June 15, 2007

• Do fish have ears?

  how does my brother think of these kind of questions? and why do i have to ask my mom for the answers?

  David (in Brasil) got bit by a scorpion. apparently it is Sam’s brother. living in my English classroom. David had to get a shot. in the you-know-where. i really hope Sam doesn’t have any other brothers.

  Anna has a boil. in her armpit. apparently, they’ve named it…irvington…or something.

  The Grafica/Cafe is moving to the Alcance (where i live when i’m in Brasil) which means the two survival necessities are now accessible 24hours a day for me: internet and snack food.

  Airsoft was great. i now know why guys like war and such stuff…you bond, have each other’s back, and feel a part of something big, without really having to speak in long sentences: “run!” “shoot!” “reload!” “charge!”

  i don’t know which was better…wearing goggles to protect my eyes, or getting shot in the eye while having a drink break. guys don’t understand the word “break.”

  The highlight of the evening was when we all got bored and started shooting fireflies. about 10 of us surrounded the innocent blinker, and never did manage to get him.

  Capture the flag is MUCH better when you have a gun in your hand. Basically, it came down to who had the bigger gun. i had two pistols in my pockets and a half broken rifle. they didn’t shoot too far. they had automatics. funny to come up to people and start shooting, knowing full well that our guns couldn’t get close enough…or running kamikaze, hoping the gun is actually shooting something when you cock it and pull it on the fly.

  I went to Mary Gillam’s funeral today. it was incredible. Pastor Tom said he always wanted two people praying for him when he had problems: his wife and his mother-in-law (Mary Gillam). i want to be a wife like that. i want to be a mother-in-law like that. being there really showed me…the gravity of life and choices and marriage–in the view of how it affects so many. how it raises up godly generations. how i live today matters.

  “You are what you love, not what loves you.” –Charlie Kaufman

  Did you know the Rose of Sharon is the hibiscus flower? learn something new every day.
  

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