Three Ring Circle.

If you like bluegrass check out Three Ring Circle! I saw them last night at Station Inn and they were so fun, especially the mandolin player.

So I thought alleviating poverty was a myth until....

This morning I attended Vanderbilt's commencement speaker, Muhammad Yunus, and was blown away by his profound words. He's a Vandy grad who has recently won the Nobel Peace Prize for developing the concept of micro-lending to the poor and establishing the Germeen Bank, which gives collateral-free loans to the poor. His organization has lent small loans to over 7 million destitute people for the start of their own businesses, empowering them to get themselves out of poverty. His revolutionary concept of integrating trust into the institution of banking is literally leading millions of people around the world out of poverty. Whoever speaks at my graduation next year has gigantic shoes to fill, because Mr. Yunus did a phenominal job at not only explaining his theories of micro-lending, but also at charging us to use our own theories and knowledge to reshape the institutions that make up the current profit-driven business world into an arena motivated and founded on social change.

Starting the summer off right!

JM and I hosted our first dinner party of the summer tonight. It was originally intended to preceed the Vandy vs. MTSU baseball game, but after we found out that the game was nothing more than a figment of JM's imagination, it turned into a boardgame night. Wanting to set the proper southern summer tone, we practiced our domestic skills by serving homemade gazpacho soup, bread, sweet tea, watermelon, and freezey pops. (yes, we are a class act!) We intend for our gatherings to be a weekly event, so all Nashvillians should be practicing their poker faces because next week is our poker cocktail night!

Favorite New DVD's

I love TV DVD's. This love stems from many reasons, mainly that I hate commercials and don't have a consistent block of time I can watch a show each week. Freshman year I started really getting into them. Starting with the Gilmore Girls, I then went on to the OC, CSI:Miami, Entourage, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, and most recently JAG (you should ask me about this one sometime because I have become a huge advocate of the show!) But now I have come across my new favorite, the Discovery Channel's series, Planet Earth. If you haven't seen it yet, you must! It's all about the unseen phenomena of earth, and the camera shots in it are absurd. Yes, I realise that the inclusion of this in my blog elevates me to serious dork status, however I recommend you checking it out for yourself, because I think it might make dorkiness seem a little cooler than normal.

Summer 2007 To-Do List

This summer my roommate, Jan Margaret, and I have come up with a to-do list. Because I am returning to Africa, June 26th (that’s right, the day before my 21st birthday), we only have 1 ½ months to tackle it. But thanks to some strategic planning and an intense commitment to follow through on what we say we are going to do, we have fit it all in our planners and are ready to embark on an intense month and a half. The original list had about 40 things on it, but we have prioritized the list down to 28 things. If you would like to join in on any of the activities, just let us know, because the more the merrier. I’ll let you know how it goes, but I am pretty confident in our dedication to the list!

Summer List 2007
1. The RC Cola/Moonpie Festival in Bell Buckle, Tennessee (June 16th)
2. Camp on a sailboat
3. Learn how to make jelly with MiMaw
4. Nashville Cityfest (May 18-19)
5. Avett Brothers Concert in Knoxville (June 7)
6. NYC (May 31-June 4)
7. Foam Fiesta Friday (a foam party in Dustin’s truck bed while driving around)
8. Annie’s Wedding (May 26th)
9. Las Vegas (May 16-19)
10. The lake (A LOT)
11. Skydiving (June 13)
12. Jack Daniel’s Distillery (June 15th)
13. Picnic at my favorite secret Nashville spot
14. Go fishing
15. Uncle Dave Macon Days- Murfreesboro Tennessee
16. Drive-In movie date
17. Station Inn
18. The LSAT
19. Talk in accents (A LOT)
20. Shop at the farmer’s Market and then use my Betty Crocker cookbook
21. KATS arena football game
22. CMA music festival (June 7-10)
23. Go the flea market
24. Reclaim my tennis game
25. Beginning training for the marathon
26. Eat Las Palates popsicles at least once a week
27. Go to the Frist
28. Monster Truck Rally at the Fairgrounds

Welcome to my world!

As my third year of college comes to a close, I have decided it is time to start documenting my memories. This is an attempt to give them the thought they deserve, as opposed to letting the memories of my youth continue to fly by unacknowledged. So thus, here is my blog. I am sure that it will be organized chaos, just like my life. I tend to talk in stream of conciousness, processing my thoughts externally, so this blog is sure to be at times random, contradictory, and mundane. Yet, it is my hope that through its imperfections, you will get a glimpse into my world, and you will be able to understand the events, people, and the God who are daily transforming me into the woman I am slowly becoming.