We live in a small world with big problems.
A small world where anyone with right kind of paperwork can travel anywhere in the world.
How do we win a war in a far away land where the rules of war are not the same and the characters we fight view death as victory?
Tonight I watched the Bob Woodruff piece "To Iraq and Back " on ABC.
The piece rattled me.
Within me it exposed some of my casual views on war.
War, we live with it in our media but do we live with it in our minds?
I fall asleep worrying about mostly inconsequential things but the spouses, mothers and fathers worrying for their soldiers...
The Woodruff piece really challenged my thinking.
I have heard people say "It is sad that we are losing soldiers but not that many are dying compared to some of the great battles..."
Casual thinking about war.
I have seen trauma in the back of an ambulance fresh off a scene and trauma on the way to a long term rehab center...
Have I seen war trauma? Do we see much of it except for the finality of death at clips from funerals?
Woodruff's piece highlighted the fact that less soldiers are dying. Death makes the headlines but the thousands of young service men and women suffering from battle injury is exponential and it is far away from American awareness. (From Iraq and Afghanistan numbers: 23,000 non fatal injuries - 200,000 have gone to V.A. for care).
The "Second Fight:" Taking care of our veterans at home.
The decisions that our nation's leaders are tremendous. Is right to send into war and not always provide the resources for recovery?
America has incredible war technology.
America has incredible life saving war medicine.
But what quality of life do some of the survivors have?
Is their pain our pain?
Woodruff's personal story and his investigation into Traumatic Brain Injury and the way vets are treated challenged my perception of the war and socked me in gut... the experiences of the wounded and their family. What a price they pay - how can we help them carry this burden?
2.27.2007
2.11.2007
it is hard to be poor in a plastic society
CHAPTER 1
walking out of the door of big g's in A2 after making some purchases for class a lady approached me asking for money - she gave me an explanation of why she had no money and why she needed money - her speech was slurred and she assured this wasn't no game
i told her i only had a few bucks (4) but i would take her anywhere she needed and offered to take her into Kroger to purchase groceries with her but she did not like that idea
she put out her ciagarete and loaded into the car
she told me she was diabetic and that explained some of her behavior and indecision and sluggish nonverbal activity.
our journey the next 5-10 minutes only took us a few blocks here and there
we went to several stops in the neighborhood but she continued to want to move on someplace to look for solutions- i asked her if her sugar was low and she said yes - we pulled through McD's
our next stop was Kroger
said a short prayer for her
parked
she finished her McD's
she asked me if i wanted some R&B CDs but then she coughed a chuckle - "you probably don't listen to that kinda music." i told her she needed her music for her-not sure what she wanted to do with her music.
i dropped her off at the door offering to help her make some purchases but she said she had another plan- spoke my hope that she finds what she needs - that she finds what she needs today
CHAPTER 2
diaper dasher
in my younger days when i chummed around chicago with street dwellers and cons i was so optimistic that whatever it was i was doing would be the moment - be that something that gave them the momentum to escape. even the time when i got tricked into purchasing the biggest most expensive (took all the money i had!) pack of diapers - as soon as i handed the money at the counter the guy took off with the diaper pack, the pack was half as big as him and he barely fit through the revolving door- so much for meeting his wife and baby... later found out that diapers and baby formula are two very powerful pieces of merchandise on the street.
at one point when K and I were discussing money i blurted out that i hate money - not in a hateful way - i think she understood what i was saying for the both of us - i told her she was financially unlucky to cross my path - our eyes connected
why is it awkward to talk about money? why in america is there such a connection between money and our heart?
i speak for K, the diaper dasher and all my friends that once lived within Lower Wacker:
CHAPTER 3
it is hard to be poor in a plastic society
it is even harder to be poor in a rich country
my gaze and heart have been fixed on third world places
when i worked in Emergency Medical Services i practically gave up believing that this nation would resolve OUR poverty issue, resolve the way sick people are cared for
been considering the universal picture
the scope of where i am and who i am and what
what i can do - i have direction - it is the same direction it was - the course has not changed only the vehicle (me)
the misadventures of pooh are over
"click" in my mind and heart - i know this - nothing is amiss
streets are places to take is from one place to another- streets are different on days like today for K - STREET is all the places moms like K have to go looking for an opportunity to survive - survive one day at a time - even the streets of a city more suburban than urban
i am home now - my hands are still cold even after a few moments of typing and pounding out my thoughts - must toughen my 5 senses - discontinue my plastic, casual, misadventures
the car smells like old cigarette smoke and street
Jesus smelled like street
he wouldn't dis somebody in a parking lot on a cold day
i saw her coming - i still have great street radar - i know what was coming - first thought was duck into car and get going
instead
a trip into K's world and a heavy dose of healthy introspection:
Jesus people should smell like street...not plastic
walking out of the door of big g's in A2 after making some purchases for class a lady approached me asking for money - she gave me an explanation of why she had no money and why she needed money - her speech was slurred and she assured this wasn't no game
i told her i only had a few bucks (4) but i would take her anywhere she needed and offered to take her into Kroger to purchase groceries with her but she did not like that idea
she put out her ciagarete and loaded into the car
she told me she was diabetic and that explained some of her behavior and indecision and sluggish nonverbal activity.
our journey the next 5-10 minutes only took us a few blocks here and there
we went to several stops in the neighborhood but she continued to want to move on someplace to look for solutions- i asked her if her sugar was low and she said yes - we pulled through McD's
our next stop was Kroger
said a short prayer for her
parked
she finished her McD's
she asked me if i wanted some R&B CDs but then she coughed a chuckle - "you probably don't listen to that kinda music." i told her she needed her music for her-not sure what she wanted to do with her music.
i dropped her off at the door offering to help her make some purchases but she said she had another plan- spoke my hope that she finds what she needs - that she finds what she needs today
CHAPTER 2
diaper dasher
in my younger days when i chummed around chicago with street dwellers and cons i was so optimistic that whatever it was i was doing would be the moment - be that something that gave them the momentum to escape. even the time when i got tricked into purchasing the biggest most expensive (took all the money i had!) pack of diapers - as soon as i handed the money at the counter the guy took off with the diaper pack, the pack was half as big as him and he barely fit through the revolving door- so much for meeting his wife and baby... later found out that diapers and baby formula are two very powerful pieces of merchandise on the street.
at one point when K and I were discussing money i blurted out that i hate money - not in a hateful way - i think she understood what i was saying for the both of us - i told her she was financially unlucky to cross my path - our eyes connected
why is it awkward to talk about money? why in america is there such a connection between money and our heart?
