http://journeys.blogsome.com Documentation of my journeys Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:32:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   That "little" guy turned 19 today.  I can’t believe he’s in his last year as a teenager; it seems like only yesterday I was returning from Japan to find my little brother driving.  Driving!  It’s been a good 19 years though I don’t really remember the first few years.  I ... http://journeys.blogsome.com/2009/11/18/birthday-guy/ I was reaching my hand into the drawer to retrieve the measuring cups.  I was going to make crust for quiche and berry pie (yum on all counts).  I felt a sharp prick on my middle and ring finger and quickly drew my hand out of the drawer.  OUCH.  Blood ... http://journeys.blogsome.com/2009/11/12/wound/ I’ve been going through my blog and looking at different posts and I realized how much I miss this outlet.  I’ve either been too busy or I haven’t been inspired.  I itch to get that inspiration again, to hear the words in my mind and see them form in front ... http://journeys.blogsome.com/2009/11/12/whiles/  It’s been a crazy October.  I had a lot of projects, papers and presentations due but now that I’ve turned them in and completed them, I feel like the semester is winding down.  We’ve had some great fellowship in the last month and lots of good times.  I know what ... http://journeys.blogsome.com/2009/11/08/newvember/ It was terrible. srsly. Last night I went to check on a grade for a paper I turned in last week.  It said I had 27%.  Um, what?!  I have never even gotten close to getting such a terrible grade on anything, even in math.  I think of myself as ... http://journeys.blogsome.com/2009/10/30/panic/   I think this is a great reminder to be thankful for what one has.  The irony is that this same day, right across the street from where this man stood, a woman ran her SUV into the back of a guy’s stationwagon.  I didn’t see it happen but they pulled ... http://journeys.blogsome.com/2009/10/26/reminders/ it’s not the destination that matters, but the journey.  — unknown   I’ve always seen life as a journey, an adventure to who knows where.  I love the open road; going on roadtrips is one of my favorite past times.  My family never flew anywhere, we always drove.  To Kansas and Texas ... http://journeys.blogsome.com/2009/10/21/journeys/ I want to dance like the breeze write poetry that brings people to their knees compose a ballad that moves people to tears   These fingers missed this flow, the writing and the spark that runs through the body as thought turns to written word.  Shiver and still.  Too much action in my brain.  ... http://journeys.blogsome.com/2009/10/19/dreams/ The thoughts in my head are elbowing each other.  It’s kind of frustrating. I’m thinking of pictures and what an interesting phenomenon they are.  It’s nice to capture moments but it’s also difficult if you weren’t involved in that moment to understand the background.  Even if I was involved in the ... http://journeys.blogsome.com/2009/10/18/abstraction/    Yay, us.  We’ve been married two months and we’re still madly in love.  And tonight Jim and Pam get married too(!!!!).  Could this day get any better? http://journeys.blogsome.com/2009/10/08/second-mensiversary/