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Wednesday, 24 November 2010

  • Man, I'm too antsy to sit still at work today. Haven't had a thing to do for the last almost week. Gah! And tomorrow's Thanksgiving! And the sooner I get out of here, the sooner I get to see Dave. Making potato soup for dinner. Laundry.

    I know I'm antsy when I play Pandora Roulette. I keep jumping between stations, can't make up my mind. Currently, it's "Welcome to the Black Parade" station. Awesome song played first, terrific anthem; check it out:

    Famous Last Words, by My Chemical Romance

Thursday, 18 November 2010

  • When I board I won't be lookin' back...

    This song's been on my mind a lot lately...

     

    When I hear that trumpet sound
    I will lay my burdens down
    I will lay them deep into the ground
    Then I'll know that I am glory bound

    I'll be travelling far from home
    But I won't be looking for to roam
    I'll be crossing o'er the great divide
    In a better home soon I will reside

    Hallelujah

    When I'm in my resting place
    I'll look on my mother's face
    Never more will I have to know
    All the loneliness that plagues me so

    So I'm waiting for that train to come
    And I know where she's coming from
    Listen can you hear her on the track
    When I board I won't be looking back

    Hallelujah 

Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Tuesday, 16 November 2010

  • Every breath brings a chance for redemption...

    I'm hooked on Needtobreathe... it's not fair that he can sing like that! So effortless. And I haven't even mentioned the lyrics yet. Check it:

    The Outsiders, by Needtobreathe

     

    I'm learning so much right now. Again, how much God loves me. But in a completely different light. I'm beginning to see (dimly) how beautiful I am to Him, how lovely and feminine and gracious. It's frightening, really. I've longed to be seen through these eyes my entire life, and now that it's here, I don't know what to do with it.

    And I'm hardly sure I believe it. I see in his face that the things he says are true - I feel no anxiety, no distress, no restlessness. And I ache to believe him. But that will come with time. We haven't had that long yet...

Thursday, 11 November 2010

  • So I'm thinking over the things that you've said...

    I was accused of being sappy.

    I have no defense. happy

    And I'm happy! So ... who cares?!

     

    I'm writing poetry at work (not sappy poetry, a witty come-back to my grandfather's witty, poetic inquisition - about said subject of sappiness). It's only Thursday, but it's a slow Thursday. I'm glad I don't have much to think about today - not really feeling up to it. I'm rather tired.

    I've been writing a lot more lately. The ideas are edging their way in (and there's NaNo...) and I keep finding myself drawn to them. Ridiculous ideas, granted, but they're a start. The more I work on this writing stuff, the easier (and hopefully better) it will get. Because I really need something better than "The Reproductive Habits of Lagomorpha Leporidae Pulvilagus" (more commonly known as Dust Bunnies).

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Conquered Books, 2009

Zen in the Art of Writing, by Ray Bradbury
A Room with a View, by E.M. Forster
Good Grief, by Lolly Winston
You Shall Know Our Velocity!, by Dave Eggers (stricken from the list)
Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman [on CD]
On Borrowed Wings, by Chandra Prasad
Hood, by Stephen Lawhead
The Most of PG Wodehouse, by, well, PG Wodehouse (in progress)
Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis [on CD]
Riding Lessons, by Sara Gruen
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, by Steve Harvey
Palindrome, by Stuart Woods
A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess (in progress)
The Professor and the Madman, by Simon Winchester

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