i speak for K, the diaper dasher and all my friends that once lived within Lower Wacker:
CHAPTER 3
it is hard to be poor in a plastic society
it is even harder to be poor in a rich country
my gaze and heart have been fixed on third world places
when i worked in Emergency Medical Services i practically gave up believing that this nation would resolve OUR poverty issue, resolve the way sick people are cared for
been considering the universal picture
the scope of where i am and who i am and what
what i can do - i have direction - it is the same direction it was - the course has not changed only the vehicle (me)
the misadventures of pooh are over
"click" in my mind and heart - i know this - nothing is amiss
streets are places to take is from one place to another- streets are different on days like today for K - STREET is all the places moms like K have to go looking for an opportunity to survive - survive one day at a time - even the streets of a city more suburban than urban
i am home now - my hands are still cold even after a few moments of typing and pounding out my thoughts - must toughen my 5 senses - discontinue my plastic, casual, misadventures
the car smells like old cigarette smoke and street
Jesus smelled like street
he wouldn't dis somebody in a parking lot on a cold day
i saw her coming - i still have great street radar - i know what was coming - first thought was duck into car and get going
instead
a trip into K's world and a heavy dose of healthy introspection:
Jesus people should smell like street...not plastic
2.08.2007
BACK
BACK: Back to blogging and something else is back...
LOST: While watching the preview part of LOST's return my frustration
with this tele tale became clarified. I have never really been a hater in fact generally I love (strange string of words) the show because of its imaginative potential, the complex, messed up grossly beautiful and relationally clumsy characters. Rather than being a snob - with and the amount of TV Americans consume- why shouldn't we feel like media critics - tis the way of journalism these days - editorialization.
Sorry about the tanget...
LOST captured my imagination in the past because the story was wide open - all things were new - faces, places, back stories. The early episodes stretched my appetite and the story was filling. Lately there HAVE BEEN MORE ANSWERS - don't always like the answers but the story has been narrowing and familiarity - yes familiarity has caused some of us know it alls some furious frustration. (I would rather be furious than blah.)
LOST: Live together or die alone
At this point in the storyline frustration comes naturally because 3 of the central characters are captive or hunted. This is a pinch point in the tale and at this bottleneck, the preasure is building. Hopefully the tension will not be lost on us.
LOST: While watching the preview part of LOST's return my frustration
with this tele tale became clarified. I have never really been a hater in fact generally I love (strange string of words) the show because of its imaginative potential, the complex, messed up grossly beautiful and relationally clumsy characters. Rather than being a snob - with and the amount of TV Americans consume- why shouldn't we feel like media critics - tis the way of journalism these days - editorialization.
Sorry about the tanget...
LOST captured my imagination in the past because the story was wide open - all things were new - faces, places, back stories. The early episodes stretched my appetite and the story was filling. Lately there HAVE BEEN MORE ANSWERS - don't always like the answers but the story has been narrowing and familiarity - yes familiarity has caused some of us know it alls some furious frustration. (I would rather be furious than blah.)
LOST: Live together or die alone
At this point in the storyline frustration comes naturally because 3 of the central characters are captive or hunted. This is a pinch point in the tale and at this bottleneck, the preasure is building. Hopefully the tension will not be lost on us.
1.15.2007
C-Webb
What number will C-Webb play with for the Pistons?
Joe D.: "Ok ok ok Chris, you can have my number 4 if you come play for us."
Webber: "Nah, can't wear your number. I want a ring."
It seems that he came even easier than the Rasheed steal that happened almost 3 years ago. Will offically celebrate when he clears waivers.
I am excited. Was a huge Fab-5 fan. I know that part of U-M history has been wipped out with shame. If I remember right Webber got booed at the Palace his first return after his name was all over the booster bust. I confess he was in my doghouse but I have always followed his career as far away from Detroit as he traveled. He is back and this is a powerful moment for Webber to retire on a positive note with the best sports franchise in the US.
Tons of incredible memories watching the Fab-5 games with my Grandpa. The freshmen and sophomore title games. Ugh the timeout. Way more rich memories than frustration. Chris, Jalen, Juan, Jimmy, Ray....Eric Riley, Rob Pelinka, Dugan Fife...
It will be cool to see C-Webb in Pistons red white and blue no matter what number he wears.
(Rumors of trade with T-Wolves for Jaric - PLEASE don't get rid of Antonio. The other bigs can go. Oh and J. Max is untouchable so don't even think I was including him in the bigs that can go!)
Detroit does need a guard.
Bye Nazr!
Joe D.: "Ok ok ok Chris, you can have my number 4 if you come play for us."
Webber: "Nah, can't wear your number. I want a ring."
It seems that he came even easier than the Rasheed steal that happened almost 3 years ago. Will offically celebrate when he clears waivers.
I am excited. Was a huge Fab-5 fan. I know that part of U-M history has been wipped out with shame. If I remember right Webber got booed at the Palace his first return after his name was all over the booster bust. I confess he was in my doghouse but I have always followed his career as far away from Detroit as he traveled. He is back and this is a powerful moment for Webber to retire on a positive note with the best sports franchise in the US.
Tons of incredible memories watching the Fab-5 games with my Grandpa. The freshmen and sophomore title games. Ugh the timeout. Way more rich memories than frustration. Chris, Jalen, Juan, Jimmy, Ray....Eric Riley, Rob Pelinka, Dugan Fife...
It will be cool to see C-Webb in Pistons red white and blue no matter what number he wears.
(Rumors of trade with T-Wolves for Jaric - PLEASE don't get rid of Antonio. The other bigs can go. Oh and J. Max is untouchable so don't even think I was including him in the bigs that can go!)
Detroit does need a guard.
Bye Nazr!
Bond or Bauer
Bond or Bauer? (NO GIVEAWAYS I PROMISE-JUST TEASERS!)
I recently watched the new Bond flick. Good movie. Entertaining.
Not long after walking out of the cinema I wondered Bond or Bauer. Jack Bauer for those unfamiliar with L.A. CTU super agent. Obviously this is a question rooted in a fictional reality. So this is a fictional argument.
I was torn until tonight.
The beginning of another of day of 24. A four-hour, 2-night premiere.
I pick...
Bauer.
Jack Bauer.
The man escaped by bitting one of his captors in the neck and not letting go until the bad guy wasn’t getting any fresh blood to his brain.
Jack spit the carotid artery out when it was over.
