reconciling despair and hope

one of the hardest things to come to grips with, when dealing with this depression, as a christian, is how to reconcile the overwhelming sense of despair that i know my body is “tricking” me into having, with the overwhelming belief in hope that i ought to have. when i get sad, i feel faithless, […]

lightning! hail! in november!

it is 3:19 am, and lightning just struck a neighbor’s house. (i’m posing via wifi) my poor dog just about had a heart attack, i think. plus, now there’s hail hitting the windows. wtf is going on? is this really november? on another note, i just had some leftover 15 bean soup with hamhocks in […]

candlelight

sometimes, when up at 1:04 am, and coding lasso, it’s worth it to be down in the living room, where the candles are. i have three very tired animals in here with me — one cat on the couch with me, a doggie on the floor nearby and a cat over by the bathroom. the […]

free bacon!!!

my friend jo sent me bacon bandaids, which is awesome, if you ask anybody. Listening to: Queen Bee from the album “End of the World Party (Just In Case)” by Medeski, Martin & Wood Technorati Tags: bacon, bindaids, cameraphone, free bacon, friends, me, moblog, selfportrait

out of darkness comes light

You’re all that I have and you’re all that I needEach and every day I pray to get to know you pleaseI want to be close to you, yes I’m so hungryYou’re like water for my soul when it gets thirstyWithout you there’s no meYou’re the air that I breatheSometimes the world is dark and […]