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For anyone who is thinking of moving out to Portland in the near future ( Read more... )

I will read today.

I've been up for a while now after taking Lisa to the airport at 4am. At home it is hot and quiet and I am awake. Early mornings like this always seem...almost holy. The whole world is silent. Outside pensive trees, momentarily free from birds and breezes and dust and heat and all the daily things that make them just trees, pray while they can. My ( Read more... )

This is what I am wondering: Where is everyone going to church? My sister's theory is that we just aren't going. People are going, certainly, but we aren't. I'm not sure how it all began... I've privately attributed this "movement" (or lack thereof)almost entirely to David Bazan, the poster-child for disillusioned post modern emo Christians, and ( Read more... )

Epiphany: I do not like to try new things ( Read more... )

I've been known to be melancholy for most of my life. And while this last year has been one of my happiest, some mornings I wake up and still feel empty. I'm not sure why exactly, but I have my suspicions. I have a meaningless job, for one thing. Although it doesn't in any way violate my rather delicate code of ethics, from any perspective it doesn ( Read more... )

I checked my body mass index today on some MSN link. If it’s an accurate test, I apparently fall in with the “normal” crowd. Apparently, I am neither under nor overweight. I’m trying to accept the fact that I cannot be waif-like, especially at my age. But I’ve always liked the Twiggy physique. Some people say models like that look like the crack ( Read more... )

If I were ever to get my own deviant art space, these are some people I'd want to watch ( Read more... )

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