I know Bond’s jewels got banged with a mooring line and he didn’t lose his sense of humor – “scratch my balls” was a clever conversation. Bond is a legend and now we get to see Daniel Craig establish the making of a legend. A fresh new start.
Back to Bauer. He is reckless and less physically impressive than the classic bond. He sure ain’t pretty. Day six seems hopeless as the potential for carnage is anywhere and everywhere. Exponential deaths are not happening all at once but an exponential body count is racking up all over the country. It is a weak time for America and a faint Jack Bauer. A shell of the Jack he once was.
Bond is royal.
Bauer is noble.
Bond is metro.
Bauer is macho.
Bond is smooth.
Bauer is forceful.
Bond is cunning.
Bauer is resourceful…
I cannot pick the winner in a hand fight or a shoot out. Both are incredibly lucky when running under fire. Bond has incredible gadgets and Bauer is able to draw the maximum potential out of resources and populace. Bond smooth talks and Bauer inspires. Both face battles within western paradigm and the worldview of the extreme. Bond represents class and Bauer is character.
Bauer flanks Bond.
Bond gets the job done and there is always some sort of personal payoff at the end wether it is payback or pleasure.
Bauer gets the job done and has less and less at the end of the day.
Bond will live forever but it takes how many guys to be him?
Bauer will burn out but endure.
I recently watched the new Bond flick. Good movie. Entertaining.
Not long after walking out of the cinema I wondered Bond or Bauer. Jack Bauer for those unfamiliar with L.A. CTU super agent. Obviously this is a question rooted in a fictional reality. So this is a fictional argument.
I was torn until tonight.
The beginning of another of day of 24. A four-hour, 2-night premiere.
I pick...
Bauer.
Jack Bauer.
The man escaped by bitting one of his captors in the neck and not letting go until the bad guy wasn’t getting any fresh blood to his brain.
Jack spit the carotid artery out when it was over.
I know Bond’s jewels got banged with a mooring line and he didn’t lose his sense of humor – “scratch my balls” was a clever conversation. Bond is a legend and now we get to see Daniel Craig establish the making of a legend. A fresh new start.
Back to Bauer. He is reckless and less physically impressive than the classic bond. He sure ain’t pretty. Day six seems hopeless as the potential for carnage is anywhere and everywhere. Exponential deaths are not happening all at once but an exponential body count is racking up all over the country. It is a weak time for America and a faint Jack Bauer. A shell of the Jack he once was.
Bond is royal.
Bauer is noble.
Bond is metro.
Bauer is macho.
Bond is smooth.
Bauer is forceful.
Bond is cunning.
Bauer is resourceful…
I cannot pick the winner in a hand fight or a shoot out. Both are incredibly lucky when running under fire. Bond has incredible gadgets and Bauer is able to draw the maximum potential out of resources and populace. Bond smooth talks and Bauer inspires. Both face battles within western paradigm and the worldview of the extreme. Bond represents class and Bauer is character.
Bauer flanks Bond.
Bond gets the job done and there is always some sort of personal payoff at the end wether it is payback or pleasure.
Bauer gets the job done and has less and less at the end of the day.
Bond will live forever but it takes how many guys to be him?
Bauer will burn out but endure.
1.11.2007
Becks!
Some very cool soccer news! David Beckham will be coming to America to play for MLS team L.A. Galaxy.
The move has been talked about for months now.
MLS adjusted its salary cap system to allow clubs some financial liberty to attract big dollar players.
The cost for Becks: 250 million over 5 years. I do not think that the price tag is just for his playing skill. He has huge marketing power ecspecially in a big market city. He should draw crowds to the stadiums. Not sure about tele ratings.
It will be interesting to see where he plays on the field. He would make a midfield that already has Landon Donovan and wily vet Cobi Jones dynamic. Lots of entertaining possibilities!
I hope that he has a positive impace on the sport in the states and that his name doesn't overshadow the sport. I hope that he can remain content and stay fit.
Late summer/early fall road trip to a Chicago Fire v. L.A. Galaxy match anyone?
The move has been talked about for months now.
MLS adjusted its salary cap system to allow clubs some financial liberty to attract big dollar players.
The cost for Becks: 250 million over 5 years. I do not think that the price tag is just for his playing skill. He has huge marketing power ecspecially in a big market city. He should draw crowds to the stadiums. Not sure about tele ratings.
It will be interesting to see where he plays on the field. He would make a midfield that already has Landon Donovan and wily vet Cobi Jones dynamic. Lots of entertaining possibilities!
I hope that he has a positive impace on the sport in the states and that his name doesn't overshadow the sport. I hope that he can remain content and stay fit.
Late summer/early fall road trip to a Chicago Fire v. L.A. Galaxy match anyone?
1.08.2007
First Day of School
LOOKINGFORAFACE: I am entering a period of rebirth. That is the way I am approaching each day anyhow. For the past 6 years I have been investing myself into preserving and prolonging other people's life. It was a very deep and consuming era. Parts of me were carved out and I gained insights into pain and patience and restoration and departure.
Today is a day to begin absorbing life. For more than the past decade I have lived two types of lives: a creative or a technical life. I hope that I have the capacity for the two types to merge. It has taken 28 years for my corpus callosum to unite the types. Creatively I feel a bit in the nether world but I hope my waking and imagining eyes can project enough to my hands so that my craft sharpens and connects with others. It is my desire to continue to invest life in others.
Today is a day to begin absorbing life. For more than the past decade I have lived two types of lives: a creative or a technical life. I hope that I have the capacity for the two types to merge. It has taken 28 years for my corpus callosum to unite the types. Creatively I feel a bit in the nether world but I hope my waking and imagining eyes can project enough to my hands so that my craft sharpens and connects with others. It is my desire to continue to invest life in others.
1.03.2007
Mike
Yesterday, a long time friend arrived in Ghana, West Africa
Mike will be working for Mercy Ships and the people of West Africa as the mechanic for the Community Development fleet
This is an awesome adventure for Mike
Pray that God will guide his steps, give him insight and resource to solve mechanical problems and that his awesome variety of gifts will quicken his team and draw the lonely and sick to God - oh and for his parents - I hear moms tend to worry when their boys are off in beautfiul Africa.
To keep up with Mike click on AFRICA MIKE in my links list!
Mike will be working for Mercy Ships and the people of West Africa as the mechanic for the Community Development fleet
This is an awesome adventure for Mike
Pray that God will guide his steps, give him insight and resource to solve mechanical problems and that his awesome variety of gifts will quicken his team and draw the lonely and sick to God - oh and for his parents - I hear moms tend to worry when their boys are off in beautfiul Africa.
