..my Christian friends say not to question... just to have faith and I would be saved. I can't. It's not in my being not to question. Why is it in yours? I had a scientific education in which investigation and understanding were emphasized as the way to wisdom ( Read more... )

~profound post~

Someone told me yesterday that I'm like a lost sheep on a hillside on a neverending search, but what I don't realize is that I'm the one who's sought after...and I'm pretty convinced that it's the opposite..I'm the one seeking the sheep on the hillside, walking in concentric circles.

Okay todays' plight was rather odd... my christmas present to myself (other than the amazing time I had in Australia, and a ticket to London for March)...I wrote a letter for my first denial to get tickets for the Bayreuth Festival. I was told there's an 8 year waiting list... and I don't want to be 40 and decide I want to go.. so I sent in for my ( Read more... )

you know that zen saying? mountain - no mountain - mountain?...if you know, you'll know ( Read more... )

aus...is....amazing.

*yawns*

night night

hey look...it's the beach I'll be on...on Saturday:

Shark Attack @ Perth Beach

..nothing better than fueling my anxiety ;)

... every seat on my flight from Los Angeles to Sydney has its own TV inset... with HDTV, 60 movie channels and touch-screen video games...and the seats have manually-controlled temperature...and there's an in-house chef and a menu in the seat-pocket in front of me..and a complimentary bottle of wine for each international traveler along with warm ( Read more... )

i forgot to say.. i called the Australian embassy yesterday to ask if there was anything special i needed to do or watch out for at customs in Sydney... and the guy laughed and told me not to mention G.W.B. :)

okay 16 days 0 hours and 42 minutes til i step foot on that plane and im in slight panic mode ( Read more... )