Talking about Jesus and rock and roll
Yesterday my niece was christened. This was interesting because my sister isn’t particularly religious, but her boyfriend’s family is Catholic, and she didn’t mind if Lyela was christened (is that correct? Baptised?) into the faith. I think it’s pretty cool. Even though I’m not especially religious myself (although MAN do I have a post brewing about how I’m exploring religion through creating art and I’m SO EXCITED… another day), I really respect traditions and ceremonies, and it was cool to be there for Lyela’s entrance into what may be her faith. I have no idea if she’ll follow it or not, but I think… it was just neat to be there.
Anyway, the church we were at has a statue of Jesus (well, they have several) in the lobby. Jasper was standing in front of it, and we had this exchange:
Jasper: “Who is this?”
Me: “That’s Jesus.”
Jasper: “Oh. What song does he play?”
And then I laughed for about an hour because my child thinks anyone who is important enough to be on the wall is a musician. And… in his household, he’s usually right.
Speaking of musicians and my child, I recently bought Living in the Material World by Olivia Harrison. After spending forever going through every single photo (oh my god), I learned that George Harrison was named after the UKULELE player George Formby. It’s so amazing to me that GH, who my son loves (maybe because I love him but also because he just does), who played the ukulele all the time (like my child does), was named after a ukulele player. Observe:
Ashley and I recently completed what I believe is our busiest weekend this wedding season. I always maintain that it’s awesome to be this busy, because we love our jobs & it’s BUSINESS, but man! Sometimes it takes the wind out of you to have thousands of photos to edit in a week ,before you turn around to have a few more thousand photos to edit. While last weekend was the busiest, we’ll still be pretty busy through the middle of November. There are a few breaks in between — the biggest of which (for me) is NEXT WEEKEND when I go to Seattle (by myself! I’ve never flown by myself but everyone tells me you feel awesome while doing so.. so I’m stoked) and meet the Empire ladies and speak at Geek Girl Con. What the what the what the what.
Anyway, the church we were at has a statue of Jesus (well, they have several) in the lobby. Jasper was standing in front of it, and we had this exchange:
Jasper: “Who is this?”
Me: “That’s Jesus.”
Jasper: “Oh. What song does he play?”
And then I laughed for about an hour because my child thinks anyone who is important enough to be on the wall is a musician. And… in his household, he’s usually right.
Speaking of musicians and my child, I recently bought Living in the Material World by Olivia Harrison. After spending forever going through every single photo (oh my god), I learned that George Harrison was named after the UKULELE player George Formby. It’s so amazing to me that GH, who my son loves (maybe because I love him but also because he just does), who played the ukulele all the time (like my child does), was named after a ukulele player. Observe:
Ashley and I recently completed what I believe is our busiest weekend this wedding season. I always maintain that it’s awesome to be this busy, because we love our jobs & it’s BUSINESS, but man! Sometimes it takes the wind out of you to have thousands of photos to edit in a week ,before you turn around to have a few more thousand photos to edit. While last weekend was the busiest, we’ll still be pretty busy through the middle of November. There are a few breaks in between — the biggest of which (for me) is NEXT WEEKEND when I go to Seattle (by myself! I’ve never flown by myself but everyone tells me you feel awesome while doing so.. so I’m stoked) and meet the Empire ladies and speak at Geek Girl Con. What the what the what the what.
