Follow my circular thinking

So the TI/Rihanna song "Live Your Life" is one of my new favorite songs. And thankfully, I live in a city with a top 40 station that plays it like every two hours or so. But whenever I hear the song, it makes me think of Lukin, even though I assume he has never heard it. Let me explain.

So the song, for those of you who don't know it, samples Ozone's Dragostea Din Tei, at least the Mia-hee, Mia-hoo, Mia-haa, Mia-haa-haa part. Although, it is different in the TI song.

When I first started working in MN, I had a student in my homeroom who loved that song. In fact, he loved it so much that he would ask to borrow my CD with that song on it, over the weekends from time to time. He would often come to class and ask if we could listen to the song. And some days we couldn't listen to it because it was silent reading day or drug ed day or something like that. But on Fridays, it was our free day and so the kids could sometimes bring in snacks and just visit during homeroom, and listen to music. Of course, he was one of only about 2 or 3 students who liked that song. The rest of the kids moaned and groaned, but they were good sports about it.

The name of that kid was Lukin. Yes, this is the same kid that I got my son's name from. He was a fun kid. Smart, respectful, funny, witty, nice to his peers, just cynical enough, and well-behaved. All the things that you would want your child to be in 8th grade.

So, that's why I think of Lukin (my son) every time that song comes on. The song samples a song that a student I had liked, whose name was Lukin, which I named my son. Got it?