A Good Name for a Band

My mom, my sister and I (who will soon become known to you for our odd little quirks in which my beloved father never shared, despite being a pretty cool guy with a wicked sense of humor himself) used to do this while I was growing up. We'd hear a phrase, or just think of something, that would make a good name for a band. I've since seen the same type of things in Dave Barry columns, reinforcing our long-held belief that some of the country's most venerated comics, have a live camera feed set up from our house. (Yes, I'm talking about you too, Bill Cosby...) Anyway, I heard a phrase this morning that, by changing the spelling of the second word, makes a pretty cool band name. The phrase was "celebratory morning," and of course the band would be Celebratory Mourning. (Obviously this is not a country band...)

So anyway, this "celebratory morning" was the 5th Annual Social Work Awards Breakfast, and we did have a fabulous speaker who was really motivating. Now, I don't know if I'm just buying into the propaganda, I don't know if there are hard facts to back it up, but I just feel like this is a really good time to be getting into social work. Maybe not money-wise, I don't think there's EVER a good time to get into social work money-wise. But in terms of the profession making some real strides, some real headway, into making people more aware of who we are, what we do, and what we stand for. We're more than just the people who take children away from their parents... SO much more! (Personally, I hope I never have to work in a job wherein that's part of my job description.) The GSSW at UH is a great place to be, too - I think we are the ONLY social work school in the country whose mission specifically contains promoting social justice, and (good for my little political-concentration self) our dean is also very much focused on that... on extending what we do WAY past the micro level and into making changes and influencing policy. I swear, if it weren't for the skeletons that would inevitably come out of my closet, I'm fired up enough to run for public office! Anyway, for now I'd better stick to my little micro-level job LOL and end this post... but I just had to get that out!!!

Celebratory Mourning... hmm...