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i took a four hour nap today. this weekend was THAT good. i traveled over to dallas to spend time with lee, justin, and beek. it's probably the most i've laughed in the past year. it was good to spend time with old friends who've succesfully transitioned into the "real world". it gives me confidence that i can do the same. also, i'm comforted to know that anus jokes still have the same effect of people with "real" jobs, as they do on the rest of us. anyways, thanks to...

Time to start my "grown-up spring break". Heading over to Dallas to see Lee and Justin and have some good times. I shall return......

Mutiny at the Cafe...

i fight great internal struggles each and every day. i fight myself on decisions, on relationships, and on what i believe. often, i feel like i'm the only person in the world that seems to find trouble in everything, but lately i've been very comforted in knowing that others struggle as well. it's weird to say that, though, as it's like i'm rooting for others to feel lost or alone. but knowing that others are struggling with the same things i do is oddly comforting. so much of how i...

“Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.”...

When I went to work at 6 this morning, it was perfect outside. It was in the 50's, no wind, and just beautiful. Hours later, 60mph winds took over. Grass fires burned all throughout the region, as we've seen no rain in the last 4 months. At work, though, I saw something that truly astounded me. I saw the wind blow over a cone. A freaking cone....

"Most of your peers live in a different world from you. The have already crossed the line into the postmodern world. But few of you have. Why? Because you want to be faithful to the Christian upbringing you received, which is so thoroughly enmeshed in modernity . One of the most important choices you will make in your whole lives will be made in these few years at this University. Will you continue to live loyally in a fading world, in the waning light of the setting sun or modernity?...

I'm in one of those uncomfortable places in my life again. I don't like it. Big pieces of my spiritual and emotional life have regrown or resurfaced. Big pieces of my personal life have fallen by the way side. It's strangely enjoyable and horrible at the same time....