To keep up with Mike click on AFRICA MIKE in my links list!
1.02.2007
Liverpool Football Making Up Ground
(CLCK ON IMAGE TO SEE ANIMATION IN ANOTHER WINDOW - ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO MAKE ANIMATED GIFS WORK WITHIN BLOG?)
Liverpool finished 2006 undefeated at home in the Premiership Standings. Despite being 14 points back of Man U. I have optimism going into 2007 as the club climbed into the top three in the Premiership. If the club can get points on the road (where they have grossly failed) and continue their "almost unbeatable Anfield" play they can gain on the leaders. It is a very tight race between the 3-12 teams. With 16 League matches left there is little room for mistake for Liverpool not only to have a real shot at the league but to finish in the top 4.
In Champions League, The Reds, won the group and advanced into the knock out stages. They face a mysterious Barca - first away and then make at Anfield. Eto is injured and there has been some turmoil on the Spainish side. It could be a classic matchup or one side might run away with it. I expect a fight as the Champions from 2005 face the Champions from 2006. If Liverpool doesn't lose any points in the away match they would enter Anfield very confident as historically they have an incredible home record in Champions League Play.
From what I have read the team has tightend defensive form and the attack has finally started getting rewarded for all the quality strikes.
Transfer season loams and there is always intrigue for the potential players and potential money moving around as managers look for solutions. This could be a unique transfer window for Liverpool as the team could be purchased and become one of the richest clubs in the world! Rafa has been resourceful what could he do with some extra currency?
Lastly, it is safe to say that if the players stay healthy and Rafa continues masterfully matching up with all the different clubs Liverpool Football Club can look forward to the possibilities of more significant hardware.
12.28.2006
One of my favorite presents...
Modeling my new headlamp (no photoshop tricks).
Not afraid of the dark!
Not afraid of the dark!
12.26.2006
1095
Three Years - 1095 Days
A Bond before God
Wedded Connection
Marit
Incredible
Beautiful
Peace
Courage
Healing
Marit - I call her "Love"
Hope to learn some deeper Norwegian to describe her Viking Beauty because she is not from the same world I come from.
Viking Beauty: Calm compass and Gentle Mover
She puts up with all my B.S. and moves on and gives me space to grow on
We grow together Lover
Live together Most Friend
Adventure into Kindred Mission
Together Purpose on the same path, the same mission, part of the same heart
Marit - I call her Love.
"Marit, I love you."
God Bless 1095+
A Bond before God
Wedded Connection
Marit
Incredible
Beautiful
Peace
Courage
Healing
Marit - I call her "Love"
Hope to learn some deeper Norwegian to describe her Viking Beauty because she is not from the same world I come from.
Viking Beauty: Calm compass and Gentle Mover
She puts up with all my B.S. and moves on and gives me space to grow on
We grow together Lover
Live together Most Friend
Adventure into Kindred Mission
Together Purpose on the same path, the same mission, part of the same heart
Marit - I call her Love.
"Marit, I love you."
God Bless 1095+
Christmas Traditions Formed and New
I like to call good traditions FORMED because FORMED sounds like there is more potential compared to OLD traditions.
Formed: Christmas Eve Service at Vineyard
Formed: Christmas Eve Strawberry Shortcake and singing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus. A candle for each of us there.
Formed and GETTING VERY OLD: Begining Christmas at my parents at 7:30 AM. It is my sister's doing. This will hopefully be remedied in the next 363 days or so.
NEW: A Christmas Prayer and Blessing from my Parents. Ma read from Matthew 6 and encouraged us not to be anxious for anything and Pa prayed for each us and our adventures.
Formed: Kind family sharing. Lentz stockings are awesome - Ma had to set them inside gift bags she stuffed them so crazy.
NEW: An Adopted idea- everyone secretly puts the same item in each stocking...it might be common to others but it was new for us and Mom really crammed the goods this year as well-she delivered our stockings to us in gift bags - how American.
Formed: Sprawling morning feast that lasts in sustinance into the late afternoon.
Formed: Multiple Trans-Atlantic phone calls. Lots of Norwegian conversation, a few tears and crying and lots of laughter and hope that paths will cross safe and soon.
NEW: Had a Christmas feast at John, Cathy, Sara and Lily's house.
Eddie, Christina, Trisha, Dirsa, Robert, Anna Grace and Marit and I.
I try not to use the word "fellowship" because I think it is a powerful word - this was sweet fellowship.
Conversation - amazing tastes - lots of laughter - it was a beautiful Christmas night.
Cathy lead us in a discussion for what we are thankful for and John prayed the evening Divine Hours.
Some Presents
Desert
Uker (not sure who won- but lots of chatter - none of it table talk i am sure).
Settlers (Jon won the first game in dominating form and Mark won the second in a tight expansion race).
Like I said - sweet fellowship.
Driving home Marit and I concluded this was an excellent Christmas - somethings formed and somethings new.
Formed: Christmas Eve Service at Vineyard
Formed: Christmas Eve Strawberry Shortcake and singing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus. A candle for each of us there.
Formed and GETTING VERY OLD: Begining Christmas at my parents at 7:30 AM. It is my sister's doing. This will hopefully be remedied in the next 363 days or so.
NEW: A Christmas Prayer and Blessing from my Parents. Ma read from Matthew 6 and encouraged us not to be anxious for anything and Pa prayed for each us and our adventures.
Formed: Kind family sharing. Lentz stockings are awesome - Ma had to set them inside gift bags she stuffed them so crazy.
NEW: An Adopted idea- everyone secretly puts the same item in each stocking...it might be common to others but it was new for us and Mom really crammed the goods this year as well-she delivered our stockings to us in gift bags - how American.
Formed: Sprawling morning feast that lasts in sustinance into the late afternoon.
Formed: Multiple Trans-Atlantic phone calls. Lots of Norwegian conversation, a few tears and crying and lots of laughter and hope that paths will cross safe and soon.
NEW: Had a Christmas feast at John, Cathy, Sara and Lily's house.
Eddie, Christina, Trisha, Dirsa, Robert, Anna Grace and Marit and I.
I try not to use the word "fellowship" because I think it is a powerful word - this was sweet fellowship.
Conversation - amazing tastes - lots of laughter - it was a beautiful Christmas night.
Cathy lead us in a discussion for what we are thankful for and John prayed the evening Divine Hours.
Some Presents
Desert
Uker (not sure who won- but lots of chatter - none of it table talk i am sure).
Settlers (Jon won the first game in dominating form and Mark won the second in a tight expansion race).
