February 2011
96 posts
while I'm posting poetry - here is my favorite...
i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky,and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
-
(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun’s birthday,this is the birth
day of life and of love and of wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
-
how should tasting touching...
“Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love...”
– William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116
1/31/11: bulleted edition
Power steering in my car is on its way out. This is bad. Like, couple-days-left-and-then-I-can’t-drive-anymore bad.
Apparently that ^ is what all the funny noises (squeak squeak squeak EEEEEE etc) the car has been making lately have meant. Huh.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND CARS.
Resolved: next time we get stuck reviewing dumb stuff in APMT instead of actually doing dictation or something...
January 2011
164 posts
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be...”
– Matthew 5:6
(yes I know I’m posting a lot about the Beatitudes - they were part of this morning’s liturgy, so they’re what I’m thinking about now)
It’s funny how even the bits of Scripture that you think you know through and through still hold the power to catch you...
“You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you...”
– Matthew 5:3-12
Watchnever-live-without-loving:
eliserotheboat:
yourewwierofl:
thembadkids:
seventhavenue:
aruby:
(via tranquilasaforest, karlalovesyou)
can’t help but feel sad for him
my life.
movie genius. that’s what this is. inner film geek LOVES THIS SEQUENCE
my family is living under one roof again.
let the record show that I thought this impossible.
downtown I go for college interview no. 2 - Duke.
1/28/11: bulleted edition
Teaching self to play banjo yay! guitar experience helps for sure.
(chords known: G C D F E A B Am Em Dm)
Coolest thing ever: having a cell phone that makes that characteristic drawing-a-sword-from-a-sheath noise every time you slide it open.
Somewhat ridiculous (but really fun): discovering your guidance counselor’s phone does that ^ and having a pretend swordfight with it in the office...
“I have been broken open
This was not my master plan
I was comfortable watching...”
– Cold War Kids, “Broken Open”
never forget: you don't have to be tomorrow who...
Ten ways to love.
1. Listen without interrupting. (Proverbs 18) 2. Speak without accusing. (James 1:19) 3. Give without sparing. (Proverbs 21:26) 4. Pray without ceasing. (Colossians 1:9) 5. Answer without arguing. (Proverbs 17:1) 6. Share without pretending. (Ephesians 4:15) 7. Enjoy without complaint. (Philippians 2:14) 8. Trust without wavering. (Corinthians 13:7) 9. Forgive without punishing. (Colossians...
Watchbabymoose:
ugh I cry every time I watch this movie but I love it so much
I hope everyone understands that this opening sequence is basically the greatest montage ever. EVER. My inner film geek spazzes out every time I see this.
“God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not...”
– C.S. Lewis
kind of COMPLETELY AWESOME really
help my dashboard is full of kittens
really. I scroll down and down and all I see are photographs of tiny adorable kittens.
CUTENESS OVERLOAD I CAN’T TAKE IT
<3 HR
Me: "THE BRITISH ARE COMING!! THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!!!"
Kerry: "THEY DONT EVEN GO HERE!"
Mean Girls: Disney Style
grandhotel:
SHE DOESN’T EVEN GO HERE
yeah, I know I don’t usually do these, but MULAN
“1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked,...”
– Ephesians 2:1-10 (via ibajesusfreak)
“Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”
– Proverbs 19:21
1/24/11: bulleted edition
Resolved: B day mornings are for doing belated calc homework
In other completely unrelated news I HAVE SENIORITIS
APBC = Harry Potter Analysis 101 (I’m still the only Hufflepuff)
Waka Waka is going to be stuck in my head forever; thanks, Shakira
Interviewed for Princeton with a really, really nice alumnus who told me a lot about the Christian community on campus - reassuring
Now: pjs,...
I laughed myself silly at a calculus problem...
arithmancy?
Mr. J: Everybody shut up, we're working this problem.
Class: talk talk talk talk
Mr. J: Ten points from Hufflepuff! Stop it!
K: Unfair! I'm the only Hufflepuff!
Mr. J: You're all Hufflepuffs. Because Hufflepuff is the loser House. Ten points.
P: Okay, Professor Sprout.
Mr. J: WHAT
hello, I am a second-semester senior and I have no...
feeding CSP Lighthouse
8 boxes of pasta
6 cans of olives
6 cans of chicken
4 jars of salsa
I don’t even know how much feta cheese
Boil, chop, mix, repeat. We don’t have any pots big enough so I’m making this in batches. I’m no cook, but it’s kind of impossible to mess up pasta salad, right?
(…yeah, I’ll get back to you on that)
The point here is that I am making enough...
“it don’t make no difference, escaping one last time;
it’s easier to...”
– Sarah McLachlan, “Angel”
this song always makes me cry anyway; hearing it tonight, at Aaron’s memorial concert, even more so than usual.
rest eternal grant to him, o Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon him.
“Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky
“I found a place inside a sound
I found grace and it’s all I’ve got...”
– U2, “Breathe”