today being here

First of all, here are my picks for the five best albums of 2006. I do hope you agree with me. There is no real order here either.
The Avalanche - Sufjan Stevens
The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me - Brand New
Eat, Sleep, Repeat - Copeland
Dog Problems - The Format
The Crane Wife - The Decemberists

Now, I just want to say that life after this semester is somewhat bittersweet in that all the crazy intensity of a this semester over, or so I thought so lets take a look back at what's happened this semester. Drew almost dies, the church splits, BK dies, Kyle dies, and tuesday I find out Chris has cancer. And yet this semester has been so good, the storms have brought a closeness and a realness to our lives and relationships that in the midst of funerals and tears, and the invasion of death and pain, the reality of love and hope are somehow more real than they've ever been.