Dexter finished the latest round of the big Sota musical, this year being the Music Man. Not the most exciting choice especially compared to last year's Spamalot- however, well done. A fine production with great costumes, good performances (some excellent) , sets and for Dexter as co-lead Lighting (with Iain)-100 light cues were accomplished successfully. It's a great thing to see him find a passion and have the talent and dedication to fulfill these tasks. At 16 he finally has discovered a circle of people that he enjoys and seeks out to be a part of (although we miss him) He is welcomed in these groups and Dexter also enjoys the confidence of his lead Tech professor, Paul K. Paul likes to tell stories- one, about 18 years ago as a bartender overheard two parents attempting to persuade their son to stay in school. They wanted their boy to drop his pursuit of his dream of a new search engine (there was already several successful search engines in existence) . Paul decided to do something he normally would not do and suggested to the young man that his parents were providing the best advice, and that the name of his search engine, "Google" was idiotic. Sergei Brin did finish out his Stanford years but aside for a pair of sneak glasses was apparently never heard from again.
And what of this diversity I suggest? Yes, Dext appreciates the differences we all offer, and in honor of this, he has received a letter grade of each type, one A, one B, one C, one D, one F (Spanish). We would really like him to balance out his studying and find some ways to dedicate himself to those subjects he doesn't feel much like dedicating himself too.
I recently asked him does he get nervous before a presentation in front of his peers or a class. He responded that he doesn't and that he got this trait from myself, and his Mom. Little does he know about the knots! and knerves! but it's incredibly sweet of him to think of his skills passed from us to him. Perhaps as a child he may have attended some speeches Maria made or helped with some holiday meetings that I led.
And of his brah-brah (D's term), Oliver? Oliver is excited to go to a new school in Alameda in the Fall (Aug '15) and I look forward to walking him to and picking him up from on a daily basis until he has friends. We've taken to playing an endless game of tag from sun up to night time and it's crazy endless fun. Perhaps a little obsessive. I just need to take care that I do not run over little children in attempts to catch Oliver. The little speedy twerp! Ollie is growing into his body and has turned into quite the charmer. Joyful but also not one to avoid a big sulk, or every morning slumber that allows him to rise with promptness. He also has not been able to deliver urgency when it's been requested as time to get to it. Yet, his spirit and kindness is great to be around and a very beautiful quality. We are privileged to have the company of these boys in this family and we know it.
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