Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

I love this video. : )

It also reminds me of Wheaton's annual tradition of singing the Hallelujah Chorus as a student body/faculty right before Christmas break. 2,500+ voices=awesome (even despite mine being mixed in it!).

Shannon

Sad, but true

Sometimes The Onion just nails it.

I'm sad.

Because this is so true.

High Integrity, Moral Decency Has Cost Idiot Man Millions *warning: some rough language included*

America doesn't exactly reward the nice, fair, equitable, kind people anymore. It sucks. And it's true.

On that note....happy Thanksgiving? ; ) Seriously, happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all had wonderful times with your families—we sure did. More later. : )

Shannon

What's happening to us?

I'm sorry, but what happened to freedom of speech and the right to assemble?

I think this photo says it all.

Courtesy http://www.treehugger.com/culture/photo-will-start-real-revolution.html

Breaking up a peaceful Occupy sit-in at UC Davis yesterday, a police officer strolled nonchalantly up and down the line of (sitting, heads ducked down, silent) college kids and hit them full in the faces with a steady stream of pepper spray. (For the YouTube video, click here.)

Does no one else see this as disturbing? I don't care what you think about Occupy Wall Street and its thousands of spin-offs in cities across the U.S. Repeat: I don't care. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. These people are crazy. These people are right on. These people are confused. Whatever. It is NOT OKAY to treat them like this, for wanting to put some action to their beliefs and demonstrate peacefully. NOT. OKAY. AT. ALL. It might not be your cause, but you should care, just the same. (At least care more than UC Davis' chancellor.)

It's pepper spray, not guns....but eerily reminiscent.

Courtesy The Digital Journalist/LIFE magazine

And just take a look around the world to remember what happens when decent citizens are silenced, and when good people start to shut up for fear of reprisal.

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. —Edmund Burke

Welcome to Casa de Campbell!

Welcome to Casa de Campbell. Allow me to give you a tour of the facilities....

We're doing triple-celebration-preparation in the next few weeks....the holidays, our wedding anniversary, and roughly ten-ish houseguests, spread over three weeks. Exciting and BUSY! Time to start the Christmas decorating and shopping....time to finish unpacking so we have enough room for everything and everyone....time to clean out the remainder of the storage unit (NOT looking forward to that)....and time to also relax and enjoy another anniversary and another holiday season and renewed time with friends and family. : )

My mom is coming the first weekend of December (during which I also have my work Christmas party); beloved college roommates/friends Hannah, Marie, and Erin the second weekend (the first time all of us will have been together at the same time since my wedding, which was the first time since college!); Chase's friend Brent the third weekend (right after our anniversary celebration); with our Wheaton friends Corey and Allison coming right after Brent takes off. Then it's Christmas a couple days later.

I know I'll probably be running crazy most the time, but I'm also so excited to see everyone and do everything. : ) And if I need any recovery time, I have the whole week off between Christmas and New Year's (woo!).

Thus commences the week of Thanksgiving....going to spend it with my grandpa, which will be wonderful, and hit up Black Friday sales for Christmas, and put up the tree. Here we go, holidays!

Shannon

This. Is. Amazing.

You need to stop what you're doing and watch this video.

It made my night last night.