For Real...

on the way to wilmington

Friday came bearing gifts. They came in a silver Honda named Molly. Yes, Jamie came up for the weekend, and it was oh so good to see her again. Though not much was actually done, being that this is Boone and there’s not a whole lot to do. I enjoyed myself rather much. It was good. Got to spend lots of time with some of my favorite people. Got in some UNO dominance. Saw Walk the Line, stole a Walk the Line poster. Spent four hours in the darkroom, mostly guessing, but getting lucky. Good weekend

A Movie Script Ending

The first hint that this weekend was going to be even better than it would seem really came Saturday morning. We were standing in the ruin of an old church that was burned down by the British in 1776 laying hands on, and praying for the director of the movie. He wept on his knees, and the place filled with the Spirit of God, and a sense of the destiny that had brought us all to this place. The day continued in similar fashion, with the filming of the battle scene. I felt like the set photographer, as the two cameras around my neck made everyone think I was supposed to be there. This resulted in around 400 pictures for the weekend. I got to meet, and hang out with all sorts of actors, my favorites being, the guy who played the drill sergeant in Forrest Gump, and his wife who played Bubba’s mom. They prayed for us. There was also Hillary, who has some lead part on One Tree Hill, although I have never seen the show, and the guy who played on JAG.
Anyway, it was one of those weekends where everything is happening so fast that you hardly have time to stop and think about it. But then it catches up to you, and you think, oh my god, what am I doing here? So, there is really too much to say to write it all here, so I’ll tell you about it if you ask. What a weekend. I am again struck with awe at the strangeness, and craziness of my life, and the places that I am continually finding myself. The places God takes me. Where will it be next?

Dave

Three years ago when I thought about where I was going to go to college Appalachian State University was barely even a consideration. I figured I’d go here if all else failed. Well, all else failed. And now I am so incredibly grateful. One of the reasons is David Balmer. In some ways Dave and I are complete opposites, for instance, he is as black as a white person can be whereas I am about as white as a white person can be. And as a general rule our musical tastes reflect this difference. All though Dave has recently downloaded some Death Cab and Bright Eyes, we’ll make an emo kid of him yet. Never happen. Anyway, This guy has been such a blessing to me, and a leader. I don’t think I have ever met someone his age with the kind of leadership ability he has. It blows me away, and even though he does teach a leadership class, I learn by just watching him. And I can tell you one thing, David Balmer is going to be one heck of an amazing dad, and watch out ladies, he wants three kids by thirty. But seriously, his kids are extremely blessed. And so am I, I feel like we’ve just started to make memories, and the memories we have are so so good. I am seriously looking forward to living with this guy next year; we are going to have the most fun, and sweet tea. I’m sorry if this kind of incoherent, there’s so much I could say, but it’s hard to choose. I guess I should say this, that Dave has a heart for God, and for his people like no one I have ever seen, and it’s so plainly visible in him that anyone can see it. That’s good stuff. And, less seriously Dave is so much fun, he is full of joy, and will laugh like you wouldn’t believe at just about anything. So, needless to say he’s a blast to be around. And he’s a very faithful friend, oh yes, and I’m really, really glad.

V-Day

So this is pretty much incredible. Yes. I love it. Thank you so much Heather. Even though it didn't mean anything, it was nice to have a date for Valentines Day. So yes we had fun as always. I love you guys.

On a much sadder note, as much as I don't want to, I can't make myself not mention the death of a friend, Jonathan you are so missed, and I'm so sorry your life had to end like that. Love ya man.

Don't worry the Dave post is coming....

Happy Valentines Day everyone, someday you will be loved.

Snow

So I had a full fledged snowball fight today and it was pretty much amazing. My proudest moments, nailing Whitney in the face, nailing Michael in the face, nailing Matt in the face, nailing Andy in the face, and tackling him twice, and tackling Heather real good. We made a snowman that looked like the Monopoly guy, and we tackled him and I ripped my pants. It was a wonderful day, I love these people. And I love the snow. These past few days have totally been amazing. On Thursday, we played mugglar in the church, Friday we dressed as rich folk and went out, again because we love Whitney. And today snow.

Intentions

So I found this lying on the ground, a piece of paper with someones song or poetry written on it. I love it when I find stuff like this.
Anyway, I will take a moment to talk about the differences between boys and girls. Sunday night, Marshall and I were driving back from the Super Bowl party, and we hit a huge patch of ice. Marshall's car careened wildly from one side of the road to the other, sliding first one way then the next coming ever so close to going off the road and/or mountain. This lasted for about twenty seconds or so. And what do you think Marshall and I were doing the entire time? Laughing hysterically. Even while he was twisting the wheel this way and that trying to regain control of his car, Marshall was just laughing and laughing. As was I, while not wearing a seatbelt. We thorougly enjoyed the whole event. Now, I think that atmosphere, and sounds may have been a little different, had a girl, or a girly man been present. The only thing either of us worried about was money, as far as consequences. The thought of getting hurt never crossed our minds, I was thinking, welp there goes Marshall's money, and he was thinking, welp there goes my money. Anyway, it was fun.

So, I have been thinking about doing a series on my friends. The idea is that, if I can't think of anything better to blog about, I will do kind of a portrait of one of my friends, attempting to go in alphabetical order, which I royally suck at. I would post a picture of them, and try and write some things about them, what they mean to me, who they are, what's special about them. Or maybe just make fun of them. We'll see. So, if I do decide to do this, and I pretty much have, I think David Balmer is up first...

I'm Not the Ghost You Made of Me

But in the morning,
on the sober dawn of Sunday...
You're not sure what you have done.
Who told you love was fleeting?
Sometimes women can be so misleading
to take what they need from you.
... Whatever you need to make you feel
like you've been the one behind the wheel.
The sunrise is just over that hill,
The worst is over.
Whatever I said to make you think
that love's the religion of the weak..
This morning we love like weaklings.
The worst is over.
The worst is over.
-Cursive

Honeysuckle Soldiers

So as you may have guessed I developed film for the first time today. Oh yes, it was quite enjoyable. I am quite excited about all this stuff. And while we are on the subject of film, guess who is going to be in a major motion picture soon? Ohhh, that's me. And that's all I'm going to tell you, so if you want to know what I'm talking about you'll have to ask me.