so yes, it is exactly 12:00am central time (just to clarify for kristen, since she has difficulty with time zones and such), and i am awake, posting on this thing which i am beginning to think will become a habit. bad part of this story: i'm supposed to be leaving in 7 hours to drive, pues, 13ish hours, and i'm still not finished packing!!!?!?!?
but i'm just posting to announce the much-awaited posting of a video we like to call "spicy chins." i couldn't find a way to post it on this magnificent piece of friendly madness, but it's on my facebook profile so check it ouwout!
i love and miss you all (and olivia anne merry carter says HI...yes, she likes that state a whole lot, and she sympathizes with the poor natives who lost control of it after the US got interested in its sugar cane).
Friday, August 31, 2007
So I've been told I'm an adult now.
Point A: I think this blog is a good idea, and i applaud Kristen for it.
Point B: I'm living the dream right now, I live in the dining room of my house, because we only have two bedrooms and I got the short straw. Other than that I love my house, and my two roommates are incredible. My job is the greatest, I love all of the people that I am on staff with and all of the other interns. Its great i am being taught and poured into by some of the godliest men I have ever met. Book of the week "return flight" by Robert Lupton. Its awesome. I love my life, I never thought I could feel so at home in a place that is so foreign to my upbringing. I miss all of ya'll hopefully I'll be in the Birmingham area soon.
Point B: I'm living the dream right now, I live in the dining room of my house, because we only have two bedrooms and I got the short straw. Other than that I love my house, and my two roommates are incredible. My job is the greatest, I love all of the people that I am on staff with and all of the other interns. Its great i am being taught and poured into by some of the godliest men I have ever met. Book of the week "return flight" by Robert Lupton. Its awesome. I love my life, I never thought I could feel so at home in a place that is so foreign to my upbringing. I miss all of ya'll hopefully I'll be in the Birmingham area soon.
what about this post?
Right now there are two air conditioning men about 10 feet away from me in the garage. Thankfully, the air in my house is working so I'm not quite sure what they're doing... Books of the week: The Life of Pi and Legacy of Sovereign Joy. both have taken a while to get into but that seems to be my case with most books I pick up.
On to other topics...Remember that good little feeling you got down in your stomach or that little mischevious grin you got on your face when you walked into class and saw a substitute standing at the board? "Great! This day will be a no-brainer" or "Sweet! What tricks can I play on her today? She looks young and unexperienced. Gosh, she can't be more than 17." Well, now I've had a chance to be on the receiving end of these thoughts and so far I've thoroughly enjoyed subbing. My favorite thus far: 11th grade history. I didn't really have to teach much but I had good conversations with the students; come to think of it I'm sure I was distracting them from their work. Oh well...I think I was the shortest person in the room during one period and they liked to remind me of that. Anyway, it's been fun to jump from grade to grade everyday and try new things. No mean tricks to report...yet.
Yet another note...I found out where I will be spending the next two years of my life beginning in January. Due to the nature of this blog, let's just say I'll be returning to the country I lived in last summer, working with the same people, and doing kinda the same thing (working with college students). I'm leaving October 22 for training, heading to THE wedding (roro and fefe) and then peacing out.
ok, i hope i left a good and bad blog. that was my intent. just one more q: brian, why were you posting at 6 am?
On to other topics...Remember that good little feeling you got down in your stomach or that little mischevious grin you got on your face when you walked into class and saw a substitute standing at the board? "Great! This day will be a no-brainer" or "Sweet! What tricks can I play on her today? She looks young and unexperienced. Gosh, she can't be more than 17." Well, now I've had a chance to be on the receiving end of these thoughts and so far I've thoroughly enjoyed subbing. My favorite thus far: 11th grade history. I didn't really have to teach much but I had good conversations with the students; come to think of it I'm sure I was distracting them from their work. Oh well...I think I was the shortest person in the room during one period and they liked to remind me of that. Anyway, it's been fun to jump from grade to grade everyday and try new things. No mean tricks to report...yet.