Like I said - sweet fellowship.
Driving home Marit and I concluded this was an excellent Christmas - somethings formed and somethings new.
12.25.2006
Somethings Old and Somethings New
This year one of my favorite....
Bands was...: Hillsong United - totally new (to me) group/church, they are not really a band and that makes it even richer. Several of their tracks quickly rose into the top 25 most played (top 25 over the last 3 years and counting in iTunes!).
Shows was...: MI5 (Spooks in the UK) Season three was the most daring so far. Many farwells. Very sharp overall production.
Teams...: This was the year I fell in love with Liverpool Football Club. It feels like I have been a supporter my entire life. Such a heritage rich club. I hope I represent them well in America!
Events...: Summer Soccer - an intense 13 Sundays with a mass of young students challenging me physically, creativly and spiritually.
Moments...: Holding my first nephew Andrew Joseph for the first time and holding him again and again and again.....
Experiences was...: Taking part in and witnessing a 15-3-1 WCA Soccer season-the best in school history.
Projects was....: Project Skywalker - an ongoing labor of photographing open sky.
(Aslan Nearby)
So 2006 was a revival year for me.
For a time I just felt like I had been in a spiritual cellar.
(Cel-lar: A room wholly or partly below ground level that is not suitable as living space and is usually used for storage.)
I realized some destructive patterns in my life - one of them being my melancholic tendencies.
Melancholy is part of my design - strength and a weakness. Instead of only a burden or potential defeat I want to use my oft sober insight into others as a strength for them - and an ingredient for victory.
Mel-an-chol-y: thoughtful or gentle sadness.
Joy is a powerful almost must have for revival.
Obsessive or Intense consumption of things that give me "joy" like Pistons, XBOX FIFA, iTunes downloads...In the times I felt cold and under the ice I tried to inflate myself with too much of these. Instead of expierencing JOY I experienced NEED.
I have had much life invested into me. I do not need to be the center of my social world. (I am a boring hub but I know I can invest in the life of others party...)
Now instead of merely getting joy I want to live life in a way that has the potential to GIVE JOY.
I think giving joy is more powerful and more significant than getting joy.
Of course while giving you get some along the way...
Somethings Old and Somethings New How About You?
Bands was...: Hillsong United - totally new (to me) group/church, they are not really a band and that makes it even richer. Several of their tracks quickly rose into the top 25 most played (top 25 over the last 3 years and counting in iTunes!).
Shows was...: MI5 (Spooks in the UK) Season three was the most daring so far. Many farwells. Very sharp overall production.
Teams...: This was the year I fell in love with Liverpool Football Club. It feels like I have been a supporter my entire life. Such a heritage rich club. I hope I represent them well in America!
Events...: Summer Soccer - an intense 13 Sundays with a mass of young students challenging me physically, creativly and spiritually.
Moments...: Holding my first nephew Andrew Joseph for the first time and holding him again and again and again.....
Experiences was...: Taking part in and witnessing a 15-3-1 WCA Soccer season-the best in school history.
Projects was....: Project Skywalker - an ongoing labor of photographing open sky.
(Aslan Nearby)
So 2006 was a revival year for me.
For a time I just felt like I had been in a spiritual cellar.
(Cel-lar: A room wholly or partly below ground level that is not suitable as living space and is usually used for storage.)
I realized some destructive patterns in my life - one of them being my melancholic tendencies.
Melancholy is part of my design - strength and a weakness. Instead of only a burden or potential defeat I want to use my oft sober insight into others as a strength for them - and an ingredient for victory.
Mel-an-chol-y: thoughtful or gentle sadness.
Joy is a powerful almost must have for revival.
Obsessive or Intense consumption of things that give me "joy" like Pistons, XBOX FIFA, iTunes downloads...In the times I felt cold and under the ice I tried to inflate myself with too much of these. Instead of expierencing JOY I experienced NEED.
I have had much life invested into me. I do not need to be the center of my social world. (I am a boring hub but I know I can invest in the life of others party...)
Now instead of merely getting joy I want to live life in a way that has the potential to GIVE JOY.
I think giving joy is more powerful and more significant than getting joy.
Of course while giving you get some along the way...
Somethings Old and Somethings New How About You?
12.22.2006
12.20.2006
"Can I take it with me?"
When Marit and I have been pondering a purchase
or I have been salivating over beautiful screens
a question that continues to come up:
"Can I take it with me?"
Will it fit in my carry on?
Will it break my back (and the bank)?
What is the potential of what I acquire and carry?
Will it work in another country?
This echoes our financial philosophy on the fridge door:
"Do I want the latest and greatest toy or my dream?"
"Do I want to rent that movie or see my dream?"
"Do I want to eat that fancy cheeseburger or have my dream?"
Of course we have some cool toys, stop by Video Palace and eat fancy burgers but these are the questions that we check off. It is often annoying because since I was old enough to understand "no" is not a cool answer. A dream or a vision is greater than a fad and can you take it with you?
or I have been salivating over beautiful screens
a question that continues to come up:
"Can I take it with me?"
Will it fit in my carry on?
Will it break my back (and the bank)?
What is the potential of what I acquire and carry?
Will it work in another country?
This echoes our financial philosophy on the fridge door:
"Do I want the latest and greatest toy or my dream?"
"Do I want to rent that movie or see my dream?"
"Do I want to eat that fancy cheeseburger or have my dream?"
Of course we have some cool toys, stop by Video Palace and eat fancy burgers but these are the questions that we check off. It is often annoying because since I was old enough to understand "no" is not a cool answer. A dream or a vision is greater than a fad and can you take it with you?
12.17.2006
Jason Max. No. 54 - Game winning shot...
Went to a Pistons game with Steve, Dustin and Marit.
Great conversations. Great seats. Great view. Great experience. Nice Piston's win.
On the journey back home Dustin and I picked a 10 man team and the only rule was they had to be active and they could not currently play for the Pistons.
Dustin picked first...
Dustin's Franchise:
Dirk
Shaq
Duncan
Nash
Ginoboli
Gilbert
Melo
Nate Robinson
Rashard Lewis
Jason Kidd
Mark's Franchise:
Lebron
Amare S.
Dwight Howard
D-Wade
C. Paul
Elton Brand
Garnett
Joe Johnson
Jason Richardson
Ridnnor (Frodo)
Dustin and I have not figured out how we are going to pay these guys.
I propose a team tax on all individual endorsements.
Who do you think would win?
Great conversations. Great seats. Great view. Great experience. Nice Piston's win.
