September 2011
1 post
wake me up before september ends
Changing a culture is kind of a big project. Maybe too big. How about just getting a group of friends together and making stuff that you love? What’s that quote? Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Is it frustrating to you when you have a belief about...
July 2011
3 posts
Chicago!
Gonna be in Chicago all day Thursday and then maybe again next Wednesday. Do I have friends in Chicago?
And what’s up with the Willis Tower? Sears was better.
June 2011
13 posts
mathematics
Let X = time spent worrying about the future. Let Y = time saved by worrying. Therefore X - Y = #stupidisasstupiddoes
sans facebook
i did it again. facebook, i deactivated it.
and then i read good stuff and want to share good things and i think of facebook but it’s deactivated so what now?
i used to blog. what happened to the long form? tweets and status updates are replacing long prose and well thought-out arguments that you have to walk from, and you have to walk a while. like don miller says, you feel like running...
tennis
longest i’ve ever been away from the game (excluding birth to middle school years).
we miss each other, i do believe. time for a nice long extended reunion.
answers enabled.
getting dumped suuuucks
but when it does happen, do you want the person who broke your heart to be completely honest, mostly honest, or just to let you know that it’s just not working anymore for them?
like for example, if your dumper cares deeply about you and loves your friendship but romantically they just aren’t feeling it…do you want to hear that?
May 2011
5 posts
getting what you want
might end up being really bad for you.
hello mr. darkcloud
never thought we’d meet so soon. i’m shakin’ a fist in the dark. why why why does it keep getting harder to say thanks?
put
on a good face for the world.
April 2011
6 posts
and
car.
also
a solar-powered home.
sometimes in may
i want to live in southern california and wake up every morning with the sun bursting through my window while california birds sing their morning songs. i want to go kayaking and skiing and sit in cafes, sometimes for 3 or 4 hours just talking to a few close friends about things that matter (and some things that don’t.) i want to sit in lounge chairs with my family, overlooking the setting...
why
is the hunt sweeter than the catch?
deactivated
my facebook a week ago.
best decision i’ve made in…a week.
yes i do
i know why we blog/tweet/facebook.
March 2011
8 posts
why i'm yawning today
finished watching this guy at a veritas forum at 1:30 AM last night.
laid in bed until 3 AM thinking.
#sleepfail
Some guys find Maxim girls sexy
Some guys find this type of girl sexy:
“A friend of mine who is celibate makes it very clear that her vow of celibacy is not to go without love, but it’s a vow to what she calls ‘universal love.’ I’ve realized over time that she is a deeply connected person. There is a certain potency to her presence that is hard to describe. She owns no property and she lives as simply as...
The morning breeze has secrets to tell you. Do not go back to sleep. - Rumi
When will I see those days again?
march six, two thousand eleven years after...
hey!
can i be honest?
too late.
so, i’ve been working 50ish hours a week the past few months. to what can this experience be compared? to a leech that sucks blood? doesn’t leviticus tell us that “the life of any creature is in its blood”?
my blood is tired; i’m an introvert. too much blah-work shrivels me up inside. i’m on autopilot.
BUT (and that’s a...
February 2011
7 posts
sunday morning clanging cymbal practice
“…somebody might, in her own mind, be worshiping a pagan goddess, and be closer to the Truth than a Christian who expressed a correct doctrinal understanding of God but never fell on her knees before him. It is far better to have an imperfect image of God but a wholehearted devotion than it is to have great knowledge without love.”
From Homer to Harry Potter
Je-sus laughs...Je-sus laughs with me
Envision Jesus with his disciples. If you cannot picture him teasing them and laughing with them, you need to reevaluate your understanding of the Incarnation. We need a biblical theology of humor that prepares us for an eternity of celebration and spontaneous laughter.
Who is the most intelligent, creative, witty and joyful human being in the universe? Jesus Christ. Whose laughter will be...
sorry momma
mint chocolate chip ice cream for breakfast. because i said so.
hey jealousy
tomorrow we can drive around this town and let the cops chase us around the past is gone but something might be found to take its’ place
—gin blossoms, 1993
butterfly to caterpillar
did you come to make me new and know i’d crawl right back into the skin you found me in? it’s where i am not where i’ve been
you make me want to live
you came to shake us and to wake us up to something more than we’d always settled for
you make me want to live
-nichole nordeman
heaven
oh i forgot you existed, tumblr!
and byproxy, you tumblrs. you rumblr tumblrs.
guess what!
that’s a question.
guess what?
fine i’ll tell you—i’ve started reading again!
like, books!
i read a dick staub book i got from b&n and it wasn’t all that good, but i got one good quote. it’s downstairs, though, and i don’t feel like walking down there so...
January 2011
5 posts
Twilight
I watched Twilight yesterday.
Here’s what I gather…
Vampires are non-human. Edward is a vampire. Bella is a human. Vampires eat humans. Edward is a “vegetarian” vampire. Edward dates Bella.
So an equivalent would be…
Billy is a human. Humans eat chicken. Billy is a vegetarian. Billy can date a chicken.
So Edward and Bella’s relationship is not far from...
an observation observed
yesterday was emotionally difficult for me
through hot tears i concocted the best prayer i was able to concoct
it was a good prayer
i went to bible school, afterall
on my bed i cried
and cried and cried
and finally prayed
today i breathed more deeply than i have in a while
today i was hopeful
today my longings, frozen for months, began to thaw
i will share this prayer with you
maybe it...
December 2010
5 posts
sex channel
i was talking to a friend in L.A. tonight about a guy she’s dating. she says he’s really into her, but he’s probably just into her sexually. she says she’s a very flirty and sexual person, but she’s also awesome. there’s more to her, she meant. i agreed. i told her not to let him in until she knows he wants her for her…and then still wait longer. i told...
