best week ever?

yes, it might have been.

:)

everything is music!

I went to a cool event and a fun concert yesterday, but outside in the street, we saw someone die. The weirdest part is that I can't find anything in the news about it.
Well, maybe that's not the weirdest part.

Enjoy this, and enjoy your amazing life while it lasts. :)

this song reminded me of you

unfortunately.



(just listen to the words... it's really inappropriate, though. I warn you.)

I am struck by the impermanence of everything.
Everything around me is so temporary.
Life is fragile, fleeting, brief.
And yet, it seems we almost all live in ignorance of this fact.
We hold grudges and have petty disagreements when much bigger things are at stake.
What is life really all about?
And why do we see such terror, misfortune, famine in the world?

I ask for things to get better. Everyday I ask.
For wars to end, for lives to mend; but what does that really accomplish?
Are not those solutions only temporary?

My life was once transformed for the better, and yet, each new day it has the potential to change again, for better or worse.

Am I becoming like the discontented, disenchanted teacher from Ecclesiastes?
I don't know.
That would not be my objective.
I would still consider myself to be quite the optimist.

Perhaps I just need to ponder this more.

(The picture is something I took at UC Santa Cruz when courtney and I were there on our road trip. We were walking in a field and came across this little dear, and we were both shocked to find that it was dead. It really looked as if it could have gotten up at any moment. It was a strange curiosity. There was no blood or any wounds to be found. Its fur was a little bit wet, but mostly, it seemed like a fine young fawn. It looked as if this little creature had just barely entered into this life before it had to leave again. Strange, and at least for me, strangely beautiful.)

road trip

This is me on the beach in santa cruz.
My hair still styled from Seattle;
My eyes full of sleep from Oregon;
My nose still full of cow-smells from Davis.

This trip further solidified that I want to spend a lot of my time on tour. on the road. always moving, traveling, exploring.
This trip has been absolutely incredible.
I couldn't even describe everything that has happened.
Right now I'm sitting in the living room of my friends Kris and Kara's house. The ocean is across the street (to the south!) blowing a cool breeze our way.
Maybe I will have to write more later.
But, as I think I posted on my previous blog, when there are so many fun and exciting things to do, why would you spend all of your time on the computer?
later!

seattle's best

Right now I am sitting in the living room of the lovely Jenny Bushnell, looking out the window at her cat Moses who is playing with something on a hillside.
The tall trees are bright and full of life and enjoying their time in the Seattle sunshine.

This road trip has been amazing so far; we've crossed six states and had countless adventures.
Last night we went to Mars Hill Church and heard Pastor Mark Driscoll speak. If you don't know of him, you really should.
He reminded me of a lot of things.
A lot of important things.
So right now, rather than sit inside and type on this computer, I'm going to go outside and discuss some of the more important things in life with Jenny, and focus on The one and only thing that really matters.
Peace and joy is overwhelming me already; I can hardly wait!