Tweet Thanks to Michael Jackson, and my dad, I started break dancing at 3 1/2 years old. We have home videos in our living room, MJ and Bruce Springsteen records play in the background, as my dad lays Scott and I on the wood floor, takes our legs and spins us like a Twister dial. [...]
by Lesley on October 26, 2009
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Tweet After six months of eager anticipation, here we are at the Rose Bowl watching U2 perform the largest concert in the stadium’s history. Close to 100,000 fans packed out the stadium for a two-and-a-half hour concert broadcast around the world on YouTube. I told you in April that I’d be blogging about the concert [...]
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by Lesley on April 7, 2009
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Tweet I contribute, and give credit to, the hand of God for bringing Jonathan and I together during our early years of college. I also might credit Bono. Don’t call me a heathen. God can work through people, right? My love for U2 stems from my Dad, who would play their songs at a loud [...]
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TweetI just told Jonathan that I really wanted to blog tonight but ran out of time. I filled my evening with much more important things like: working until 7:00pm, eating dinner, and watching 24. (LOVE IT. Such a good season). Jonathan said, “Why don’t you just do a 15 minute blog tonight?” To which I [...]
by Lesley on January 19, 2009
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Tweet “This is not just an American dream, but also an Irish dream, a European dream, an African dream … an Israeli dream and a Palestinian dream,” Bono said in the middle of U2′s performance of their 1984 hit “Pride (In the Name of Love).” (MTV) (Lovin’ my three day weekend / celebrating MLK Day [...]
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