Subject: To Discuss:
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2015 18:19:18 -0700

To Discuss:

21-12

Simas:
Write your personal story (personal vs group advocacy)
Physically feel rationality gone- talking points take over (family politics)
Don't tell people what they need or what is important to them. Listen to community.
Finding salience
Trump- not political, authentic (not tps), independent (money), crazy things are for show. Character is the biggest consideration.

Whiskie joie whisk
Kapla blocks- Eric?
Pizza

Finding Neverland (83%, 1 win, 6 nominations)
August: Osage County (64%, 2 nominations)
The Butler (72%)
Carol
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Spotlight
Citizen Kane
The Hustler

Closed off from news
Normal person
Little Morgan
Dictionary game
Grating
Complacency
Article - http://www.brainpickings.org/2012/02/27/purpose-work-love/

A. Intellect
1. pattern recognition
2. quick wit (master of sass)
3. problem solving ability
4. irritability/impatience with stupidity; dissatisfaction with mediocrity
5. grammarian (break in parallel just made you twitch a little, QEmfD)
6. all of the thoughts
7. multi-tasking prowess

B. Personality
8. limitless capacity for compassion
9. kind and considerate in the face of hostility (despite that quick wit); situational awareness
10. restraint and considered wisdom
11. urgent desire to do good; inability to accept neutrality as not bad
12. capable of true depths and heights of honesty and bullshit respectively (yes respectively)

C. Biased observations
13. so fun, it's annoying. honestly stop.
14. passed the DP standard of excellence, which is a more impressive feat than you know (I can be brutally honest about this later)
15. You are a wonderful, exceptional human being. You've heard it from me too many times, but it does not devalue the truth inherent in such praise. I never say these things lightly. You're the best.

And don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - the main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Things to do:
Banana Pudding
Gone with the Wind
Passion fruit ice cream
Archives
Rose's Luxury
Zaytinya
H St CC
Taco apartment
The American President
Osteria Morini/waterfront
Sequoia/waterfront
Table
Obelisk
Chocolate caramel Rice Krispies
Karaoke
Tourist summer
Set
Londonisation of DC

7 things to help make getting up this morning a little less rough-
a listicle by Daniel Parrish
(in reverse order for your convenience, just scroll up from here)
1. This music to be played in the background  as you get your badass self ready for your day (bonus- dudamel and the pope for your entertainment): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vHqtJH2f1Yk
2. This duck who wants to say good morning
3. This news which I got excited about (though you probably already knew about Emma): http://www.buzzfeed.com/samstryker/try-the-gray-stuff-its-delicious
4. This baby who I happen to be related to saying hi
5. This koala who understands your struggle
6. This picture to remind you that DC misses you and will still be springy when you get back
7. This SURPRISE midweek recording for your commute: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-DvSifoYgTkNjA4M184b1BsZ28/view?usp=sharing
I hope you wake up happy and rested and ready to take on the world. You're still the best- GFABA