- Catholic school summer camp is the coolest thing ever. My coworkers are incredible people (especially the ones I've just met since camp started) and the kids are way too much fun to be around. I have a cool story or two to share, starting with:
- Bryson, this shy, quiet, and awesome little kindergarten kid who has large glasses and may or may not be Will in training. On the second day of summer camp, we went to a rollerskating rink (the first time I've been in such a thing since middle school, and yes, it was terrifying), and while essentially everyone had rollerskated at some point in the recent past, Bryson never had. He gave it a shot on his own but fell down pretty quickly and grew discouraged. After prodding him (for thirty minutes...literally me at five years old), he finally agreed to go around the rink with me a few times, as long as I held his hand and made sure he didn't fall. We did this for over an hour, and after we finished, he hugged me and said "that was fun." My boss told me that when he left that day, he told his mom that he loved rollerskating. This was the best moment of my May. God is blessing me in incredible ways through this job and it's amazing.
- The day before, I was assigned to watch the kindergarten class and I met this sweet little kindergarten girl named Isabelle. She was terrified to meet anyone and spent most of the first hour of the time we knew each other asking me when she could be with her sister (a first grader) again. She started to cry, and while I'm usually pretty terrible at the whole "consoling" thing, the varied and spectacularly embarrassing stories of my youth seem to connect well with people at work. I told her about how I walked into the girl's bathroom my first day of first grade at a new school and we laughed about that and other stories for quite some time. She has several friends now at camp and she gives me hugs most days. Again, my job is awesome.
- We went bowling last week and I was verbally abused by four second-grade girls, one of whom I have dubbed Sassy Sarah. (She has given me the name Weird Will. It fits.)
- Last summer camp story: I came up one day short of five full months into 2013 before I had to buy sunscreen. Yes, I'm embarrassed.
- If you follow me on Twitter, you've probably seen an uptick in movie-related tweets as of late. That's because thanks to the following wonderful people (hat tips to Hunter, Matt M, and friends), I have seen around twenty movies in the last ten or so days. Therefore, I present to you one of my finest achievements that isn't an achievement at all, Will's Official List of Decent or Better Movies Seen Recently:
- "Elephant" (2003) - 10/10
- "Stand By Me" (1986) - 9/10
- "Badlands" (1973) - 8/10
- "Raising Arizona" (1987) - 8/10
- "The Departed" (2006) - 9/10
- "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968) - 10/10
- "Machete" (2010) - 6/10
- "Fargo" (1996) - 9/10
- "Good Will Hunting" (1997) - 9/10
- "Almost Famous" (2000) - 9/10
- Dishonorable Mention: "The Purge" (2013) - 0.5/10
- The only redeeming quality of "The Purge", other than an absolutely hilarious scene late in the movie, is the fact that of all places featured in the opening scene which shows different shots of crimes around the country during the "purge", the one and only Murfreesboro, Tennessee is featured. This is less than two minutes into the movie. Unfortunately, 83 minutes of pure suck follows.
- Some of you may know that my friend, JL, and I, are making a summer rap mixtape. I have been asked two questions about it very frequently. The answers are yes, it is very real, and with any luck, it will be out by the end of June.
- 1 Peter is incredible. I read it for the first time after senior year of high school and it hit hard then, but I'm revisiting it now and it's still just as great of a read and study.
- This is your song of the summer.
- Tennessee Lady Vols softball forever.
Will
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