On the journey back home Dustin and I picked a 10 man team and the only rule was they had to be active and they could not currently play for the Pistons.
Dustin picked first...
Dustin's Franchise:
Dirk
Shaq
Duncan
Nash
Ginoboli
Gilbert
Melo
Nate Robinson
Rashard Lewis
Jason Kidd
Mark's Franchise:
Lebron
Amare S.
Dwight Howard
D-Wade
C. Paul
Elton Brand
Garnett
Joe Johnson
Jason Richardson
Ridnnor (Frodo)
Dustin and I have not figured out how we are going to pay these guys.
I propose a team tax on all individual endorsements.
Who do you think would win?
9.02.2006
stuck in a moment defined:
when entrapped in a reality of repairing and preparing that I can’t happen
rather than spiraling like a mad dog chasing its tail, destined to vomit
center towards heaven…
Job 16:19 & 20
there must be someone in heaven who knows the truth about me,
in highest heaven, some Attorney who can clear my name – my Champion, my Friend…
my battle prayer for the moment
prayer did not work for me when it only bookmarked my day or prefaced a meal
prayer is air, glucose and light
air, glucose and light seeking Sound from heaven
guilty of praising the past
guilty of romanticizing the future
most guilty of robbing the present
become more constructive and positive with reflection so growth can happen
become more disciplined and faithful with vision and dream so that my future can happen
purge the powers of the pouts for the past
distinguish day dreams of diversion from vision, dream and purpose
stop defying sorts of evolutions
stop resisting Greater creative intention
stop the entropy reign
this!
this is the enucleation of me for Thee!
Psalm 24:3-5
Who can climb Mount God?
Who can scale the holy north-face?
Only the clean-handed,
Only the pure hearted…
God is at their side;
With God’s help they make it.
rather than spiraling like a mad dog chasing its tail, destined to vomit
center towards heaven…
Job 16:19 & 20
there must be someone in heaven who knows the truth about me,
in highest heaven, some Attorney who can clear my name – my Champion, my Friend…
my battle prayer for the moment
prayer did not work for me when it only bookmarked my day or prefaced a meal
prayer is air, glucose and light
air, glucose and light seeking Sound from heaven
guilty of praising the past
guilty of romanticizing the future
most guilty of robbing the present
become more constructive and positive with reflection so growth can happen
become more disciplined and faithful with vision and dream so that my future can happen
purge the powers of the pouts for the past
distinguish day dreams of diversion from vision, dream and purpose
stop defying sorts of evolutions
stop resisting Greater creative intention
stop the entropy reign
this!
this is the enucleation of me for Thee!
Psalm 24:3-5
Who can climb Mount God?
Who can scale the holy north-face?
Only the clean-handed,
Only the pure hearted…
God is at their side;
With God’s help they make it.
8.06.2006
blog# 21 - time to evolve past pooh
an of aged blog
time to extinguish accusations of poots and speculations of secretions
the deep rooted dogma in me is like darth vader
everyone wants to be him right?
I don’t want to be a VADER
His half dead scorched flesh tangled with technology
A messy bag of bolts and force capacity
And the breathing
Every breath pounding on his armor shell gasping for real air a natural breath!
Yeah I used to make fun of the spiritual more charismatic tendencies of other parts of the church… called people “JESUS JEDIS”
Sign me up
I have been like VADER
I been like EUSTACE (see VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER)
EUSTACE a (literary)rat human child transformed by selfish greed into a wounded dragon
A dragon with flaking scales
Saved by one he mocked
THE ONE
So this post is a bit of coming of age for misadventuresofpooh
Potty trained
No more pooh
Going deeper
Pooh was an ice-breaker…
Time to be a history maker
Be closer to THE ONE
Be like the one
Rid myself of the dragon scales and droid made armor
Stop being a CHRISTIAN who only talks to GOD about the bad stuff of me
Time to dump the bad
Rid my being of baseless beliefs
I find my self asking the same questions my young summer soccer players ask that I do not for fear of being perceiving me as a heretic (I think the illusion of what I think other people are thinking of me will be in a blog soon…)
STAY WITH ME HERE!
Stop letting my flesh and gray matter dictate 99.9% of my existence
My life has been like VADER BREATHING and I am gasping for capacity
The SOUL KIND
And asking the question the psalmist asks:
psalm 24.3-5
who can climb MOUNT GOD?
who can scale the HOLY NORTH FACE?
only the clean-handed,
only the pure-hearted,
men who won't cheat,
women who won't seduce.
GOD is at their side;
with GOD's help they make it...
(from the MESSAGE)
it is deepen into the afternoon and i have not rested
it is a positive restlessness
weary eyes, shaking flesh
yet deeper composed
refining and revelation
two powerful words
one whole experience
summer soccer has been going on for months
young players restless with soccer
played kick ball
just having the field set up differently stirred the kids
a bit of change and yeah you can use your hands
i really struggled to come up with something KINGDOM
to talk about with the young students
my talker doesn't always work the best and so i like to prepare
so my mind and mouth are connected and prepared
honestly sought a WORD for HIS youngins
nothing
but it wasn't an uncomfortable nothing
something would happen
circled the students up
they tackled me
impressive teamwork
now for next week i can use my knockdown as a lesson of teamwork and one purpose: to knock mr. mark on his @**
so they are winded
woke up from summer time sleepin in
winded and yet wide eyed
waiting
still no fancy child-oriented-theology lessons or KID KINGDOM REVELATIONS
i request the students to quiet down and announce i am going to pray
ask some open-ended questions about prayer...