Yet another note...I found out where I will be spending the next two years of my life beginning in January. Due to the nature of this blog, let's just say I'll be returning to the country I lived in last summer, working with the same people, and doing kinda the same thing (working with college students). I'm leaving October 22 for training, heading to THE wedding (roro and fefe) and then peacing out.
ok, i hope i left a good and bad blog. that was my intent. just one more q: brian, why were you posting at 6 am?
dang it
i had a good post. and then i decided to be fancy and paste it into an editor and... anyways, i thought i copied the text off of here before i deleted it... then deleted it to be re-posted once fancied up. wrong. so wrong. i forgot to copy it. it's gone.
the horror.
the horror.
i.e.
in bed in birmingham, AL. 12:39am. sleepy yet energized. kristen straw and a slumbering jen wilmore. 3 and a half days ago...in a gas station restroom at an exit in Cullman, AL...UGLY. Into the Wild, disturbing but I can't put it down.
bad blog:
family and i are splendid, couldn't be better...really. Greg even likes a girl...BIG deal. still a student. nil. uhm...i like a boy. no kids.
love. jamie.
bad blog:
family and i are splendid, couldn't be better...really. Greg even likes a girl...BIG deal. still a student. nil. uhm...i like a boy. no kids.
love. jamie.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
We're going public
Greetings and good health be upon you and your loved ones.
ahem. we are here to declare the birth of a nuclear network in which we commune in merriment to share the joys of lives seperated by distance but bound by family dinners. and will weir.
this is a safe place in which deep, dark secrets should more than likely be kept deep and dark, and shallow updates on your life journeys post college should be shared. mandatory tidbits to be included in every post include (of course): location, time of day, state of mind, people within 20 yards, last time you saw an ugly baby, and the book that you're currently reading and enjoying. if you're not enjoying, we're not interested. things that should not ever be included : state of you and your family's well-being, current occupation, salary, name and points of interest of your current significant other, and of course any impending children. we don't care. seriously.
all sarcasm aside, we want to keep in touch. we miss you. already. come home. you may be wondering about the significance of the blog name. chosen back in august of '07, it stems from a fond memory that many refer to as springbreak. on this blessed occasion 30+ individuals embarked on an epic journey to the keys of west. it has been said of that time: "ridiculous, impossible, unfounded." although harmony was the underdog, her banner rose high that week. it pretty much was the only banner in the sky. thus, we discovered and said often to ourselves "we travel well together." now we know that it was not just to the keys of west but to all corners of the globe and all seasons of life.
so come as you are and vomit your innards for all to see and love.
-jamie, yen, and kris
ahem. we are here to declare the birth of a nuclear network in which we commune in merriment to share the joys of lives seperated by distance but bound by family dinners. and will weir.
this is a safe place in which deep, dark secrets should more than likely be kept deep and dark, and shallow updates on your life journeys post college should be shared. mandatory tidbits to be included in every post include (of course): location, time of day, state of mind, people within 20 yards, last time you saw an ugly baby, and the book that you're currently reading and enjoying. if you're not enjoying, we're not interested. things that should not ever be included : state of you and your family's well-being, current occupation, salary, name and points of interest of your current significant other, and of course any impending children. we don't care. seriously.
all sarcasm aside, we want to keep in touch. we miss you. already. come home. you may be wondering about the significance of the blog name. chosen back in august of '07, it stems from a fond memory that many refer to as springbreak. on this blessed occasion 30+ individuals embarked on an epic journey to the keys of west. it has been said of that time: "ridiculous, impossible, unfounded." although harmony was the underdog, her banner rose high that week. it pretty much was the only banner in the sky. thus, we discovered and said often to ourselves "we travel well together." now we know that it was not just to the keys of west but to all corners of the globe and all seasons of life.
so come as you are and vomit your innards for all to see and love.
-jamie, yen, and kris
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