Tag archive: relationships
A cynic’s take on Summit Week
Life has been going well. My work load has lessened; my classes still interest me. Ironically enough, I feel it’s as good of time as any to write about cynicism. Maybe I won’t have to label this blog with “rant”… continue reading »
Interlude: fiction
So, I never write fiction on my blog. I wish I did; I know I should. I’ve decided to take a break from my series (Faith, Forgiveness, Redemption, Grace) to give you a work of fiction, inspired by a story… continue reading »
on Forgiveness
This is the worst one. — Yesterday the newspaper staff had a meeting about some of the problems we’ve been having this year so far. I brought up a long list of clerical issues – stuff we couldn’t have anticipated… continue reading »
Title Track: Christmas Story
My dad’s favorite Christmas movie is “A Christmas Story,” the one about the dorky kid Ralphie who wants a B.B. gun, but everyone keeps telling him that he’ll shoot his eye out. My sister and I think our dad was… continue reading »
If the fear of carpal tunnel is not enough…
“We suffer from the illusion… that we can expand our personal bandwidth, connecting to more and more. Instead, we end up overstimulated, overwhelmed and… unfulfilled. Continuous partial attention inevitably feels like a lack of full attention.” [Ellen Goodman, “In Praise… continue reading »
The Sims mindset
I know I’m a fool, no one needs to tell me that. We talked about pilgrimages today in English and it made me very pensive. I mean, very. To go into it at all would be confusing and overwhelming so… continue reading »
Another one of those days.
[[Disclaimer: If you have anything to do, don’t read this blog. I just wrote what I felt and sometimes what I feel is nonsense. But if you want to anyway, feel free.]] Well, how do I begin? My car… augh,… continue reading »