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{between noon & three}

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:32:50 GMT

The Reformation was a time when men went blind, staggering drunk because they had discovered, in the dusty basement of late medievalism, a whole cellarful of fifteen-hundred-year-old, two-hundred proof grace - of bottle after bottle of pure distillate of Scripture, one sip of which would convince anyone that God saves us single-handedly. The word of the gospel - after all those centuries of trying to lift yourself into heaven by worrying about the perfection of your bootstraps - suddenly turned out to be a flat announcement that the saved were home before they started...Grace has to be drunk straight: no water, no ice, & certainly no ginger ale; neither goodness, nor badness, nor the flowers that bloom in the spring of super spirituality could be allowed to enter into the case.

Robert Capon

{twilight}

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:39:42 GMT

[misc.]

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:13:52 GMT

it's now the week of monday, oct. 26.

which means a new job & a possible va tech game.

exciting.

some travels pics. i miss these mountains.

[ghost town]

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:37:52 GMT

dangit.
i want to upload & fiddle with my pics but no card reader....

this trip has been good for me - a swift kick in the ass needed to jumpstart decision-making & transform prayer-based thought into action.

i realized today that i miss rainbow the most; it's the prettiest area of southern ca. we just don't have boulders & olive trees like this in va...not as much of a mediterranean element.

something i've been thinking about lately:
'Genuine worship has much to do with gratitude. When God describes the deepest problems of the human condition, he certainly says we have all sinned (Rom. 3:23). He also points out that we have forgotten to give thanks (Rom. 1:21).'

so. no new ca pics. or north carolina pics for that matter. which is actually fine...i haven't been as motivated photographically lately (it all goes into the cooking) so i'm certain there's a lack of artistic perspective.
these shall have to do.

mars volta...love them. top on my playlist at the mo (pic not mine, obviously).

also some phillip glass, the knife, crystal castles, rammstein, cat power, shiny toy guns, dandy warhols, billy idol, & dark captain light captain crept up & stolen my ears. how about you?

sky is wonderful.

[deep cuts]

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:17:32 GMT

childhood nostalgia - what's the deal?
we took a drive up to the section of rawlings road that we've hardly ever seen (no need to continue when you're six & grandma & grandpa's house is the center of the universe), & i sleep in the room my aunt lived in as a girl, in the house my mother - & to some extent, myself - grew up in, which is up the road half a mile from where my father lived for a bit when he was young.
it's weird & wonderful.
later this afternoon we'll be heading to anaheim (where dad had spent quite a lot of his child years). disneyland never gets old.
what IS it about loving the land of your roots no matter how strange?

no pictures til i get home (i left my card-reader in my desk drawer - very sad) so i'll put up a few motivations.

(images: google)

[reading list]

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:04:59 GMT

Combustion

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:18:53 GMT

If you see in a province the oppression of the poor & the violation of justice & righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher & there are yet ones over them.

...What I have seen to be good & fitting is to eat & drink & find enjoyment in all the toil which one finds under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him - for this is his lot. Everyone also to whom God has given wealth & possessions & power to enjoy them, & to accept his lot & rejoice in his toil - this is the gift of God. For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.

ghost town

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:27:43 GMT

[elijah]

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:31:28 GMT

[K 427 & packing for Cousin-land]

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:11:02 GMT

Since I don't generally post my rare finished projects, here's a couple pics of the hair ribbons I'm working on for the female cousin contingency - all under the age of 12.

Be back Sunday.