• on “unselfishness”

    i’m trying to post more frequently and shorter (i’ll try). the idea for this post came up in a conversation i had today w/ a friend. often when i chat with people, i listen “in between the lines” of what they say and i hear, though rarely explicitly said, this weird notion that having pain…

  • expiration date

    date formats frustrate me. sometimes is year first, sometimes its month first (rarely if ever do i find the year in the middle). yesterday i wanted to make a peanut butter jelly sandwich and i looked at the jelly jar to double check if it was expired. the date said “08 08 09” how are…

  • controlling god

    From The Silver Chair: [Eustace speaking to Jill…] “I can’t help wondering, can we – could we -?” “Do you mean, do something to make it happen?” Eustace nodded. “You mean we might draw a circle on the ground – and write in queer letters in it – and stand inside it – and recite…

  • winter “break” update and reflections

    it’s been a while since i’ve had a chance to sit down and write. holiday season often gets a little crazy and hectic and there are too many things with too many people and so little time. this past christmas was a blur. my parents were away on christmas day so we celebrated christmas early.…

  • my sisters do funny things

    i hope my sisters don’t mind me posting this video. they made this video for  their friend’s birthday. they have nice singing voices and i thought the video was hilarious. my sisters do funny things and crack me up sometimes.

  • burgers and snow

    burgers and snow

    today i had a five guys burger for lunch. it’s been a long time. i was so happy to be at five guys that i took a picture so i could post about it. it was very yummy. and while at five guys it started to snow. like BIG CHUNKS of snow. i  tried to…