i just watched this video and it totally moved me.
what a beautiful way to express moving past something/somebody. and i love bon iver's music so very much. this just made my day.
Friday, July 24, 2009
frightened rabbit
frightened rabbit are one of the few newer rock acts worth following, in my opinion. love em. this song makes me want to visit scotland.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
O, Porcupine by MeWithoutYou
without a queen the locust swarm
turned the ground to black
descending like a shadowy tower on a fish's back
and scattered the sticks who crawled
like snakes in the sand
as the red clay took the form of a lizard
who rushed like a moth to the flame of my open hand
(while, in my little world...)
a speckled bird humbly inspired
ran across the road when it could have flown
and it made me smile
at the water's edge, Babylon
we laid down and slept
as the river wept for you, O'Zion!
the stones cry out,
bells shake the sky
all creation groans...
SHHHH!!!
listen to it!
messes of men in farmer poverty;
not much for monks but we pretend to be
share a silent meal and a pot of chamomile
gypsies like us should be stamped in solidarity
I hold you in my fond but distant memory
while for the Mother Hen to gather me
who regretfully wrote,
"you have a decent ear for notes
but you can't yet appreciate harmony."
O' porcupine perched low in the tree
your ees to mine:
"you'd be well inclined not to mess with me."
at the garden's edge beneath a speechless sky
as his friends all slept
Jesus wept- and no wonder
and now you say you wanna be set free??
and wanna set me free???
well I'm told that can only come from
a union with the One who never dies
turned the ground to black
descending like a shadowy tower on a fish's back
and scattered the sticks who crawled
like snakes in the sand
as the red clay took the form of a lizard
who rushed like a moth to the flame of my open hand
(while, in my little world...)
a speckled bird humbly inspired
ran across the road when it could have flown
and it made me smile
at the water's edge, Babylon
we laid down and slept
as the river wept for you, O'Zion!
the stones cry out,
bells shake the sky
all creation groans...
SHHHH!!!
listen to it!
messes of men in farmer poverty;
not much for monks but we pretend to be
share a silent meal and a pot of chamomile
gypsies like us should be stamped in solidarity
I hold you in my fond but distant memory
while for the Mother Hen to gather me
who regretfully wrote,
"you have a decent ear for notes
but you can't yet appreciate harmony."
O' porcupine perched low in the tree
your ees to mine:
"you'd be well inclined not to mess with me."
at the garden's edge beneath a speechless sky
as his friends all slept
Jesus wept- and no wonder
and now you say you wanna be set free??
and wanna set me free???
well I'm told that can only come from
a union with the One who never dies
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
97 degrees and homeless
while walking to church today, i saw a homeless, elderly woman digging through the trash. i witnessed her pull a partially empty bottle of sierra mist out of the trash... and proceed to drink some of it... and then use the rest to cool off her forehead and face.
i am so privileged. and also offended. rob bell said something awhile back regarding how to discern our calling. he said "don't think about what makes you happy. ask yourself 'what pisses me off more than anything else?' and then change it." this morning pissed me off and i want to do something, somehow.
many questions swirling.
i am so privileged. and also offended. rob bell said something awhile back regarding how to discern our calling. he said "don't think about what makes you happy. ask yourself 'what pisses me off more than anything else?' and then change it." this morning pissed me off and i want to do something, somehow.
many questions swirling.
Monday, July 20, 2009
my bucket list
so i'm a young 28...probably not super close to dying. however, i've decided to make a bucket list. at the expense of sounding selfish, these are things that i would love to experience or partake in, in no particular order:
1. live in another country at some point
2. write a book
3. write a congregational worship cd
4. run a marathon
5. finish a triathalon
6. cross the san gabriel mountains on foot
7. reach 10% body fat
8. surf
9. invent something
10. start a family
11. teach a class
12. start a church
13. open an art gallery
14. reach a point where i have zero negative impact on the environment
15. ride/own a motorcycle
16. climb mount whitney
17. climb to 20,000 feet
18. scuba dive
19. reach a point where most of my money is being given away regularly
20. see a taping of conan obrien
21. get an mft degree
22. get a doctorate in something
23. go back to australia and new zealand
24. live on a farm
25. climb mount hood
26. whitewater raft
1. live in another country at some point
2. write a book
3. write a congregational worship cd
4. run a marathon
5. finish a triathalon
6. cross the san gabriel mountains on foot
7. reach 10% body fat
8. surf
9. invent something
10. start a family
11. teach a class
12. start a church
13. open an art gallery
14. reach a point where i have zero negative impact on the environment
15. ride/own a motorcycle
16. climb mount whitney
17. climb to 20,000 feet
18. scuba dive
19. reach a point where most of my money is being given away regularly
20. see a taping of conan obrien
21. get an mft degree
22. get a doctorate in something
23. go back to australia and new zealand
24. live on a farm
25. climb mount hood
26. whitewater raft
Saturday, July 18, 2009
nursing home
went to a nursing home w mom to see grandma (yiayia) today. here are a couple pictures. .
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