October 2011
7 posts
Planning
Last night I had high aspirations; Clean room, clean laundry, clean kitchen, run; clean self. I walked towards home with a sense of purpose. I was going to wash away the day. I was going to start fresh. Once home, He sat on the couch, and beckoned to me. I tried to resist. I tried to take a right towards the kitchen, but I walked the straight line towards Him. Once there, I felt the day begin to...
Hope
Hope is a terrifying idea. It is not faith because faith is a belief that something will be, while hope is the desired expectation of an outcome. It is a very different thing to have faith in heaven than to hope that there is such a place. Hope allows room for doubt. Faith does not. As someone with no faith, I find myself often hoping. In the face of hard decisions, I hope I make the right one. In...
Goodnight, Steve
I used my very first paycheck from my very first job to purchase my very first iPod. I carried it around in my back pocket everywhere I went. I used it in the darkroom, adding a soundtrack to the images that took shape under the red light. I used it when I walked down the halls of my high school rocking “Life is a Blast” by Hieroglyphics and feeling that the beat and the lyrics were...
Rain on my shoes
It rarely rains in the bay, and in when it does, it happens in inconsistent spurts. Downpours will suddenly erupt from a clear sky, and ominous clouds can produce nothing but a light sprinkle. Two days of clouds and rain showers can easily be followed by a week of warm weather and clear skies. After living here for more than three years, I have developed a habit of keeping a rain jacket in my...