somehow, somehow 2006 made it here.  it didn't even feel like a whole year went by. i think it's a sign of me getting older when the years start to seem like they're flying by. eww older. i'm gonna be 20 this year. new year's felt like a fake out. a joke or something. i don't know. i feel very mixed emotions about the whole thing. alot happened but ( Read more... )

i really got a glimpse of heaven tonight. singing "o holy night" and "silent night" and many others with my wesley family.

as i watched each candle in the room get lit and the light grow brighter and brighter, i was struck so hard with "THAT is EXACTLY what our lives are supposed to look like". just watching my friends in rows in front of me share ( Read more... )

1. How many songs do you have on your computer?
2175

2. Sort by song name--What are your first and last songs?
(A)-mewithout You
Your Winter-sister hazel

3. Sort by album--What are your first and last albums?
"No Sir, Nihilism is not practical"-showbread (the quotations)
You forgot it in People - Broken Social Scene

4. Sort by time--What are your ( Read more... )

i've been longing for community lately. here, of friends, loving each other, just community. and i haven't been able to find it. it makes me miss home thinking about it.  i want it to feel more like home. just seeing other people in other places i think has really increase this. and brokenness. comes at the right time. just really understanding now ( Read more... )

i haven't even had time to return my friends' calls. i'm sorry. really. to all of you.

oatmeal and nickel creek make me feel at home.

i've been a pretty lame friend lately. life in general has been kinda hectic. when i'm not studying or schooling or fulfilling another previously made commitment, i feel like it's 2 am and all there is to do is sleep and wake up to do it all over again. so much goes on and i don't even have time to process it all before something else happens. my ( Read more... )

fall break is so close. of course things go wild right before freedom hits ( Read more... )

i really enjoy having classes in really ancient buidings. and living in really old buildings too. it makes me feel more-more sofisticated and neat-like i'm getting a better education or something.   it doesn't even bother me that my film class is in the freezing damp basement and the lights sometimes don't work. i feel like that's it's character ( Read more... )

today. today was beautiful.

that's all i have words for right now.

i did have the most excellent weekend, indeed. started with a picnic with deb at this park with a waterfall. we sat on this dry slab rock and ate, talked about our most amazing God, the fact that she's getting married in a month, our life stories, and sang.  we rolled up our pants and waded into the water across all the flat rock, climbed and ( Read more... )