PRAYER: a youngling at church exclaimed: "GOD doesn't talk back to me!"
ooohhhhh.....there is the SOMETHING!
how does GOD talk to us?
an OPEN OPEN OPEN conversation
unmuddled by my theological agenda for the next generation
an open conversation
a KINGDOM CONVERSATION
my nothing
some JESUS something SOMETHING
"GOD doesn't talk back to me!"
a loaded statement
a question better than any answer i could ask the students
so the conversation:
"how does GOD talk to us"
full scope of student experiences and observations:
dreams
trees falling after getting struck with lightning "i think GOD was telling us we need to chop that tree down"
"my grandma ran out of gas on the side of the road and she prayed and then she turned her car on and made it to a gas station"
review those three:
dreams: PROPHECY & PERCEPTION
lightning: PROVIDENTIAL
gas: MIRACLE
ok we are missing one
me: “give ya a hint, starts with a “B”
the BIBLE
so yeah it is just a book of a bunch of middle-eastern people’s experience of GOD
no it is GOD’s WORD
the BIBLE thing has been getting me lately
kind of BIBLE BURNED OUT a bit ago
but now I am starved
part of me has atrophied
standing in front of those kids
reinforced all of their experiences
and with an atrophied soul-mind
flat out preached to them
GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH THE BIBLE
THEY ARE HIS WORDS NOT MANS
WORDS FOR US
The word of GOD is LIVING
Written a very long time ago but for today
It takes some imagination to comprehend the big idea of the BIBLE being LIVING
Told them that young ones like them have a greater capacity to imagine and that an imagination lead by the HOLY SPIRIT allows one to start to wrap their minds around the big ideas that are stumbling blocks to us cynical adults stressed out but bills and all the other rat race obstacles
Their eyes were still wide eyed and they had questions
It was a heavy moment so I asked them what they had for breakfast because at least I needed some space for this significant moment
…what did I learn? That moments, that questions like today impact
our future
their future
they did not walk away with all the right answers
they heard a great question
a scary question
a question that lead to SOMETHING
some Jesus SOMETHING
to be continued…..
time to extinguish accusations of poots and speculations of secretions
the deep rooted dogma in me is like darth vader
everyone wants to be him right?
I don’t want to be a VADER
His half dead scorched flesh tangled with technology
A messy bag of bolts and force capacity
And the breathing
Every breath pounding on his armor shell gasping for real air a natural breath!
Yeah I used to make fun of the spiritual more charismatic tendencies of other parts of the church… called people “JESUS JEDIS”
Sign me up
I have been like VADER
I been like EUSTACE (see VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER)
EUSTACE a (literary)rat human child transformed by selfish greed into a wounded dragon
A dragon with flaking scales
Saved by one he mocked
THE ONE
So this post is a bit of coming of age for misadventuresofpooh
Potty trained
No more pooh
Going deeper
Pooh was an ice-breaker…
Time to be a history maker
Be closer to THE ONE
Be like the one
Rid myself of the dragon scales and droid made armor
Stop being a CHRISTIAN who only talks to GOD about the bad stuff of me
Time to dump the bad
Rid my being of baseless beliefs
I find my self asking the same questions my young summer soccer players ask that I do not for fear of being perceiving me as a heretic (I think the illusion of what I think other people are thinking of me will be in a blog soon…)
STAY WITH ME HERE!
Stop letting my flesh and gray matter dictate 99.9% of my existence
My life has been like VADER BREATHING and I am gasping for capacity
The SOUL KIND
And asking the question the psalmist asks:
psalm 24.3-5
who can climb MOUNT GOD?
who can scale the HOLY NORTH FACE?
only the clean-handed,
only the pure-hearted,
men who won't cheat,
women who won't seduce.
GOD is at their side;
with GOD's help they make it...
(from the MESSAGE)
it is deepen into the afternoon and i have not rested
it is a positive restlessness
weary eyes, shaking flesh
yet deeper composed
refining and revelation
two powerful words
one whole experience
summer soccer has been going on for months
young players restless with soccer
played kick ball
just having the field set up differently stirred the kids
a bit of change and yeah you can use your hands
i really struggled to come up with something KINGDOM
to talk about with the young students
my talker doesn't always work the best and so i like to prepare
so my mind and mouth are connected and prepared
honestly sought a WORD for HIS youngins
nothing
but it wasn't an uncomfortable nothing
something would happen
circled the students up
they tackled me
impressive teamwork
now for next week i can use my knockdown as a lesson of teamwork and one purpose: to knock mr. mark on his @**
so they are winded
woke up from summer time sleepin in
winded and yet wide eyed
waiting
still no fancy child-oriented-theology lessons or KID KINGDOM REVELATIONS
i request the students to quiet down and announce i am going to pray
ask some open-ended questions about prayer...
PRAYER: a youngling at church exclaimed: "GOD doesn't talk back to me!"
ooohhhhh.....there is the SOMETHING!
how does GOD talk to us?
an OPEN OPEN OPEN conversation
unmuddled by my theological agenda for the next generation
an open conversation
a KINGDOM CONVERSATION
my nothing
some JESUS something SOMETHING
"GOD doesn't talk back to me!"
a loaded statement
a question better than any answer i could ask the students
so the conversation:
"how does GOD talk to us"
full scope of student experiences and observations:
dreams
trees falling after getting struck with lightning "i think GOD was telling us we need to chop that tree down"
"my grandma ran out of gas on the side of the road and she prayed and then she turned her car on and made it to a gas station"
review those three:
dreams: PROPHECY & PERCEPTION
lightning: PROVIDENTIAL
gas: MIRACLE
ok we are missing one
me: “give ya a hint, starts with a “B”
the BIBLE
so yeah it is just a book of a bunch of middle-eastern people’s experience of GOD
no it is GOD’s WORD
the BIBLE thing has been getting me lately
kind of BIBLE BURNED OUT a bit ago
but now I am starved
part of me has atrophied
standing in front of those kids
reinforced all of their experiences
and with an atrophied soul-mind
flat out preached to them
GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH THE BIBLE
THEY ARE HIS WORDS NOT MANS
WORDS FOR US
The word of GOD is LIVING
Written a very long time ago but for today
It takes some imagination to comprehend the big idea of the BIBLE being LIVING
Told them that young ones like them have a greater capacity to imagine and that an imagination lead by the HOLY SPIRIT allows one to start to wrap their minds around the big ideas that are stumbling blocks to us cynical adults stressed out but bills and all the other rat race obstacles
Their eyes were still wide eyed and they had questions
It was a heavy moment so I asked them what they had for breakfast because at least I needed some space for this significant moment
…what did I learn? That moments, that questions like today impact
our future
their future
they did not walk away with all the right answers
they heard a great question
a scary question
a question that lead to SOMETHING
some Jesus SOMETHING
to be continued…..
7.30.2006
DATA: travel log of "intercivic musings" trek to chicagoland
a lot of life happened in chicago a seeming age ago
driving west a certain distance always causes a rapid beating heart of anticipation
i do not go on enough adventures for my likings so when i do get to go the little things gain some significance...
marit did all the driving
i attempted to do homework
forgot my camera
resorted to document the journey
left milan gas station at 1025(est)
starting mileage: 61065
0.5 bags of combos
3.5 slim jims (marit had the 0.5 and complained about the skin or wrapper around it)
900 cc water
710 cc diet coke
first potty break occured before jackson (culprit: me)
please see above fluid consumption and do the math
14 michigan state troopers
stevensville, mi
mcfattys around 1300 est
fueled civic
distance: 169 miles away from milan
gallons used 4.036
mpg: 41.9
continuing mileage: 61234
2 medium fries
1 big mac (minus pickle) marit
1 doublecheeseburger
plates:
2 california
3 minnesota (all on jettas)
1 iowa plate + big truck + big game hunter + 1 camo nextel
bm (before macdonalds)
3 emergent window openings (culprit: marit 3x)
3 right side passes
far too many semis
(what happened to our train system?)
