the dreaming tree

just a list

Ξ February 21st, 2006 | → 1 Comments | ∇ life, love and the pursuit of God |

things that make me weep on a consistent basis:

the end of the sibelius 2nd symphony
the beginning of the beethoven 9th symphony (and the end)
eric whitacre’s “when david wept”
the mozart requiem
performing with a good symphony orchestra
hearing my own music
playing “william” in concert
almost famous when they’re all singing “tiny dancer”
the natural when he hits the homerun and the lights explode
hearing the gospel
images of fatherhood, whether in a movie, commercial or my mind
being in razorback stadium and calling the hogs with 70.000 people
love

snow days

Ξ February 19th, 2006 | → 0 Comments | ∇ life, love and the pursuit of God |

it snowed in fayetteville, and so i haven’t been outside in three days because i don’t like being cold and wet. now i’m running low on food, but there’s still snow on the ground…plus i have a truck, which has a high chance of sliding around on the road. guess i’m just gonna have to eat more ice cream (an ironically frozen treat). i’m also itching to get back to the gym and play basketball. ah, stupid snow.

i’m addicted to doing nothing.

glued together…

Ξ February 17th, 2006 | → 2 Comments | ∇ could be anything, life, love and the pursuit of God |

a little more

Ξ February 16th, 2006 | → 2 Comments | ∇ life, love and the pursuit of God |

well i went to the emergency room, and instead of stitches, the doctor glued my laceration back together…that’s nice. they also gave me a tetnus shot because i couldn’t remember when i last had one…not nice. i hate shots. anyway, don’t worry (both of you), i’m a-gonna be fine.

on another note, if you use itunes and ever listen to podcasts (or even if you don’t), i strongly suggest you subscribe yourself to RUF at ole miss, which is les newsom smacking you in the face with biblical truth. he’s going through ephesians this semseter. here’s a link to them if you don’t know how else to find it: http://www.podcast.net/show/8310.

assassinated

Ξ February 15th, 2006 | → 0 Comments | ∇ life, love and the pursuit of God |

right now arkansas ruf is involved in a game of assassins. essentially each person in the game is assigned to kill someone else by spraying them with a water gun. of course, you do not know who is coming to get you, so you have to always be ready. before killing someone, you’re required to say their fullname and a password provided to you on your assignment card. you aren’t allowed to kill anyone 30 minutes before or after any formal event, so you have to hunt them down. why am i telling you all this? well, you see, i was just assassinated.

i discovered who had drawn my name, and so when he called my roommate, i knew what was about to transpire and began planning to counteract his attempt. the rules state that you are able to shoot and kill someone trying to kill you after they’ve said your name/password, but before they actually shoot you. so my plan at first was just to be holding a glass of water and splash him with it, but i started thinking too much and decided it may not work, and so i developed a new plan: when he came in i would be standing near the entrance to my bathroom, which connects to my bedroom via a walk-in closet…something that my assassin did not know about the layout of my apartment. as soon as he started saying my name, i would run into my bathroom where i had waiting a glass of water, and when he ran in after me, i could surprise him with water. if he didn’t come in after me, i would exit the bathroom through the closet, into my bedroom, and come out behind him, surprising him there. i thought it was a pretty good plan, but i failed myself. when he started saying my name, i turned and started to run into my bathroom–and collided head-on-corner into the wall. needless to say, i was briefly stunned, so it was quite easy for him to just shoot me. so my plan failed, and now i’m out of the game without having killed anyone…and i have a nice gash that probably needs stitches. a concussion wasn’t exactly what i had hoped for. i guess i’m not really fit to be an assassin…or super cool.

Freeman calls Black History Month ‘ridiculous’

Ξ February 1st, 2006 | → 1 Comments | ∇ life, love and the pursuit of God, rants |

thank you, morgan freeman. i’ve been saying this for years.
Freeman calls Black History Month ‘ridiculous’

just a random thought

Ξ February 1st, 2006 | → 0 Comments | ∇ life, love and the pursuit of God |

i miss the feeling of kissing a girl goodbye/goodnight, where you know you need to leave, but you can’t quite tear yourself away. you keep pulling away, and then relent and go back for just one more minute in her arms. and then smile all the way home.