oh andre

Seriously, he gets me.

Coming Soon(ish)...

Happy Birthday to me...

July 18th & 19th the Ride: Well Tour will be travelling through Little Rock.


In the meantime, support Blood:Water Mission!

My fear...

I...have...arrived...

So, I'm partly watching an old Without a Trace, kinda eating dinner, and browsing these internets, and something made me google the phrase "presto change-o eureeka's castle"

Then, my friends, the unthinkable happened...

See that first result?  That's my xanga, from 2005.
Whaaaat?
Ridiculous, but it proves that I'm just as strange/nerdy as I was six years ago, since I was googling the same thing.

Alright, set your watches. . . my fifteen minutes start now. . .

Awkward is. . .

...skipping church then biking past with a friend just as everyone is leaving...

I couldn't have timed it better if I tried.


[but I finally had a real conversation.  Too bad I had to look outside the church to find it]


In other news, I have approximately 427 new bruises.  Pourquoi?

take a look, its in a book

Lately I've been reading Restless Faith by Winn Collier. So far, its amazing, so I wanted to share a few pieces (and perhaps entice you to read it yourself).

True theology is never a dry, intellectual exercise; rather, it is the endeavor to be consumed with the reality of the One who is beyond our categories in such a way that we point in his direction.



God has gone to incredible lengths to pursue his own glory by winning the hearts of his people. And these incredible lengths step outside our bounds, outside our sensibilities.


...we struggle because of how faith has been defined for us. We have been told that faith is claiming a reality and seeing it come to pass. Faith is taking God at his word and waiting until we see him move.


We often approach God as a means to get what we want, but his desire is to in fact be what we want.

It's like he reads my mind

andre

to do or to be

We can start changing people’s mindset. Instead of asking young people, “What are you going to do when you grow up?”, ask them, “Who are you becoming?” The question is not whether you will be a doctor or a lawyer but what kind of doctor or lawyer you will be.

from Jesus For President by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw

Another good read

Story archives - story #2978
"As a professional nanny, I've found that scaring a baby doesn't alleviate her hiccups, but it does scar her for life."

-helenthenanny

For more cereal spitting fun, visit

Authenticity

no words

I haven't felt very bloggy lately.


Here's a photo instead
courtesy of mr andre jordan

spasmodic

spas·mo·dic:
resembling a spasm or spasms; sudden but brief; sporadic


Provigil made this girl crazy...


Yeah, I've taken that.
Hmmm...







I feel like I've been working nonstop, so its nice to have a light week (sort of). It takes me a day and a half to recover from working a full week, then there's laundry to do, etc...



I'm considering setting up an etsy account to sell some of the cutsier things I've made, the most recent being this:

(Why is it so difficult for me to take quality pictures of this stuff?)
But I might be too lazy (translated: afraid nothing would sell).



I almost feel guilty about selling certain books on amazon. For instance, Tim LaHaye's Transforming Your Temperament. Its crap. It was a waste of money. I don't want it. But do I want to be responsible for putting something I know is junk in someone else's hands?




Can you rebel from yourself?
Withdrawl or avoidance? Laziness?



Apparently, "repositional paper adhesive" is craftese for "will not wash off skin." My fingers are sticking to the keyboard. And I didn't even mean to use this stuff.




February 3: New album by The Fray.

I mentioned The Fray to a girl at work and she hadn't heard of them. What?!? See, thats why I don't wanna have kids--quality artistry is replaced by SpongeBob and Pull-Ups.




...finally, a guilty pleasure:

wishes

Just added to my amazon wishlist:



Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ, John Piper





Love One Another: Becoming the Church Jesus Longs For, Gerald Sittser (who also wrote The Will of God as a Way of Life...très bien).




Speaking of my wishlist...here's a fun story...

I had a stack of mail waiting for me when I got back from my 10 day "experience" in Texas. I let it sit for a few days, but eventually I needed to look for bills and such. Mid-way through the pile I found a "sorry we missed you" notice from the post office letting me know I had a package to pick up. I didn't remember ordering anything, but I honestly wasn't sure, especially when the clerk handed me an amazon.com box (cause let's be honest, I've gotten quite a few of those since I discovered the joys of online shopping).



When I opened it and found a gift-wrapped package shaped suspiciously like a book, I assumed my mom had bought it. But the card read,

Thanks for wishing for my book! If you enjoy it, email me & I'll send a PDF of the next one, due out in June.
Pete

Pete?


Inside I found this:




Ooooh...that Pete. As in Pete Gall, author of one of my favorite books, Gall: Five Years of Unfettered Christian Exploration Somewhere Between Youth Group and the Rest of Life.
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In a message on Gall's amazon page he writes

Zondervan has purchased "Gall" as part of a two-book deal! This version will be significantly overhauled for a broader audience (less profanity, no typos, stronger content, shorter total length) and will be killed off a few months from now (October?), with the revised book being released in February, 2008.

This self-published version - now referred to as "the underground version" - contains characters and stories that will not remain in the revised book, and while I think the revised product is significantly stronger, some people who will prefer the rawness of "Gall" over the revision, which is slated to be called "My Beautiful Idol."

So essentially, I've already read this book. But I love it. And I re-read all or part of it as needed. So when I first heard it was being re-released (so not the correct term) I added it to my growing list of wishes.

And that wish was fulfilled, by the author himself.


Who does that?


Pete does. Because he's awesome.

To learn more about Pete and his awesomeness, read the book. Seriously. Ideally you should buy it here and help support the man, but if you're really nice I might lend you my copy.









In other news...

• I'm pretty happy about this. They creep me out.
• Fakejasonboyett's twitter is highly entertaining.
• My shoulders are going to look like this if I keep working at Michaels. Unloading the truck makes me feel hardcore.
• I worked from 9-5(30ish) today without a break or lunch til 3:30. I don't even think stopped to pee all day.
• Sleep and I are still in a fight, but if I ever expect to reconcile, I'd better go to bed now.

because you really don't want to watch those reruns of Scrubs anyway...

Interesting: Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw - Jesus for President Tour at Discovery Church in Orlando (Status)

Includes the phrase, "Amish for Homeland Security" and some music that is unexpected but adds a lot to the experience.

Give it a listen. It's long but worth it.