San Pedro to Detroit to Cincinnati to Chattanooga to Birmingham to Louisville to Cincinnati and home to Westland. This is a picture of me in Alabama. (Get it?)

Articles/blog posts:

• Dealing with anger in race relations at between worlds – I relate a lot to what this woman spoke of, although she has learned so much more than I have in this area. I am still learning how to engage in “race relations” with love, humility, and a teachable spirit. Reading between worlds is one way that I do that!
• 20 things the poor really do every day at Ben Irwin – Listen to people’s stories. It’s so easy to assume that we have any idea what actually goes on in the lives of other people.
• Washtenaw County family on adopting 2 sibling children: ‘It made our family whole’ at M Live – A Facebook friend of mine who works closely with adoptive families shared this on Facebook. Yay adoption!
• 21 Racial Microaggressions You Hear On A Daily Basis at BuzzFeed – Sometimes BuzzFeed is more than just entertaining. This article is educational. I can never know what it’s like to live in the United States as a person of color. But I can’t listen to people of color and learn how to not be offensive. Learn and love!

Movies/TV:

• Catching Fire in theaters – One release date miscommunication, one bus ride, and seven-girls-in-one-taxi later, I finally saw Catching Fire! I love love loved it! Having read the book and knowing what was going to happen made it so much harder to watch! Ugh! I just knew what was coming and it was stressful. I imagine the third (and fourth? what’s that) will be even harder – so much sad! I’m definitely planning on seeing this one at least once more in theaters before heading back to the DR.
• The Holiday on DVD – I got into the holiday (heh, get it?) spirit with Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black, and Jude Law. Every time I see Jude Law in anything (so basically, every time I watch The Holiday) I think of how he cheated on his wife (or girlfriend or something) with the nanny, and it’s all I can think about. Kate Winslet is always flawless.
• The Heat on DVD – In my week of travel I watched The Heat at Katelyn’s and at Rebecca’s. I saw the movie for the first time in theaters this summer in Indy with Alicia. It’s still funny.
• 30 Rock on Netflix – I’m finally hooked. So much 30 Rock in the past week!

(YouTube) Videos:

• Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus || Spoken Word by Jefferson Bethke on YouTube – An oldie but a goodie.
• Tema Oficial de las Estrellas Orientales Ahora Es by ramonsito perez on YouTube – This is our baseball team’s song! Vamos Estrellitas!

At the mall in Santo Domingo where we saw Catching Fire!

Since getting to the Westland Library and getting my hands on some actual books, I have made excellent headway in my 100 Childrens Books Challenge.

While in Birmingham, Rebecca took me to a cool place called Steel City Pops. They sell popsicles! So fun! You can click on the picture to see the website.