just pages in i fell in love with clarisse, the young girl who became montag's buddy. she is so inside my head. i loved every word she spoke, every question she asked, every idea she brought to the starved mind of guy montag. appearing around the corner, wandering at night, talking about things others failed to notice or considered foolish. but ( Read more... )

Here goes nothin...the book is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. get your copy right away because it all starts next week ( Read more... )

yesterday the sun came out, for the whole day ( Read more... )

despite popular belief i like camping. i detest being dirty, but somehow that subsides when i enter a camp site (somewhat subsides). and yes i have been camping, numerous times. i have camped in the cold, the rain, the heat of summer...i am far from expert but have advanced beyond novice ( Read more... )

i am considering a summer moratorium. if i go with this idea i will cease all arguing and judging of church and Christians, for the summer. the hope is that in this time i will learn, ask questions, and talk to God ( Read more... )

i find myself amidst small mindedness and doubt. i fight everthing within me, striving to avoid joining in, in opposition. it is far too easy--and i am far too susceptible--to debate. i find that debating with small minded people only makes me small minded. and this is precisly what i do not want to be ( Read more... )

i think that some of the greatest losses are those you expect and know are for the best. it hurts to lose someone knowing that you care about them, knowing that this is the way things need to be, knowing that this is the end, possibly forever ( Read more... )

at times life seems to whirl around me yet carries with it little meaning. it puzzles me. i haven't the slightest idea how this is possible, nevertheless...it continues on spinning and whirling about. how can i grapple with such intangiability? maybe that is just it: i cannot and that is okay. life will always be confusing, and at times seem ( Read more... )