She said like it or not
It's the way it's gotta be
You've gotta love yourself
If you can ever love me

A year ago today I was on a plane to Israel. Listening to Lifehouse. Today I was in my car on the way to school. Listening to the same album. It's a bit of a March album for me. (LJ evidence exists for several years in that regard, them and Jars of ( Read more... )

We're fighting for ourselves
Fighting for our lives
And no one needs to know
How scared we are tonight
Would you let me see the world
Behind your eyes

So here I am, sitting in a house. A house that is temporarily mine with the appropriate epithet of housesitting. This house is a place of which I have said, affectionately, the following: "This house was ( Read more... )

It's my trademark move
To realize I should improve
And sometime soon after that
You'll see me come crawling back

So I'm going to make this as succinct as I can manage.

Today was a densely packed day, as per usual. Went for brunch with my Grandma, picked up a roll of film full of dragonflies and water boatmen. Dropped Gran off at home, did some wash. I ( Read more... )

I like Israel. They have free wireless in their airport. Of course, that's not the only reason. My time here has been rewarding in all possible ways. I am exhausted and about to embark on a second adventure, but aside from being a little cranky and sore, I am satisfied with my first visit to Israel. Next time I may come by myself or with friends, ( Read more... )

This morning I feel excellent, which is a relief to say the least. I'm not sure if I'll get to post again from Israel, and I am not totally sure of the state of things at the hostel for wireless, but I will still record things and they'll be posted here eventually.

Hinneh mah tov u-mah nah'eem, shevet a-him gahm yahad

This morning when I got up I was feeling pretty crappy, and the fact that today was a cramped day with an armored bus did not help matters. Usually when I wasn't on the bus things weren't so bad, but it wasn't the greatest trip day by any stretch - not because of content, but because I was barely ( Read more... )

At this moment, I come to you with sticky fingers... We are devouring the Jordan Valley watermelon we bought at the desert oasis the other day with great satisfaction. We may have paid too much for it, but we don't care. It's GOOD.

Today was, as usual, long and eventful. It's looking like I might get a little more sleep than usual tonight, which is ( Read more... )

I think the only problem God would have with our trip is that we haven't taken a Sabbath day of rest... At most we had two hours of rest not part of sleep time.

Be that as it may, it's worth it. I'll sleep at home.

This morning we took a look at David's City, the heritage site of David's ancient palace in Jerusalem, we stood at the place where ( Read more... )

Peace to Jerusalem.
Today, Sunday, we went to Yardenit at the Jordan river so those of us who wanted to could be baptized, or have a rededicational baptism. I decided that this point in my life is an excellent time for rededication. I told a number of my friends just over a month ago that I only had two problems left with God. One of them was with ( Read more... )

Tonight I sit in the lobby without the aid of a list of what we did today, so I hope I can remember each of our locations. Yesterday we were warned that we couldn't wear shorts because we would be attending a couple of Catholic holy sites, and so I remember that our first destination was one of these.

We visited the Church of the Primacy of St. ( Read more... )