It appears that our family is on its way to being a "totally Rice" family. Joey and Robby have both been accepted early decision to Rice University and plan to join Sarah there next fall. Laura and I met while we attended there many years ago. Joey is looking toward mechanical engineering while Robby is looking toward history. We just put Sarah on an airplane heading back to Houston yesterday. In keeping with the recently completed holidays, here is a recent update from J's blog:
"First off, this break has been wonderful. I have enjoyed spending time with my family immensely, including the Drevets family (dad's sister) which was down here in kenting with us for a week. Christmas was the most anticlimactic yet, at least as was indicated by the number of presents under the tree on Christmas morning. Of course, that's not what is really important, and neither was new years, of which I spent the last minutes practicing a jazz guitar arrangement of "Auld Lang Syne" and doing pushups. Whenever I stop and think about all the things I should and want to get done, I start to feel overwhelmed, and quickly pick up a guitar or start watching a movie or quickly read some arcane Reuters: oddly enough article. These escapes have been quite successful thus far, although in the back of my mind I feel responsibility sinisterly beckoning me.
"One of the main things I have invested my time in this break is recording songs for a new CD. The CD will be called "Unperfect", and I hope to release it sometime shortly after break. So far I've got eight songs which I feel pretty good about, and two more to go. I know, I know, a CD is supposed to have 12 songs, but I'm working on it. I'm still undecided on how I want to release the CD- throw them out like frisbees next time I play in chapel, sell them so I won't be a poor college student, use them to raise money for the general Morrison missions trip, or just put them up for download online. Right now I'm leaning towards the second or third option, possibly augmented by the creation of a myspace music profile with song lyrics included. All the songs on the CD are songs I wrote with some sort of message about God. I'm hoping and praying that God will use this CD to bring him glory.
"Down south, the beach has been very enjoyable - playing a dodgeball-esque soccer juggling game with long gone morrison alumni, riding waves, getting "a tan" (well, I like to call it that - red is tann-er than white)... On a hike in Kenting National Forest our family (once again including Drevets) flew kites in the very gusty wind. Soon my little mickey mouse kite was hundreds of feet away from me, dancing over this huge coral rock face. Suddenly mickey dove down somewhere behind the massive face, and in shock, I realized I probably was never going to fly that kite again. probably. Enter climber Bill (name changed for privacy). Climber Bill, realizing the dire nature of this situation, scoped out the area, and realized that he could manageably climb up the backside of this hundred-something-foot rock face. After climbing up the crumbly coral, thrashing through the thorny bushes, prancing past the primate poop, and standing tip-toe in the tallest tree, he was able to reach poor mickey. Five minutes and two scars on his legs (remember the thrashing) later, climber Bill had rescued the mickey mouse kite. (with the aid of his older sister Sarah (name not changed for privacy)). That was probably the most exciting thing Climber Bill did all break."
You can read the rest of this post at http://www.xanga.com/jodian. You can listen to or download the CD at http://groups.google.com/group/TEAMspinella/web/joeys-cd-unperfect. There is also a link to our picture albums and other websites there.
With love from the far side, Steve and Laura
Dr. Steve and Laura Spinella, Sarah, Joey, Robby
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