In honor of our hero, yet another animal has been named after Dougie Haines. Dougie the cat, affectionately nicknamed "Sweetheart," "Captain Meow," and "Swiss Family Robinson," has been claimed by the general Bart Villa population, though he will most likely be fed by the girls in Apartment 8 (well, maybe just Julie, I don't think the other girls ( Read more... )

Yes, I've decided to wipe the dust off of the ol' online journal (figuratively, of course), pony up and get some words written ( Read more... )

I am in love with the town I grew up in. Absolutely in love with it. I was driving home tonight and my entire neighborhood had their garbage cans out because tomorrow is trash day, and it made me so happy. Trash cans. I mean, this seriously impacted me deeply as if we are the only town who ever thought of taking garbage to the curb the night before ( Read more... )

This year I've been volunteering with the children's ministry at my church, doing skits about every other Sunday morning. It's a lot fun, but it turned out to be a pretty big time commitment, and I had recently decided that I didn't want to do this again next year. It just wasn't worth it. But I was wrong ( Read more... )

On my way home I follow the lights in front of me like every other day getting sick of looking from the conveyor belt of cars at billboards and restaurants and car dealerships ready to assemble me. I can’t remember the last time I had seen the world from the back seat of my own car. Deciding now would be as good a time as any I hop in the back and ( Read more... )

My kitchen (though a mess it may be), is quite the arena of conversation (when it wants to be). Upon arriving home last night (two hours past mid-night-time), I entered the kitchen to find Nath (and Mikey close behind). There was talk of sleeping (though rest would have to wait), we spent some time in the cooking room, talking (and i ate). The talk ( Read more... )

It's 5:30am and I just got back from NickTimJosh's where some intense discussing went down. So much was said that a summary seems far-reaching, if you'd like to hear about it, ask. Let it suffice to say that I have decided that half-way just isn't enough. I want to go all out. But I've discovered that I can't do it alone. Want to help? You can do ( Read more... )

At times, At times, when I look to the West ( Read more... )

I was doing some thinking about issues that folks have with the hypocrisy of Christians. There are plenty out there who can't believe words coming out of Christians' mouths because Christians themselves don't act like they believe them. For example, one may hear a vocal Christian urging others to turn from their sinning; their lies, promiscuity, ( Read more... )

Sometimes, when a specific period of time is drawing to a close, like a semester, or a holiday break, (you know, hypothetically speaking and all) I get to feeling like it went by too quickly and I've once again managed to waste precious time in my life. I think, "Wow, I could have tried to see more people" or "Wow, I could have read more" or "Wow, ( Read more... )