grade 3 plants a flower.

If you haven't heard by now, I lived and worked in South Africa last year as an Augustinian Volunteer.  I taught English in a Zulu primary school not far from Durban five days a week, to children in Grades 3-7.
This is a silly and very amateur video I made of one of our projects.  On Earth Day, Mary-Kate and I asked our third graders to decorate (hlobisa) a petal we'd cut out of white paper, which we then assembled, and... well, just watch the video.

Music by Orba Squara.






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the potential story of my life.

Note: There was a video posted here about the joys of applying for jobs as an "aid worker"... but it seems that Global Poverty Project has taken it down.  Le sigh.


At least it's good to have a sense of humor about these things.
Thanks to friend and fellow former SA volunteer, Emma, for sharing this one. It gave me a good chuckle on the heels of my first really disappointing employment rejection.




Video via Texas in Africa

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geez, you're something to see

I'm a big fan of this song by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, but when I saw that they had posted this link on their Twitter, I think I may have a new favorite version.  You can hear the original here.

Something to make you smile on a Monday night... or cry, depending on your mood.

(via @EdwardSharpe)