Currently Reading The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini see related

I just finished reading The Kite Runner.  It was beautiful..

It reminded me of how little I really know about the world..and how much I hunger for greater understanding. . .

of people,

of nations,

of beauty,

of suffering,

of forgiveness.

"Then I realized something: that last thought had brought no sting with it.  Closing [the] door, I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night."  - from The Kite Runner(Khaled Hosseinni)

Currently Watching Broken Flowers By Julie Delpy, Bill Murray, Sharon Stone see related

the briefest of tiny updates..

I'm so grateful to have this job - this week has been a blur of training, and I think once I get my feet under me it will be a very good fit. 

It's a very clean place..a gentle fountain in the lobby, sunlight pouring in over the foyer..

It's a very busy place..people coming and going constantly, messages to pass along..phone calls..procedures..

Yesterday I stopped being 25. 

 26 feels great so far.

:)

Currently Listening Yin-Yang By Victor Wooten see related

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After ten months of trying...lots of frustration..trying to squeeze money out of the atmosphere..

I got a job.  :)

what.  a.  relief.

Currently Reading The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini see related

Have you had the Aztec Thin  bar  from Target's Choxie brand?

dark chocolate + crushed cocoa beans + chili pepper  =       Spicy. Cocoa.  Heaven. 

I think they called it the 'Aztec Thin' so that you could practice saying the word 'thin' a few times before kissing it goodbye forever.  Because you will.  And it will be worth it.

I love this song by Over The Rhine..

Remind Us

I don't know where this is going
I'm taking a ride on a wing and a prayer
Follow me there
We'll both be surprised
If we forget anything
Hopefully nobody will remind us

Can't bear the news in the evening
We're going to bed and we're going to war
All of this for
Anyone's guess
If we forget anything
Heaven forbid someone would remind us

Sinners and saints, priests and kings
Are we just using God for our own gain
What's in a name
Open your eyes
If we forget everything
There will be no one left to remind us

I don't know where this is going
I'm taking a ride on a wing and a prayer
Follow me there
We'll both be surprised

words and music: Bergquist
recording: OHIO