Music and Lyrics

Dear Readers, Bryan Adams wrote the lyrics for today's title in 1991. I don't think he thought about the above lyrics in the way that I am interpreting them for this blog. These lyrics are being interpreted as they would be used in the mafia. Or by assassins. Yes, I am writing about the game "Assassin" today. To give a brief overview, the game "Assassin" consists of a group of people who each draw the name of somebody else in the group whom they will have to kill during the game. For example, our ward started playing this past week with a group of 55 players. The goal is kill as many people as possible. A "kill" is tagging your target with a plastic spoon. The short story is this: If person A kills person B, person A is now after the player that person B was targeting. Eventually, everyone but one will be dead. After participating in this game, I have learned a few things. 1. If you want to kill someone, you can't trust anyone else . L...

Dear Reader, A wise man once said, "Strangers are just friends that you haven't met yet." Don't ask me who that wise man was, because I have no idea. It could have been a woman. The important thing is the wisdom of these words. There is an interesting translation between Spanish and English. The verb 'conocer' is usually translated as 'to meet' or 'to know.' However, it is more accurate translate 'conocer' as 'to be familiar with' due to confusion with another verb ('saber') in some cases. I think my relationship with my family is very closely depicted by the differences in this translation. You see, I "met" my family when I was born, right? However, due to age differences and my constant attention to friends and extracurricular activities during jr. high and high school, I 'was not familiar' with my family. I 'knew' my family, yes. That is the difference. Fast forward to a time when I ...