so... this is the latest.
ok - i rented a car and drove down the pacific coast highway, through big sur. that is simply the most gorgeous part of this country i have ever seen. it's immense - the scale and force of the mountains and the cliffs and the ocean, all pushed together at once... sometimes, i just would round a corner and whimper with glee. sometimes, i would blurt out an obscenity, as if "f'in a" did the scene justice. it was incredible, though i do not want to drive it by myself again. beauty that big needs to be shared, so next time i go, i'm bringing a husband. preferrably mine, of course.
san luis obispo, home of lori moore, was lovely and cute, though a bit homogenous. she has great friends and a great life there, and it was just nice to see her again. i can see why SLO draws such a nice crowd of happy 20 somethings, but it's a bit too cookie cutter for me. incidentally, lori is doing a STINT team for Campus Crusade for Christ. if you feel like you'd like to experience the blessing of giving, she's raising support for a year long campus ministry in austrailia, much like martha parr did in italy way back.
the night before i came back from SLO to fremont, the suburb of san francisco where my friends Ana and Natalie live, i found out that ana's cousin died accidentally on wednesday. she's with her family all weekend, rightly, and natalie is in boston for a wedding. so i'm chillin' solo - which is wierd, since i've spent a large part of the summer realizing that i'm too independant, and have been trying to come up with ways to overcome that. natalie left me her car - a stick - so i took to the streets of san francisco today. i confess i'm proud. stalled several times, but only peeled out a few, and did not cause any accidents. actually, driving a stick shift feels a little cool and powerful... i did get tailed by a CHiP, and that was scary. but so far so good - no tix.
i drove across the golden gate bridge, through sausilito (the cutest town ever) and ended up in Muir Woods, a redwood forest. twas awesome. simply awesome. tons of french tourists there, and i love to eavesdrop. the trees are pretty much beyond description, but their history, as well as the history of the forest itself, is inspiring. not humboldt park, like i'd hoped - home of the avenue of the giants - but a good second.
tomorrow - napa valley. if standing in the presence of redwoods with no one to share the glory with was a little lonely, i'm sure prancing through a vineyard with a glass of merlot in my hand will be just fab. but maybe God is trying to drive a lesson home. i need to cut back on this independance thing... i think that's why i've been missing michigan increasingly in the past year.
wow - that was borderline passive-aggressive, angst filled, implicit confessional, which should not be allowed on live journal.
let's switch to something better -
CHEESE CAULDRON. HAHAHAHA. how i love jk, but hate her for making me feel how i do. when malfoy steps on harry's face, i had to re-read a few times to make sure i got it right. which brings me to the reason i got back online tonight -
Miriam, Andrea, Michelle - ANYONE... i now have time to read, but i'm a little dusty on the exact words of the prophecy/what dumbledore told harry at the end. i've only read 5 once, and i was so sad at the end, i don't think i paid enough attention. but i think it would behove me to keep reading without a refresher about the proph. i remember the jist - only one can live, but i want the whole thing fresh in me head.
that said, i'm going back to read more. i love it so far, though i know my heart is about to break.
san luis obispo, home of lori moore, was lovely and cute, though a bit homogenous. she has great friends and a great life there, and it was just nice to see her again. i can see why SLO draws such a nice crowd of happy 20 somethings, but it's a bit too cookie cutter for me. incidentally, lori is doing a STINT team for Campus Crusade for Christ. if you feel like you'd like to experience the blessing of giving, she's raising support for a year long campus ministry in austrailia, much like martha parr did in italy way back.
the night before i came back from SLO to fremont, the suburb of san francisco where my friends Ana and Natalie live, i found out that ana's cousin died accidentally on wednesday. she's with her family all weekend, rightly, and natalie is in boston for a wedding. so i'm chillin' solo - which is wierd, since i've spent a large part of the summer realizing that i'm too independant, and have been trying to come up with ways to overcome that. natalie left me her car - a stick - so i took to the streets of san francisco today. i confess i'm proud. stalled several times, but only peeled out a few, and did not cause any accidents. actually, driving a stick shift feels a little cool and powerful... i did get tailed by a CHiP, and that was scary. but so far so good - no tix.
i drove across the golden gate bridge, through sausilito (the cutest town ever) and ended up in Muir Woods, a redwood forest. twas awesome. simply awesome. tons of french tourists there, and i love to eavesdrop. the trees are pretty much beyond description, but their history, as well as the history of the forest itself, is inspiring. not humboldt park, like i'd hoped - home of the avenue of the giants - but a good second.
tomorrow - napa valley. if standing in the presence of redwoods with no one to share the glory with was a little lonely, i'm sure prancing through a vineyard with a glass of merlot in my hand will be just fab. but maybe God is trying to drive a lesson home. i need to cut back on this independance thing... i think that's why i've been missing michigan increasingly in the past year.
wow - that was borderline passive-aggressive, angst filled, implicit confessional, which should not be allowed on live journal.
let's switch to something better -
CHEESE CAULDRON. HAHAHAHA. how i love jk, but hate her for making me feel how i do. when malfoy steps on harry's face, i had to re-read a few times to make sure i got it right. which brings me to the reason i got back online tonight -
Miriam, Andrea, Michelle - ANYONE... i now have time to read, but i'm a little dusty on the exact words of the prophecy/what dumbledore told harry at the end. i've only read 5 once, and i was so sad at the end, i don't think i paid enough attention. but i think it would behove me to keep reading without a refresher about the proph. i remember the jist - only one can live, but i want the whole thing fresh in me head.
that said, i'm going back to read more. i love it so far, though i know my heart is about to break.