i've spent an incredible amount of time with KP the past few days. late nights/early mornings, hanging out at her place and bopping about, talking about this and that, reading and eating together, watching DVDs (including the first several episodes of Northern Exposure ( Read more... )

Pardon my angst, but I'm a bit fried at the moment, which is exacerbating an ongoing frustration of mine. I spent much of today (and a good portion of the previous two days) immersed in reading Models of Contextual Theology for a paper I'm writing for my British freelancing client. I'll get roughly $120 for it, and I'm not saying the work is ( Read more... )

It bothers me the extent to which people find their sense of worth and meaning in such things as sports. In the language of my childhood, this is a textbook example of idolatry: putting the profane ahead of the sacred, subverting the rightful order of things. People are suffering, starving, etc., and you think what really matters is who wins the U. ( Read more... )

come on, you know the words -- join in ( Read more... )

only a week since school ended, and already my body has made the transition to a non-school schedule. nearly midnight, but according to my body, not quite time for bed. i've known the modest joys of not using an alarm to wake up, and not even being aware, much of the time, what day it is ( Read more... )

so lonely right now...need someone to talk to, need *more* people to talk to, but not too many, i'm not looking for a wide circle of friends, i just need connection, i'm starving for it ( Read more... )

i'd really like to get rid of my car and buy a motorcycle, something i could ride to work and to choir. i almost never need all the space of a car, and the gas mileage differential would be huge. (and i could always take the bus when the weather's too bad ( Read more... )

(from a recent e-mail I sent someone ( Read more... )

(from our weekly e-newsletter ( Read more... )

beautiful
friends and acquaintances
frustratingly depressing
i'm starving here!