i don't care if the sun don't shine, long as i can see that girl of mine
current conditions: 42 degrees, about to rain
current readings: "jayber crow" by wendell berry
this is the first book in a while that has absolutely blown me away. everything else i've been putting back on the shelf or returning to the bookstore before i reach the end. but this is a novel that describes life with perfect beauty and depth without getting sappy. it's about a barber and his life from birth until death, his living in a farm community, his parents dying when he's 10, his then-guardians dying when he's 16, and everything happening afterwards that i haven't quite gotten to yet. the story moves quick and has yet to drag, though the cover art made me assume otherwise. i sort of wonder how someone can churn out of nothing something this interesting. after years of reading the gospels, Jayber Crow believes “Christ did not come to found an organized religion but came instead to found an unorganized one,” and that “for any sin, we all suffer. that is why our suffering is endless. it is why God grieves and Christ’s wounds are still bleeding.” anyway, he finds life in the small town satisfying and perfect- something often and easily forgotten by myself. very cool.
anyway, the snowboarding trip to sugar mountain, NC was a blast. got closer to freinds. i tried a few jumps and recieved a few bruises. we took a ton of detours on the way home. if i ever return to what i once did, i may decide to post some photos here of some of the adventures mallory, seth and i had on the ride home (sans the exposed 35mm roll that got yanked out of my camera when i opened my door and saw it fall on the ground at a gas station). at one point we took a wrong turn and accidentally ended up in virginia, and then figured we could turn the whole thing into a photo op (i.e. UFO video store, buying VA lottery tickets, finding some thrift treasures, etc.). i needed a getaway, though sometimes i believe my whole life is a getaway, in a good way. do you smell what i'm stepping in?
red harp, june avenue and preston are playing this friday at bottletree. it's a $8 benefit for invisible children, an organization that sponsors kids in northern uganda. also, we're playing a thing feb. 12 (also at bottletree) for a band i've long listened to called koufax (that now includes members of the get up kids). needless to say, that should be fun and should make me plenty nervous.
oh, and cary norton takes photos that look like this:
current readings: "jayber crow" by wendell berry
this is the first book in a while that has absolutely blown me away. everything else i've been putting back on the shelf or returning to the bookstore before i reach the end. but this is a novel that describes life with perfect beauty and depth without getting sappy. it's about a barber and his life from birth until death, his living in a farm community, his parents dying when he's 10, his then-guardians dying when he's 16, and everything happening afterwards that i haven't quite gotten to yet. the story moves quick and has yet to drag, though the cover art made me assume otherwise. i sort of wonder how someone can churn out of nothing something this interesting. after years of reading the gospels, Jayber Crow believes “Christ did not come to found an organized religion but came instead to found an unorganized one,” and that “for any sin, we all suffer. that is why our suffering is endless. it is why God grieves and Christ’s wounds are still bleeding.” anyway, he finds life in the small town satisfying and perfect- something often and easily forgotten by myself. very cool.
anyway, the snowboarding trip to sugar mountain, NC was a blast. got closer to freinds. i tried a few jumps and recieved a few bruises. we took a ton of detours on the way home. if i ever return to what i once did, i may decide to post some photos here of some of the adventures mallory, seth and i had on the ride home (sans the exposed 35mm roll that got yanked out of my camera when i opened my door and saw it fall on the ground at a gas station). at one point we took a wrong turn and accidentally ended up in virginia, and then figured we could turn the whole thing into a photo op (i.e. UFO video store, buying VA lottery tickets, finding some thrift treasures, etc.). i needed a getaway, though sometimes i believe my whole life is a getaway, in a good way. do you smell what i'm stepping in?
red harp, june avenue and preston are playing this friday at bottletree. it's a $8 benefit for invisible children, an organization that sponsors kids in northern uganda. also, we're playing a thing feb. 12 (also at bottletree) for a band i've long listened to called koufax (that now includes members of the get up kids). needless to say, that should be fun and should make me plenty nervous.
oh, and cary norton takes photos that look like this: