lately

i have a couple of things on my mind that i thought i would share. i had coffee at 10pm and 12.20pm suddenly seems like the perfect time to blog. here are my thoughts and things that might be worthwhile to know...

:: i don't get going to church when you're not connected to people at that church. i think this is a good thing that i don't get it. this is not a statement on church perse- more on my understanding of how vital it is to be connected to people.

:: if you order rotolo's pepporoni pizza cooked well done and cut into pies- i doubt you'll order any other kind of pizza. it's way good.

:: i have had an expereince at work lately- where i am more deeply convinced that having people in authority believe in you is super powerful. it does my heart good.

:: i went to see invisable children tonight.

here is a list of movies that have raised my social awareness and stirred mercy in my heart. if you have some movies that fit this category- please share them in the comment section:

: glory~ mbrodrick post ferris; denzel pre malcom x. civil war movie about a all black regimen.
: flawless~ deniro (hard ass cop) and semoyer hoffman (drag queen) develop a friendship.
: schindler's list~ liam neeson as the righteous gentile.
: hotel rwanda~ when america shut its eyes (part VIII).
: monsoon wedding~ dysfunctional familes are trans-cultural.
: crash~ race in modern america... not that we have a race problem...
: to kill a mocking bird (but the book was better)~ atticus was one of my first heros.
: lord of war~ a nicolas cage movie that doesn't make me laugh at him the whole time.
: cry freedom~ steve binko and a dutch guy's friendship.
: amandla~ the role of art in the uprising of aparthied.
: magnolia~ the conflicted relationship between a estranged man and his wacked out son.
: born into brothels~ art redeems.
: fog of war~ documentary interview w/ robert macnamara re: vietanam.
: city of god~ art redeems part II.
: motorcycle diaries: che was a commie- but his mercy gifts put most christians to shame.
: american history x: edward norton as skin head.
: malcom x~ denzel gets our attention and convinced me that malcom x wasn't simply an angry black man.
: boys in the hood~ singleton is not clique.
: promises~ a documentary about seven (i think it's 7) palestinian boys and seven jewish boys throughout their childhood and their developing freindship.
: the lost boys of sudan~ the story of refugees from sudan and their acclimation to america.
: invisable children~ makes me proud to be a Christian. historic social movements for change have been led by people of faith. i hope this is our moment.

well... i guess it is time to sleep now.

that is my niecy maggie in the masthead.

love you my peeps.