When asked who they admire most, probably all of the people asked would say the names of famous people or their fathers or mothers, but I think I'm fairly unique when I say that the person I admire the most is my son.  He is 6 years old now and almost in 1st grade.  He has taught me a lot about life that I was too immature to see until I had him.  The way he looks at things with such a curious eye when I would have just glanced over them and taken it for granted is especially interesting.  It's also nice to see how he easily forgives his friends even after they hurt his feelings.  He is so excited about life every day when he wakes up and is ready to start his day even when I'm dragging in the morning and always is excited to see me and his mother.

Although I'm sure a lot of this will change as he gets older, I can still learn a lot about how to act as a parent and as a human in general.   A lot of people say that  I should have waited to have kids, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. 

Have a great week!
 

WOW! 

My wife is graduating nursing school in a week!  I am so impressed with her for sticking with her education and accomplishing a goal of hers.  She ended up going to ICC for a couple of years (6 to be exact) and then moved over to Methodist College Of Nursing to get her RN-BSN.  She has applied for jobs and actually landed a position on the Postpartum wing of the hospital.  She had worked there as a CNA in the past and knows most of the nurses on that floor so she is so excited. 

Also my son is going to graduate from Kindergarten!  He has come such a long way since he started last August.  When he went into Kindergarten, he could pick out and name almost every letter, but didn't really know how they sounded.  Now he is reading complex sentences!  It's amazing how fast kids grow up!

Also, I've finally got sucked into the myspace world so if you want to drop me a line you can at:

 myspace.com/progressiveimpulses

Once my page is officially setup, I plan to do a bi-weekly podcast of some of my fav. tracks of the week and maybe occasionally mix a house/tribal set and throw it up there. 

Oh, and if you're still reading...

There is going to be a pretty large music festival in Chicago on July 29th and 30th called the Pitchfork Music Festival.  It's going to have 38 bands.  A few of the ones I'm excited to see are The Futureheads, Art Brut, Band of Horses, Hot Machines, and Spoon.  Since most of RMC is within a few hours of Chicago you should ALL attempt to make it for this event! NO EXCUSES :)  For more information go to www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com  If you plan to go and want to meet up send me an email at jkai12@gmail.com or post a message on myspace.com/progressiveimpulses

Have a great week!