Yesterday I got a call from Ball State Temp. Services and I was pretty excited, because I'm broke. They wanted me for a five day gig at Printing Services, just knuckling down and running a photocopier for 8 hours a day ( Read more... )

Today I watched "Shut Up and Sing," a documentary about the outspoken comments and subsequent backlash against the Dixie Chicks. It was equal parts fascinating and frustrating. Everyone probably remembers the quote that started it all ( Read more... )

"If you allude to a star, say precisely what that star means to you. If you feature a garden, speak of that garden most personally. If you have murdered in a garden, the grass and flowers (and weeds) will mean something different to you than to someone who has only planted or picked."
--Gwendolyn Brooks, a capsule course in Black ( Read more... )

I have a 10 page paper due tomorrow that I haven't started. Please pray for that.

Patty Griffin is incredible. Buy her new CD.

My friend Michelle got attacked by a Canadian goose today. She was taking out the trash at her apartment complex, and the goose spread out its wings and charged at her, so she threw the trash bag and ran inside. Rad ( Read more... )

I'm reading Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller right now, and the entire time I've been reading it all I can hear is Patty Griffin. I read the inside of the back cover this afternoon, and it turns out he was listening to her when he wrote it. Crazy! It's a great book, I highly recommend it. I've been a reading machine lately, I finished three ( Read more... )

There are no words to describe the CA trip. It was one of the best weeks of my entire life. Some highlights ( Read more... )

california so far has been incredible. more later.