…silent mysteries swirling in the blue like jazz
That’s right, I’m re-reading Donald Miller’s Blue like jazz, mostly because I haven’t been able to get a hold of his new book yet (To own a dragon), so I’m reading BLJ to ‘take the edge off’ 
Anyway, as I’ve already stated on here a while ago, Donald Miller is fabulous – he expresses his thoughts about faith so realistically and honestly, that it can’t help but resonate with me. My favorite of his is Searching for God knows what, but I don’t have a copy of that anymore 
Well, I just read one of my fave parts of BLJ – he’s talking about relationships and dating and girls, and he talks about how a girl friend once gave him a copy of Pride and Prejudice with an inscription on the inside cover saying, ‘What is in this book is the heart of a woman.’ (which is, I think, overstating the importance of P&P, but not by much ). He then proceeds to say that he has never read it, since, in his words, “I am sure the heart of a woman is pure and lovely, but the first chapter of said heart is hopelessly boring. Nobody dies at all.” hehehe But this is what gets me – he keeps the book on his bookshelf so when girls come into the room, they see it and sigh, ‘you have P&P!’, he says, ‘yes, yes, I do’ – that cracks me up! Anyway, it’s one of the less serious parts of the book, but one of my favorite parts nonetheless… I like what he says about relationships, and about how the idea of being that honest with someone is what scares him about marriage/serious relationships – cause I can relate to that – real emotional intimacy is one of the scariest things to me about a marriage relationships, sharing stuff that I can keep covered up kinda well on my own, letting someone else see my ‘real life’, the way I am when no one else is looking – that’s the scary part of relationships for me. And that’s also part of the reason why building that kind of trust and honesty in other relationships (like in Bible study small group) seems so difficult but necessary for me in my life, as a way to ease into intimate relationships with people.
OK, so enough of Donald Miller – I had a chemical peel on Saturday at the spa downstairs from where mom works (and now as a result, my face looks like I’m molting – *shudder*), got to hang out with Matthew a bit over Fri/Sat (we worked out together – and he gave me some really good workout mixes!) and I’m now volunteering at the Family Room, where we finally have internet access, allowing me to update this in the copious downtime I have! Oh, and go check out Daniel’s blog (link at right) with new pictures of baby Aria!!!!!!!!