Hey livejournal crew! I thought I'd come back and visit, even though myspace has sucked out my soul. It's not even nearly as cool... it's just more mindless. Which I guess the kids dig these days. Anyway, the real big news is that I'm going to Prague in November for a teaching internship. Know anyone near there? Let's network ( Read more... )

Greetings to you on this glorious Seattle Sunday, blessed with sunshine and God's presence. I'm writing about it because it has been quite an epic adventure. Bocce was played, cool shirts were purchased, bands were admired. But mostly, I wanted to write about my morning with Anna Engen. She's moving to Minnesota, and we've been friends ever ( Read more... )

PACK OF WET MATCHES 3/25/07 ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to put up a new post for awhile, half because the last one is a little dusty, and half because there are things worth saying. I've been reading through Donald Miller's "Searching For God Knows What", and he really sums up a lot of what's been on my mind. People all around me (including myself at times), seem to be struggling ( Read more... )

Ok, so it's been a while. that last post didn't really go anywhere, but it did end up in good hands ( Read more... )

let's say all the things we never said...

1) I DO have a parasite; its name is Shigilla or something like that, but I named it Paco. Paco will be dead soon because I'm waging ethnocide on all parasites in my carcass ( Read more... )

"Here Lies Logic, Reality, And Everything You Were Counting On For Survival"

This
Is a rain
That
Sets fire to the sky.

This
Is a rain
That
Shattered the moon.

This
Is a rain
That
Crawled inside my skin
And suffocated a life
Already dying,
Already dead.

I should not have doubted
That such a storm
Raged
Behind your perfect eyes.

Asked you a question ( Read more... )

Hello readers around the globe! You may or may not know that I just spent 5 weeks in Thailand & Cambodia. It's so hard to summarize what I experienced and witnessed while I was there, but I did write this email to a fellow traveler, and I figured you all might appreciate it more than a prolonged silence. So here's the jist of it ( Read more... )