May 2012
6 posts
done
i just submitted the last assignment of my undergraduate college career.
keeping me sane in the library
Caribbean Blue by Enya on Grooveshark
carribean blue may be the most soothing song i’ve ever heard
i'm in my crazy place
i had the last class of my undergraduate college career today. what? didn’t freshman orientation JUST happen? i’m slightly (or a little more than slightly) overwhelmed by the amount of work i have to finish between now and monday, and i’m sleep has definitely been in short supply. i’m in my crazy place, crying at least once a day (but not because i’m sad) and...
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i'm a cookoo
it’s an interesting trend that every year around this time i rediscover belle and sebastian and become obsessed for the first few weeks of summer.
April 2012
15 posts
“I am not rooted in a place, I think, so much as in certain values and...”
– Pico Iyer
think destination
I’m moving to Florida this summer! on my to do list: graduate make flight reservations pack up my belongings say goodbye to my roommates say i do to the man of my dreams
things to dream about: spending every day with the man that i love decorating our beautiful house the motorcycle white sand beaches the bike trails kayaking finding a church volunteering at the hospital seeing my...
holy cow
i’m getting married.
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A Word for the Third Culture Kid →
What is described are feelings so deep that you can scarcely give words to them. Your throat catches and you try and describe intense longing and desire only to remain wordless. How do I know this? Because I have experienced it first hand. What we long to describe is “Saudade”.
I have a clear recognition that they will never go back to the place where they feel most at home. I realistically...
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our two-person book club
for the past two years my bf has read me childrens books for bedtime stories. because we are very rarely together in person this happens mostly over the phone and over skype, but one of my favorite things to do when we are together is snuggling under a blanket and laying my head on his chest as he narrates the 1961 edition of “the house on pooh corner” that he borrowed from the public...
“Solang mein Jesus lebt, und seine Kraft mich hebt, muss Furcht und Sorge von mir...”
– Ernst Gebhardt
This thing about perfect timing
I just received a call from my best friend and lover. This patrol has probably been the hardest so far and even though it’s so close to the end (8 days left on my patrol tracker!) I’ve been missing him extra these last few days. It was so good to hear that beautiful voice again, and just when I needed it most (thank you, God).
Changed
This morning we had a sunrise service on H & B’s front porch. We sat bundled up on their lawn chairs and sang at the top of our lungs to H’s guitar to remember the most powerful day in all of history. The day when death was shattered, when everything was changed. Think about being changed. Think about all the sadnesses and all the things we struggle with and every sin and all our...
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
– Jesus Christ
John 15:13
March 2012
10 posts
al yemeniyah recipies →
I can’t wait to try these- some day when i don’t have four papers due in the same week.
camels and love
when we were growing up in the middle east, young men in our neighborhood used to approach our parents offering bride prices for their blonde little girls.
but in an email to the man of my dreams, my dad recently made a few things pretty clear: “I am not asking for 250 camels for Ruth! She is certainly worth more! Beyond price! You will have a great responsibility to care for her!”
...
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Yemen is not a place for terrorism →
Protesters on Tuesday carried photos of Mr. Shrum as they marched through the city’s streets, chanting, “Yemen is not a place for terrorism. We love you Joel!”
-Wall Street Journal
Zaidi Kidogo: Banksy on Advertising →
zaidikidogo:
“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere…
“Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one...”
– Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
stop joseph kony
in the midst of raising awareness about ongoing atrocities in central africa, invisible children has received much critizism in the past few days… from being accused of providing african nationals with guns (they don’t) to being labled “colonial” and being attacked for spending donation dollars on filming equipment rather than food for starving children in africa. so...
The Arab Spring →
an interactive timeline (and an excellent educational procrastination tool)
February 2012
7 posts
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Coast Guard Helicopter Crashes in Mobile Bay →
My boyfriend is going to school to be a coast guard helo pilot so headlines like this are a little nerve wracking. Praying for the families of the dead and the missing.
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In one of the largest voter turnouts in the... →
Yemen: a hint of optimism in the Arab Spring
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
– Plato (via jinsollynne)
in five years time we could be walking around a...
i spent a lot of time on the back of his motorcycle this weekend. on saturday morning we woke up and he asked if i wanted to go to the zoo, so we took the bike to the county zoo (and there was love in the bodies of the elephants too).
side note: my dad said that any boy with intentions to marry one of his daughters was required to read the book that saved my parents marriage and submit a book...
pi sigma alpha
just when i resigned myself to senioritis i received this in my inbox: “It is my pleasure to inform you of your nomination for membership in Pi Sigma Alpha, the national honors society for political science. This nomination reflects the outstanding caliber of your academic record in the Department of Government and International Relations. All the members of the Department congratulate...
my roommate’s saab has a huge obama-biden bumper sticker on the back. i secretly love parking it in my conservative military friends’ driveways.
January 2012
3 posts
December 2011
9 posts
mouse hunt!
unfortunately we recently discovered several co-inhabitants at win 3. we debated if we should adopt the cute little creatures and keep them as pets. they could teach us how to cook, lindsay suggested. just like in ratatouille. but they do make a lot of noise at night, even when we kindly request that they be quiet. but it was when one of them passed away under our kitchen sink and we were faced...
travel sister
there is nothing like seeing a sister after two years of separation and happily finding that you can pick up just where you left off. i missed my travel sister. it’s good to be with her now.
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you make hearts come out of my eyes
we got to jersey at 1:30 am after six hours of driving with bloodshot eyes and and excessive yawning. we pulled into the driveway, got out of the car and by the light of our cell phones found our way into the backyard to look for the house key. but it wasn’t in its normal place-or in any place that we could think of, and we began calculating how uncomfortable it would be to spend the rest of...
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life”
– Proverbs 4:23 (via jinsollynne)
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