Oh and PS

i had the opportunity to see my people perform in chicago. the Danish Gymnastics team came to campus friday. i was able to attend a workshop during friday day that they put on for the exercise and sport department. due to a lack of communication, we were unaware we needed to wear workout clothes so we proceeded to do all these interesting warmup exercises in our street clothing...which for some included a sweater dress and me jeans and a long shirt dress thing not suitable for moving around in really. they did a lot of partner game type warmups which made everyone feel very silly. it was fun though....good ice breaker. later that night they did an hour and a half show. the performance at night was splendid as well. the women danced with ropes and hula hoops and did lyrical modernish dancing....with some hip hoppy moves as well. the men did a lot of jump tumbling (lots of high flips) and they did this crazy dancing, tumbling skit thing as well, along with a number that invloved them in little exercise shorts doing exercises that were used in denmark in the 60's. funny stuff. gymnastics in denmark is a big part of everyday life....children to the elderly participate in it.


and so, it's settled. i'm moving to denmark to join the gymnastics team. afterall....they are my people. hahaha. :0)

Meet Shannon's Faces...on a Sunday Evening

Meet Keziah

Knowing Nothing

the more i look, the more i see, the more i listen, the more i read, the more i feel, the more i do...the more i realize i know nothing. and i'm thinking that knowing nothing is a good place to be.

Pumpkins in the Park!

today, i am running my first 5k along with a couple friends! and i am ExCiTeD!. a 5k is 3.1 miles. i like to run about 3 miles regularly, HOWEVER, i am going to start increasing my mileage for more of a challenge and because i can and i want to see what i can do with this body i have been granted rent of.

this race is fall themed and there will be costumes and live music at the finish. a festive ocassion really. oh yea...

and an update:
the race was a LOT of fun. we ran 9-something minute miles. i like running with a crowd. it gets backed up sometimes but that's alright. and the cheering ppl on the sidelines are encouraging. running along with others helps with the motivation. now it's time to step it up. a 10k perhaps soon? i hope so. i ran with three other friends. drew got ahead of us, but jenna, krista, and i stayed on pace together. we're gonna do more races. we decided. there were some funny costumes. some guy ran in a jaws costume so u saw a big felt shark head and then some hairy legs. three other guys did a chariot thing. two guys were horses and then there was the roman guy behind them. overall it was a good time. drew went as a swede in the colors of the swedish flag...ha...and jenna krista and i were ninjas. hardcore i know. too bad we didn't take any pictures. oh well. love.

Quote of the Day

today, five year old quron said in regards to playing a game of uno against another boy:

"i gotta try an beat this chicken nugget here..."

i immediately was like, "whaat?" and laughed. and quron was like, "oh mybad"

he says some of the funniest stuff. what a cutie.

Blast from this Summer's Past

oh friends. oh family. oh festivals. oh festivals of jazz. oh jazziness. oh oh.