Inclined to Shine like a Beacon in my Mind
i've got about seven songs stuck in my head that i haven't even written yet.
add that with my mom talking about college, my dad talking about football, and everything else in the world,
my head's been really full lately.
right now i'm listening to The Middle by Jimmie Eat World,
a song that depresses michael because it's so happy.
It kinda makes me angry...
or maybe i'm just cranky because i haven't eaten supper yet.
i don't know.
This weekend was nothing short of "badass".
My boys won our tenth game of the season (10-0) and the region championship.
this might not mean much to those from statesboro where yall win every year anyway,
but we usually suck at football
so this is a little new.
Went to Twin City Saturday to spend time with my best man before he and his family had to go to a wedding in Macon.
this boxing shit is fun as hell.
as soon as my knee gets a little more stability, i'll be able to work on my right hook with more efficiency.
After an extended workout session, i showered and changed for statesboro.
got my sister the soundtrack for Garden State for her b-day on Halloween.
it took Faith about 7 hours to fix her hair that day,
so i did that and hung out with Emily and Gina (two of the coolest people in the history of the world) to pass the time.
We were all gonna go to Metalfest (Metalfeast, whatever),
but Emily was grounded while we were chillin' at the mall for no apparent reason,
Faith's parents wouldn't let her go to "a concert that served alcohal",
and Gina couldn't get a ride.
so we did the next best thing...
...face painting with little kids at a church Halloween party.
CRUNKNESS!
HUGE props to emily for the gangsta facial tattooes (a unicorn, two hearts, and a french mustache)
she SHOULD be posting them sometime soon.
we went back to her house for food, a movie no one watched, and some interesting games of twister.
apparently, bumping people off the mat isn't exactly legal.
but it's all gravy.
Church was good today.
I think it's nothing short of amazing that we can have a female preacher give such great sermons in such a stuck up traditionalist town.
she was talking about "sin" not being some ungodly act of evil, but as an action, word, thought that brings you or others away from God.
made me think a lot about how i'm percieved by people, and whether or not i'm helping to bring people closer to God with what i say or do or if i'm just drifting away.
after Communion, we said the Lord's prayer.
the prefix for the prayer is "we are bold to say".
As soon as she said that, i started thinking about how most people around here we be bold NOT to say it when everyone else did.
It put a bad taste in my mouth and made it hard to get all the words out.
That's probably why i love being in statesboro so much.
No one there gives a shit if you aren't perfect.
It's the same reason Michael is my best friend.
It's the same reason Mad Minute is the greatest band i know.
Same reason hanging out with Tyler, Sean, Ernie, Emily, Gina, Louisa, Kristin, and everyone else is so liberating.
and it's the same reason why spending time with Faith is so great.
I've got three Lit projects due this week, one chapter of calculus due, three sessions of physical theropy, and everything else in the world.
...but it'll be ok.
The weekend always comes around.
yall take it ez.
God Bless
add that with my mom talking about college, my dad talking about football, and everything else in the world,
my head's been really full lately.
right now i'm listening to The Middle by Jimmie Eat World,
a song that depresses michael because it's so happy.
It kinda makes me angry...
or maybe i'm just cranky because i haven't eaten supper yet.
i don't know.
This weekend was nothing short of "badass".
My boys won our tenth game of the season (10-0) and the region championship.
this might not mean much to those from statesboro where yall win every year anyway,
but we usually suck at football
so this is a little new.
Went to Twin City Saturday to spend time with my best man before he and his family had to go to a wedding in Macon.
this boxing shit is fun as hell.
as soon as my knee gets a little more stability, i'll be able to work on my right hook with more efficiency.
After an extended workout session, i showered and changed for statesboro.
got my sister the soundtrack for Garden State for her b-day on Halloween.
it took Faith about 7 hours to fix her hair that day,
so i did that and hung out with Emily and Gina (two of the coolest people in the history of the world) to pass the time.
We were all gonna go to Metalfest (Metalfeast, whatever),
but Emily was grounded while we were chillin' at the mall for no apparent reason,
Faith's parents wouldn't let her go to "a concert that served alcohal",
and Gina couldn't get a ride.
so we did the next best thing...
...face painting with little kids at a church Halloween party.
CRUNKNESS!
HUGE props to emily for the gangsta facial tattooes (a unicorn, two hearts, and a french mustache)
she SHOULD be posting them sometime soon.
we went back to her house for food, a movie no one watched, and some interesting games of twister.
apparently, bumping people off the mat isn't exactly legal.
but it's all gravy.
Church was good today.
I think it's nothing short of amazing that we can have a female preacher give such great sermons in such a stuck up traditionalist town.
she was talking about "sin" not being some ungodly act of evil, but as an action, word, thought that brings you or others away from God.
made me think a lot about how i'm percieved by people, and whether or not i'm helping to bring people closer to God with what i say or do or if i'm just drifting away.
after Communion, we said the Lord's prayer.
the prefix for the prayer is "we are bold to say".
As soon as she said that, i started thinking about how most people around here we be bold NOT to say it when everyone else did.
It put a bad taste in my mouth and made it hard to get all the words out.
That's probably why i love being in statesboro so much.
No one there gives a shit if you aren't perfect.
It's the same reason Michael is my best friend.
It's the same reason Mad Minute is the greatest band i know.
Same reason hanging out with Tyler, Sean, Ernie, Emily, Gina, Louisa, Kristin, and everyone else is so liberating.
and it's the same reason why spending time with Faith is so great.
I've got three Lit projects due this week, one chapter of calculus due, three sessions of physical theropy, and everything else in the world.
...but it'll be ok.
The weekend always comes around.
yall take it ez.
God Bless