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When I was in elementary school, my report card always said something like “Smart, a pleasure to have, but talks too much in class.” And that’s been pretty accurate for the last couple of decades.
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I like what I like. And I like to experience what I like. So I’ll do things I like more than once. Like tv shows. Like movies. Like books. Like food.
I like.
So when I have sushi I order salmon pieces (sake) and a shrimp tempura roll. When I get ice cream, it’s usually Heavenly Hash or Rocky Road. If I’m jonesin’ for something to read, I’ll grab a Foundation novel or something by Orson Scott Card.
I will never tire of zombie movie fare and I can re-watch TV shows with no problem. (Problem? We don’t have no stinking problem!)
From a speech given at Oxford University, March 2001 by Michael Jackson. My deepest thanks to Catherine Coy for sharing this remarkable speech with me.
Thank you, thank you dear friends, from the bottom of my heart, for such a loving and spirited welcome, and thank you, Mr President, for your kind invitation to me which I am so honoured to accept. I also want to express a special thanks to you Shmuley, who for 11 years served as Rabbi here at Oxford. You and I have been working so hard to form Heal the Kids, as well as writing our book about childlike qualities, and in all of our efforts you have been such a supportive and loving friend. And I would also like to thank Toba Friedman, our director of operations at Heal the Kids, who is returning tonight to the alma mater where she served as a Marshall scholar, as well as Marilyn Piels, another central member of our Heal the Kids team.
I am humbled to be lecturing in a place that has previously been filled by such notable figures as Mother Theresa, Albert Einstein, Ronald Reagan, Robert Kennedy and Malcolm X. I’ve even heard that Kermit the Frog has made an appearance here, and I’ve always felt a kinship with Kermit’s message that it’s not easy being green. I’m sure he didn’t find it any easier being up here than I do!
Embrace the awesome. Enjoy your weekend. Have an adventure.
When I was a kid, I wanted a “bubble” themed birthday party. We got bubble wrap and bubbles you could blow and…well, I guess that’s kind of it as far as the “theme” went. But still, awesome, no?
And then there is the time that my brother and I officially went to war. We have this really badass picture of us in armor. Yes, ARMOR. We went to town on a cardboard box and lo! emerged with shields and swords.
His shield was teeny tiny bit more badassical than mine. For some reason I heard about the “War of the Roses” and thought it sounded really awesome so I drew two roses having a battle on my shield except it hindsight it looks less like a battle and more like two roses in an “X” pattern. Maybe if they’d been dripping blood? I’m sure the purple background didn’t help. (Shut up, I thought it looked “regal”.)
Anyway, like I said, Sean’s all black shield + lightening bolt just screamed “I will melt your face off; behold my might!”
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