February 2011
33 posts
tangent 13
my number one favorite thing (big statement) is all things (collectively) spontaneous. i should have re worked that last sentence to use ‘spontaneity’ instead of ‘spontaneous.’ those words like fraternal twins—there’s always that one that’s prettier… and in this case ‘spontaneity’ is the prettier twin.
amy: sarah asked if we were wearing the same vest.
fairlight : you know, when two people hang out a lot they start dressing alike, and talking the same, and generally pick each other's habits up.
amy: so we're like a married couple.
fairlight: yeah...
January 2011
61 posts
“He really needs to learn how to pick his pandora stations.”
– Amy Fitzgerald
Psalm 23
He is leading me beside still waters and he is restoring my soul.
Last year I walked through the valley of the shadow of death, but he was with me.
He is preparing the table for me.
My cup overflows.
I’m at home in God’s house.
WatchHide n seek + racing. What if we never grew up?
“Who makes cinnamon bears without the cinnamon? We wanted the cinnamon bears...”
– Mary Foster
WatchDosing + prepping + tasting.
“I’m not annoyed with you, I’m annoyed with our generation”
– Mary Foster
wrong person to ask
this morning at the bakery a lady gets out of her bright yellow hummer wearing her army fatigues. first of all, stereotype much?
right off, she asked me for a military discount. i’m sorry, but these bags of cookies are so flippin’ cheap that a military discount would be equivalent to me just giving them to her. yeah. no. sorry. i am probably the last person that you should ask for a...
orchestration: a case in point
so about a week and a half ago, i was at work, and mentioned how it was convenient that i live across the street from my church. my co-worker looked at me, and said she didn’t realized that i went to church. i went through a quick spurt of emotions/thoughts — shock, embarrassment and disappointment (in myself) were a couple of them.
the shelter is a funny environment, it’s one...
WatchKeep Portland weird
“Sometimes I smirk at life. Other times, I giggle sheepishly. More often than...”
– emily wilder the wise
Watchwhen i see the last few years of my life essentially flash before me all i can do is think about how incredibly lucky i am for all the experiences i have had—but beyond that i am lucky to have all these people in my life that make it so much richer.
my family is so incredible. my friends are fantastic.
i deserve none of what i have, but god has has blessed me so much!
also. this only...
stats
ok, so here at shelter we have to log EVERY interaction with every resident and every resident’s child. we are partially government-funded and in order to receive money from the man, we have to account for every cent and prove that we need it. we do that by recording what we do with our time…
enter stats.
they are only due once a month. they are an entire record of all our time...
“fairlight: the name “samson” is the cutest.
melody: it’s...”
– bakery convos.
WatchFreaks and geeks is the best invention of tv shows…. Ever
god sees the details.
