Woo hoo, Ethan!
Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.
'Touched'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jun 06, 2011 10:53:27 am PDT #11572 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 06, 2011 10:59:06 am PDT #11573 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Excellent news Jessica!
Kate P. - Jun 06, 2011 11:01:20 am PDT #11574 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Kate, did you take pics at the church? What kind of memorial do they have up for the four little girls. I can only imagine how emotional that visit must have been for you.
I took a few pictures -- I'll post them on FB later this week. There's a small memorial statue outside the church with the four girls' names and an image of four girls with their arms around each other and their backs to the viewer, looking at the church. (Here's someone else's photo of the statue. Their names are on the other side.) There's also a large stained-glass window in the sanctuary that was donated to the church by the citizens of Wales after the bombing (picture), and in the basement there's a memorial section with photos of the girls, the church after the bombing, and a few others, as well as a clock that was in the church that stopped at the moment of the bombing.
We've been talking and thinking about the civil rights movement this season in my choir and have worked up a couple of songs related to the movement: "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and a Sweet Honey in the Rock song about Ella Baker, "Ella's Song." We sang those songs in the church sanctuary, and it was incredibly powerful. Just about everyone was crying by the end. Quite an experience.
meara - Jun 06, 2011 11:01:57 am PDT #11575 of 30001
I love singing Sweet Honey in the Rock songs! The choir I was in in DC sang a lot of them, and they were always awesome.
javachik - Jun 06, 2011 11:04:24 am PDT #11576 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Wow.
Kate P. - Jun 06, 2011 11:06:24 am PDT #11577 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Jessica, that's great news! Congrats to Ethan, and congrats to you on being one step closer to becoming Tina Fey's BFF.
meara, yay Sweet Honey in the Rock! I've done a few of their songs with other groups and they're always fantastic. This one is probably my favorite one of our season.
Kate P. - Jun 06, 2011 11:10:36 am PDT #11578 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Wow.
It really was amazing. I'm often aware, at historic sites, of trying to access a connection to the history that happened there, but it's just hard to really feel it sometimes. This was not one of those times.
Fred Pete - Jun 06, 2011 11:11:25 am PDT #11579 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Yay, Ethan!
Burrell - Jun 06, 2011 11:14:06 am PDT #11580 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Congrats to Ethan!
Amy - Jun 06, 2011 11:15:01 am PDT #11581 of 30001
Because books.
That's awesome, Jessica. Yay Ethan!