MUSIC

Yes.  This is the one you've all been waiting for.  My favorite music.  This will just be the first of many installments since I love so much music.  Enjoy.  Seriously though, enjoy it.
So one song I'm completely obsessed by is Grow Old With Me by either Mary Chapin Carpenter or Postal Service.  It was written by John Lennon.  It's one of the greatest songs for lyrics.  It says things so perfectly.  I also love Joanna Newsom.  I love her songs, This Side of the Blue and Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie.  There's this line in CCCC that says, "There are some moments where the sky looks like a road."  One of the most beautiful lines in any song.  She has such a unique voice that I really appreciate.  Her songs are so heartfelt.  I love Kris Kristofferson also.  He has such a great raspy, deep, sexy voice.  Also he's absolutely sexy himself.  Me and Bobby McGee is wonderful but my favorite of his is For The Good Times.  If you haven't noticed, I mostly pick music for the lyrics.  They have to mean something to me.  I love Jerry Jeff Walker because he makes me nostalgic.  He's my Daddy-O's favorite.  I love Night Rider's Lament.  It's a double wammy because it reminds me of my Dad and my Gramps.  Also, A Coat From the Cold.  It was my parent's wedding song.  Now I can't leave Bob Marley off the list.  I love all of them, Redemption Song, Three Little Birds, but my favorite is Is This Love?  It's so powerful and yet so simple to me.  I have respect for anyone who can write a song with so few and simple words and yet make it so profound.  I'm also very obsessed with Colin Hay.  He did a lot of the Scrubs soundtrack.  My favorite of his is Waiting For My Real Life To Begin.  It's in a very poignant episode of Scrubs and also has a special meaning in my own life.  Next on my list is the entire Crazy Heart soundtrack.  first of all, I've loved that Townes Van Zandt song, If I needed you since Benny and Joon.  But then you've also got Jeff Bridges and Ryan Bingham in the mix.  They have these amazing soulful voices, both of them.  They both sing with so much heart.  The Weary Kind brings me to tears everytime I hear it.  Then there's that line in Fallin' and Flyin' that says, "funny how falling feels like flying for a little while..."  I love it.  I just melt when I listen to this soundtrack.  And last (since I've rambled on for sooooooo long) is another Scrubs song.  Good Life by Frances Dunnery.  I don't even need to say anything else about it.  Just listen to this music.  It'll change your life.  Even if you've never seen Crazy Heart, listen to the music.  Ok, so this list is a little slanted towards the folksy/country side.  Next time I'll try to go in another direction.  That's what I'm listening to lately so that's what you get.  Give me feedback.  I'd love to hear that you listened to this music and loved it since I love it so much.

MY MOM'S IN TOWN!

Yes, 'tis true.  My Mom is in town.  I love it.  I revert back to kiddom whenever my parents are around.  The sad part of that is that I like myself better that way.  Anyway, it's nice having her.  It's my excuse to eat crappy.  Today we had McDonald's breakfast for a treat and we were talking about how sad it is for those people who eat it religiously while we only eat it occasionally for a treat.  Then we proceeded to eat In N Out for dinner and BK for dessert.  We're ridiculous.  And wonderful.  Also, my mom came into Gap while I was working in the fitting rooms and I kept going into her room to give her opinions.  I'm pretty sure most of the customers and some of my fellow employees were weirded out.  Especially when I gave her my opinion on the bra she had tried on.  They thought I was just looking at some random woman's bra.  We're going to have a sleepover tonight.  It's going to be fabulous.  Anyway, I'm signing out now.  Coming up:  My favorite music, AKA: music that should be everyone's favorite music because mine is the only taste that matters.

Creative outlet

So I was talking to my new friend, Jerry tonight about how much I love reading and he pointed out that I should write if I love reading so much.  I never feel like I'm interesting enough to come up with anything to write about but then he said I should get a blog, that it would give me good practice.  Lucky me, I ALREADY HAVE ONE!  Perfect.  I went to Medallion Manor tonight.  It's a home for mentally handicapped adults.  It's very rewarding.  I'm not going to lie, it was very hard for me at first but I've been going every Sunday and I'm getting better and liking it more and more.  Besides, it doesn't matter if I like it or not, I'm not going for me.  Then I played Texas Hold em' and I did pretty well until I got bold in the end and started going all in for every round.  I'm pretty good though for having not played for years.  I finally saw True Grit and loved it.  It reminded me a lot of my Gramps.  I'm chugging right along with this guitar stuff.  I've learned 4 chords and the accompaniment to Amazing Grace.  I'm feeling VERY proud of myself.  I'm finding that this blog is more of me just rambling so I hope the two of you who are paying attention still love my ramblings.  Keep on...keep truckin'.

Tales from an elementary school

So I work at an elementary school.  Kids from elementary schools have the greatest things to say.  So entertaining.  I got mistaken for THE most popular and adorable 6th grade girl the other day.  Needless to say I felt like a million bucks.  There's a little girl last year who wouldn't come off the playground when her bell rang for recess to end.  When we told her she was making a bad decision she responded, "I have ADHD so it's I can't help it."  Geez.  Who's been giving her this cop out?  She's was in FIRST grade!  And this is a much sadder story.  One of my favorite little boys, we'll call him JT, has been acting up a lot lately.  He's got a lot going on, ADHD, among other things and he comes from a single parent home.  He had made the decision to pinch one of the aides at the school and I was talking to him about the poor choice it was and he responded, "Well I didn't take my pill today that tells me to do good things so I didn't know to do a good thing."  Sad but also adorable.  I love that kid.  And I work with a little guy in Special Ed.  He's in kindergarten and he's the best and brightest part of my day.  As I was watching him do an entire 5 foot floor puzzle all by himself, I thought how much I care about him and how much I just want him to have the best life.  He repeats everything I say. Poor guy, he should really have a much more qualified teacher but at least I know I love him SO much and I think that helps.  He made up a clean up song for when we clean up puzzles.  It's great.  It's always stuck in my head.  Also, I teach two after school clubs.  I teach glamor girls and football club.  Opposites, I know.  So fun though.  We've painted nails and made necklaces in glamor girls and played football and soccer in football club.  Next week, we're going to make tissue paper dresses and have and fashion show!  Anyway, that's my day.  Jealous anyone?  I have many more stories, I'll add them as they come up.  In the mean time, know that I'm the luckiest person in the world and I work with the best kids on earth.

 So these are just a few pictures from my birthday weekend.  Yes.  Martin Luther King Jr. Day was also Kali day because it is the day I was born.  This was at the movie night party.  This was seconds after I dropped that very piece of cake into my lap.  I totally pulled it together nicely.

 We went to a rock climbing gym.  I sucked.  I'm determined to get better so yeah.  It was really fun.  That's all I have to say on that subject.

 So I look really good rock climbing which is a main reason I want to take it up.

We went to Salt Lake and then to The Olive Garden where our friend works so they gave us free cake and sang and they don't normally do that.  I'm telling you, I'm very special and people can just sense it.  Or maybe it's Kaitlin.  But for this blog, it's me.  Good weekend overall.  I got a guitar which I am juiced up (Thank you online thesaurus) about it.  I'm feeling enthusiastic.  Also I saw The King's Speech.  I highly recommend it.  Also, one more I promise, If you ever get the chance, see Sophie Scholl: The Final Days.  It's a German film and it is absolutely inspiring and stirring.  Now I'm done.  Enjoy.

This one's for you, Emily!

I don't know if I have anything to say that's worth reading but give me a chance because I'm actually hilarious.  Ok.  That's all for now. Oh and My name's Kali.  This is my first post.  Yada yada yada.