after a really long and mostly unpleasant week, i am fortunate enough to be taking a trip to the post office today. i have been trying to mail a little package for quite some time but time has been problematic lately:) beirut seems to be the music of the day.
the boy in the striped pyjamas is coming to the us on november 7th of this year and i am really excited about going to see it. this is the one film that i think i will go watch on opening day. it is the story of a young boy whose father is commander general of a nazi concentration camp-auschwitz to be exact. there is a book. it is by john boyne. i am going to purchase it today.
i went to the movies yesterday and saw it. i was going to take my little sister but she is in marching band and she had rehearsal so that did not happen. i went with missy and sarah, two lovely girls, instead. anywho, in a really strange way, i liked the movie. it is different and musical and really almost weird but i did enjoy it. there were some questionables throughout the film but overall, it wasn't terrble:) i won't recommend it because i don't want anyone to freak out if they see it and hate it but like i said earlier, i didn't think it was terrible and i will probably rent it and watch it with the sisters when it comes out.
so i know, two posts in one day but i have a lot to catch up on. i wanted to share a thought about two things i heard this week, both very important...well, at least i think so. the first was on monday night. i went to church and the message was about worry and anxiety, two things that i think we all struggle with at one time or another in life. for myself, it is something that i have been battling a tad these past few days/weeks or so and it was something i really needed to hear. the passage used was phil 4: 4-7-
it has been a really long week filled with tons to do so i have had little time to write about my latest adventures. so today is the day. i just finished cleaning the house and cleaning myself up after cleaning the house so here goes-
from mexico and i received a new apron from my lovely friend janna:) i will blog more later tonight but here is a photo of my new apron.
Ground Zero on the seventh anniversary of the attacks
In New York, the names of those who died at the World Trade Centre site were read out by relatives and students.
The ceremony in downtown Manhattan went silent four times, twice to mark the time when each plane hit the Twin Towers, and twice at the time when each tower fell.
The city's mayor Michael Bloomberg said the day would "live for ever in our hearts and our history".
He said the anniversary was about "New Yorkers, Americans and global citizens remembering the innocent people from 95 nations and territories that lost their lives that day."
Later today, the US presidential candidates, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain, will attend Ground Zero, after they agreed to suspend their campaigns for the White House for 24 hours.
In Washington, President George Bush said history would look back at America's response to the attacks and that "we did not tire, we did not falter and we did not fail".
"Since 9/11, our troops have taken the fight to the terrorists abroad so we do not have to face them here at home," he said.
The president also dedicated a memorial to the 184 people who died at the Pentagon.
A total of 2,974 people were killed on September 11, 2001, when terrorists hijacked four aircraft.
Two hit the World Trade Centre towers, one crashed near the Pentagon and the other came down near Pittsburgh.
today is wednesday and it is september so make it a good day. fall is so very near. anywho, this post is a special one because it is about work and it will have photos:) i have been working at a cool coffee house for just about a month now and it has been terrific. the name of this place is augie's and it was named after the owner's granddad, sweet right? it is the only red building in town so it stands out a tad but i mean that in the best way. every tuesday night (perhaps it is still monday... we are not certain:) a jazz band comes and plays in the alley right next to the shop. dim lights, coffee/tea, music, and the alley are an almost perfect combination. there isn't anything missing but i always hear that there is not such thing as perfect so i thought the "almost" would fit:) the photo to the left is a photo of augie. people, myself being one, sometimes think there is no real augie but i actually saw him once... he is not myth:) anywho, moving along, this place is run by a young married couple.
mike. this guy to the left is mike aka big mike aka miguel. he is married to the cutest lady every and they have two lovely kids. mike is amazing at latte art... really. perhaps you still don't believe me. well, this thursday night he is leaving for the land of coffee up north where he will be competing in a latte art competition. there are two hundred people competing and he is one of those two hundred. he cuts his own hair too and it looks terrific. anywho, i have had the opportunity to work with mike more often these past couple weeks and i have greatly enjoyed his guidance and milk steaming help. and there is 
zack attack! yes, believe it or not, my good friend zack and i landed the same job at augies! when we first started we worked together all the time because both of us had no idea what we were doing. now that we are a bit more competent, we can work alongside others:) sometimes when i am working and he isn't he comes in with his computer and sits at a table and says he is doing homework. i don't know if the homework part is true:) anywho, zack is working and also going to school to be an english teacher. that is one thing i am a bit envious of, the whole going to school thing that is. anywho, he really loves his class and the people in the class and what he is learning so that is really great. he is also into photography and he does it very well. he shots weddings and stuff for magazines and so on. he is going to be moving to downtown redlands this week to be closer to work and to school. he is gaining one super cool place and even better, one super cool roommate. from zack we will move on to 
terry... terry if you are reading this, i fixed my misspelling of your name:) anywho, this is terry and he does not work at augies. he actually works at this really neat place up the street and around the corner called the pantry. terry would not smile for the phone so in the photo he looks a tad miserable but he is really not:) terry and his wife esther are just wonderful people. they are kind and thoughtful and in my book, that goes a long way. i like seeing terry every time i come in to work because he lets me make drinks for him... my choice:) if you are ever in the area the pantry is a place you want to check out! on to the
customers. one of the greatest things about working at augie's besides working with an amazing group of people, is the people you get to meet. the first photo is my friend james... sometimes i want to call him jams, i don't know why. anywho, james is a brilliant artist. i have known him since jh and it has truly been so neat knowing him all these years. all of the art hanging on the walls in the photos belong to him. the second photo is tom. tom comes in every day for a cup of coffee and for wonderful conversation. i just can't begin to explain how much i enjoy his company. and his suspenders, he wears different ones every day:) the last two guys are regulars as well. they are brothers and they are just so funny. the one on the bottom just got into ucla's art program and he has been painting for a very short time but i hear he is a natural. i have not seen his work yet but if he made it to ucla it must be decent:) the one in the brown shirt is in high school and he plays the drums. they are both really neat fellows. all of our customers are really terrific. it is the place to be. there are so many great things i could say about my current place of employment but it would take a sit down conversation, i think. so i will just leave it at, it is a really neat place to work:)
what mine looked like:)