17 minutes of nonstop rumble strips
24 construction workers
4 working construction workers
0 working construction workers excluding machine operators
untold outdated bumper stickers
tunes:
"United We Stand" Hillsong United
"The Chronicles of Narnia: TLWW" Harry Gregson-Williams
U2 playlist Oct. 24 & 25 detroit concert list
1338(est) crossed into indiana
14th michigan state trooper was turning around alomost exactly at state line
u2's "in the name of love" was playing
am (after mcdonalds): 2 emergent window openings (again marit "its the big mac talking!")
6 miles of white and orange construction barrels
1 right sided pass
lots of double deckered billboards in indiana
1352(est) extended emergent window opening
inter-civic air quality talks begin as GARY, IN draws close
(ironically "STUCK IN A MOMENT" was playing)
1359(est) chicago 59 miles according to sign
2 passenger sided "imaginary brakings"
1404(est) our journey veers off 94
1407(est) $0.30 invested in "smooth roads"
3 imaginary brakes used at first toll station and 2 multifocal flinches occur
recipe for indigestion...and GAS
as the rebel alliance (me) considers retaliation with this turn of gastro events
"LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE" begins to play
1421(est) run out of radio stations for ipod connection
1424(est) $0.50 "chewie" picked a good lane
1427(est) cross chicago skyway
my respiration decrease to less than 8/min
my heart reat increases from the 50s to the 100s
all my childhood bridge nightmares slash through my brain
escpecially the one where my mom teaches me how to ride a bike on mackinaw bridge on a windy day and something unseen is chasing me
chicago skyline is lost in in atmospheric cocktail of humid july haze and industrial send off
1429(est) $2.50 Chicago Skyway Bridge Toll
cut off by graham cracker eating CA chick
$400 minimum fine (speed limit = 45mph)
1437(est) stopped to a roll
1445(est) crawling
1448(est) 1 tayshaun prince jersey
still no ben billboards
1450(est) outline of sears tower visible
hope arises as we bend towards the city and dan ryan
1453(est) most telling highway sign ever
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR TRUCKS!"
1457(est) merge onto RYAN EXPRESSWAY and an electric sign informs us of a website
AVOIDTHERYAN.COM
1515(est) pass OHIO ST. EXIT (mark lentz trivia)
1426 cell phone time is now central time (cst)
1508(cst) arrive at hotel
ending mileage: 61346
miles traveled: 281
intercivic war avoided: untold, still lots of love
expecation far outweighs the weariness of this trek
it is almost time...
driving west a certain distance always causes a rapid beating heart of anticipation
i do not go on enough adventures for my likings so when i do get to go the little things gain some significance...
marit did all the driving
i attempted to do homework
forgot my camera
resorted to document the journey
left milan gas station at 1025(est)
starting mileage: 61065
0.5 bags of combos
3.5 slim jims (marit had the 0.5 and complained about the skin or wrapper around it)
900 cc water
710 cc diet coke
first potty break occured before jackson (culprit: me)
please see above fluid consumption and do the math
14 michigan state troopers
stevensville, mi
mcfattys around 1300 est
fueled civic
distance: 169 miles away from milan
gallons used 4.036
mpg: 41.9
continuing mileage: 61234
2 medium fries
1 big mac (minus pickle) marit
1 doublecheeseburger
plates:
2 california
3 minnesota (all on jettas)
1 iowa plate + big truck + big game hunter + 1 camo nextel
bm (before macdonalds)
3 emergent window openings (culprit: marit 3x)
3 right side passes
far too many semis
(what happened to our train system?)
17 minutes of nonstop rumble strips
24 construction workers
4 working construction workers
0 working construction workers excluding machine operators
untold outdated bumper stickers
tunes:
"United We Stand" Hillsong United
"The Chronicles of Narnia: TLWW" Harry Gregson-Williams
U2 playlist Oct. 24 & 25 detroit concert list
1338(est) crossed into indiana
14th michigan state trooper was turning around alomost exactly at state line
u2's "in the name of love" was playing
am (after mcdonalds): 2 emergent window openings (again marit "its the big mac talking!")
6 miles of white and orange construction barrels
1 right sided pass
lots of double deckered billboards in indiana
1352(est) extended emergent window opening
inter-civic air quality talks begin as GARY, IN draws close
(ironically "STUCK IN A MOMENT" was playing)
1359(est) chicago 59 miles according to sign
2 passenger sided "imaginary brakings"
1404(est) our journey veers off 94
1407(est) $0.30 invested in "smooth roads"
3 imaginary brakes used at first toll station and 2 multifocal flinches occur
recipe for indigestion...and GAS
as the rebel alliance (me) considers retaliation with this turn of gastro events
"LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE" begins to play
1421(est) run out of radio stations for ipod connection
1424(est) $0.50 "chewie" picked a good lane
1427(est) cross chicago skyway
my respiration decrease to less than 8/min
my heart reat increases from the 50s to the 100s
all my childhood bridge nightmares slash through my brain
escpecially the one where my mom teaches me how to ride a bike on mackinaw bridge on a windy day and something unseen is chasing me
chicago skyline is lost in in atmospheric cocktail of humid july haze and industrial send off
1429(est) $2.50 Chicago Skyway Bridge Toll
cut off by graham cracker eating CA chick
$400 minimum fine (speed limit = 45mph)
1437(est) stopped to a roll
1445(est) crawling
1448(est) 1 tayshaun prince jersey
still no ben billboards
1450(est) outline of sears tower visible
hope arises as we bend towards the city and dan ryan
1453(est) most telling highway sign ever
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR TRUCKS!"
1457(est) merge onto RYAN EXPRESSWAY and an electric sign informs us of a website
AVOIDTHERYAN.COM
1515(est) pass OHIO ST. EXIT (mark lentz trivia)
1426 cell phone time is now central time (cst)
1508(cst) arrive at hotel
ending mileage: 61346
miles traveled: 281
intercivic war avoided: untold, still lots of love
expecation far outweighs the weariness of this trek
it is almost time...
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