Turkey

It was my honor to host Thanksgiving this year. I was in charge of making a turkey for the first time. Here is the result.

Evolving Purpose

Askfriend wonders: What do you believe to be your purpose in life? Does it change/evolve with time?

Hamburger Patties

Visits to my sister in Lancaster have begun to incorporate a meal of home-grilled burger patties made with local ingredients. DELISH.

Recent Media Consumed

Covers: Social Justice Fallacies, 19 Minutes to Live, Star Trek: Enterprise, Black Widow, and more!

Accomplishing Aspirations

Askfriend wonders, "Do you feel fulfilled in life? Did you have any aspirations growing up? Have you accomplished those?"

Abstractifying the Bible

I've enrolled in a writing class called Writing Close to the Earth. We just received our first reading materials recently, and the first class activity based on them is a truly fun one.

An Epic Shiner

I get injured in the stupidest ways.

Beware The Darkness

Most of the time my dreams are silly. If you took a video game and crossed it with an action movie, that would be a good basis for my standard dream. Last night I had one that gave me reason to think it was a bit more than the standard brainchurn.

Taking A Stand

I don't take a stand. I don't make waves. Unless I gauge that I'm talking to someone who likely shares my beliefs, I don't bring mine up. I bite my tongue. I grit my teeth.

Soul Spa

When I am in peak anxiety and most music scrapes my nerves raw, it is Owl City and Enya that can reach me in that dark place.

Recent Media Consumed

Covers: Weird, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Wingfeather Saga, Confessions, The Fountainhead, and more!

Punk Rock Heroes

I grew up on a mix of Kenny Loggins, the Beatles, Manhattan Transfer, and lesser-known Christian artists like Rich Mullins, Keith Green, and Michael Kelley Blanchard. Add in a healthy dose of KUSC Los Angeles classical music station, and that was approximately the field of my early listening.

But I Have Something To Say

Ever tried to focus on anything while a howler monkey screams full tilt directly into your ear?

0.1 - Remara

Once, there was nothing.

The Can't List

"I can't do that." It's starting to dawn on me how often I've said this in my life. Heck, I remember having an entire defense of the words "I can't" planned out.