| Barak Obama's DNC speech |
[30 Aug 2008|02:10pm] |
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i urge you, if you haven't, to watch Obama's speech from the DNC two nights ago. even if you're not keen on Obama, you can agree it's just an overall good speech. give yourself about 30 minutes on YouTube to watch history in the making.
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| it beats for you. |
[16 Aug 2008|07:34pm] |
Africa stole my heart.
The mountains of west virginia took another piece...small, but now her's.
I know Atlanta will take a piece as well,
as i'm giving her one full year of love, discomfort, growth and plenty more.
tonight Jim James will let me reflect on the piece his voice has ahold of.
and i'm sure the beaches of michigan, which i start enjoying tomorrow, will take a pinch of my heart as well.
i must have a good sized heart.
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| transfer blogs. transfer cities. |
[01 Jul 2008|07:44pm] |
hello all.
i leave for Sudan in less than a week.
i also recently applied for Mission Year (www.missionyear.org).
if all goes through i will be leaving this wonderful city of Louisville for the span of a year...
starting this september.
for those who want to keep up on my thoughts, stories and experiences, i started a blog:
www.stephsminorplace.blogspot.com
peace.
steph
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| word. |
[16 Jun 2008|05:16pm] |
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Q: What’s wrong with the world?
A: We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. Leona Helmsley’s dog made 12 million last year… and Dean McLaine, a farmer in Ohio made $30,000. It’s just a gigantic version of the madness that grows in every one of our brains. We are monkeys with money and guns.
- Tom Waits (from his True Confessions interview with himself)
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| Listen. |
[08 Jun 2008|10:10pm] |
it's lovely. i promise.
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| one good thing about the derby... |
[02 May 2008|06:33pm] |
so three guys, totally lookin like rock stars and interacting with each other as boys in a band would, came into quill's this morning. A medium coffee, a bottled water and a vitamin water is what i served them. and they were off.
Kirby: don't those guys look like they're in a band?
Me: yea, totally. One of the guys kinda looked like Jim James.
Kirby: it's because it was.
Me:.....TOTALLY FREAKIN OUT!!!!!!
funny how excited i got, and glad i didn't realize it before they left. I never knew i could get that giddy and excited, even though My Morning Jacket is in my top three fave bands...and the fact they're from louisville.
and the ironic thing, we were playin they're new cd in the shop this mornin, about an hour before they came in...even though it won't be released till june....
it made my weekend...I SERVED JIM JAMES COFFEE THIS MORNIN!
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| to just forget about everything |
[26 Apr 2008|11:42pm] |
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with life as hard as it is times, and after nights like these,
(sitting around our freshly dug fire pit in our back yard with five other loved ones, telling stories and our laughter bellowing out from us all...)
i get this selfish desire to just pick up and live in the woods, where fire pits and friends can all share in laughter and love. that, right there, would be great right now.
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| just 'cause. |
[21 Apr 2008|02:49pm] |
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ATTN: Bradley Speaks:
we will be climbing a mountain near you very soon. and meeting you at the top. end note.
iron and wine was most enjoyable last night.
i've already have been able to enjoy a huge chunk of the sun today. it feels good. oh so good.
there is never a time where one of my roommates boyfriend is not here. i just want to nap in a room with windows, but i cannot block out the giggling happening in the back of the house. it's rather annoying. i think i will resolve this with a nice walk around this nice neighborhood. mhm.
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| so this is pretty entertaining |
[15 Apr 2008|03:10pm] |
"you know, strangely enough, i had a dream about you last night. you had gotten married to someone with a last name that started with "s" (i don't remember his name, but he was very cute), and i was like, "that's neat, you don't have to change your initials." in my dream, everyone was surprised you had gotten married, because you & this dude had only been dating for 4 months, and you got married pretty casually. i remember all the details like it was real. so i don't know... i've had prophetic dreams before... so if i see this dream guy around, i'll give you the heads up. :)"-Kelsie Barnes to me on facebook.
i mean, that would be cool, cause who really wants to change their initials?
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| just a few things i appreciate |
[09 Apr 2008|04:06pm] |
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-the new sun kil moon album is beautiful.
-i got to hang out with my mom the whole afternoon today. she's one of the cutest. amazing ladies ever. she helped me get passport things done and drove me around until we finally got to sit down and fill out some envelopes for my many support letters i need to send out. the more time i spend with her these days the more i learn about her, and i hope her about me.
-her and my dad are going to see the Doobie Brothers Friday.
"it's been so long since we've seen them, i dunno, maybe a little over 25 years. this is gonna be so much fun!"-mom
my parents are pretty awesome.
-i got the chance to finally turn over the rest of the dirt in our soon to be garden the other day...in shorts and a tank top. it was great. we have some fatty earth worms in there, that's for sure.
-i rode atleast 20 miles on my bike yesterday. the 70+ degrees was so tempting. i'm feeling it today...feeling the awesomeness of it.
my house to quills and back=2.6 miles
my house to the americana community center= 5.9 miles
americana community center to sunergos= 4.7 miles
sunergos to quills=2.6 miles
then from quills to eric's apartment (eastern parkway by cherokee park)....
then from eric's to just around the highlands....
then ramsi's for some grub...
then home.
i crashed and since i'm off work today, i slept 11 hours last night. i feel glorious.
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[04 Apr 2008|03:15pm] |
JEREMY ENIGK & SUN KIL MOON WILL BE PLAYING AT THE930 LISTENING ROOM!!!!!!!!
that just made my day...for a whole month.
goodness.
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[02 Apr 2008|01:21pm] |
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rolling with the punches.
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| so so sickly |
[19 Mar 2008|10:32pm] |
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-my green pepper seedling are finally sprouting!
-since michael got marla and erin's amazing juicer while they're gone in europe, we're gonna do a seven day juice feast next week. i've been researching like crazy. i'm pretty excited.
-i'm kind of thinking i want to live in a community housing arrangement.
but i feel it's something so far, considering the people interested in doing it are all married.
for the time being i think i'll be creative and more intentional within the household i'm in now.
-i have the flu...
this snot rag has been my best friend today.
i've been fighting this off since sunday...not knowing the intensity of it until yesterday.
i can't wait to feel better again.
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| i'm at an one interesting blank slate in my life. |
[14 Mar 2008|11:47pm] |
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friends.
there is a transition happening.
this group of friends i've had for the past year and becoming more inconsistant. we love each other dearly, or at least i can claim i do love them dearly, but life is happening. life is busy. school for a few. new romantic relationships for most. traveling happening for the rest.
people are becoming dispersed.
i guess i'm just confused how to react and forgot how to use my time in a season as such. i have to resist that pity party that the tempter temps in me so well. he knows my weaknesses all too well. this is a state i feel i am most week in. i thrive on a social life. but maybe this time around i can embrace silence and being alone the majority of my time. that is one of the most challenging things for me.
but if i look back, maybe i have been somewhat of a loner in my life.
i just know this is going to be challenging.
i have a lot to learn.
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[10 Mar 2008|01:58pm] |
it's a bit lengthy, but it is pretty powerful.
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[05 Mar 2008|05:41pm] |
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sunday rides are back. 
i'm super excited for the group bicycle adventures that will finally become more frequent again.
i want peace. i want people to love. i want to continuously be humble. to be selfless. bam.
both my roommates have boyfriends now.
it's actually a pretty cool thing. a good thing. but i feel awkward when they have them over and get into 'serious' conversations, and i feel like i'm intruding no matter what. right now, a conversation going on in the kitchen. i'm in the living room, the opposite side of the house, and i can clearly hear it...volume of music goes up...damn me having a cave for a room...and i just want to not be in it and enjoy the sunlight.
back to hip hop class tomorrow. who's in?
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| there is a number of small things. |
[28 Feb 2008|10:51am] |
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i am so weak.
i'm too much of a helper.
it's making me weaker by the minute.
in situations, that is not my place.
the weather.
it needs to become a bit warmer.
my bike is in.
gas is on a rise.
it would help so much to rise above 30.
this house.
it's so cold.
it's breaking me this winter.
bit of a very tight budget.
we pay so much for heat we do not have.
but i suppose it could be a lot worse.
my seedlings.
they are sprouting!
it's exciting!
it gives me hope for spring.
the co-op we're joining.
$90 each for 5 months of produce.
really good, organic, local produce.
watermelon and blackberries and strawberries!
this, i cannot wait.
my heart.
it breaks everyday more and more.
for southern sudan.
for louisville.
for certain friends.
but action comes out of that.
if i stay consistant.
results come out of action.
paitence first.
now off to make this grocery list o mine.
and to start of this very exciting, very busy, non stop thursday.
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