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About Me

***Creative. Lefthanded. Bit of a pyromaniac. Hated school (it was kind of like spending six hours a day listening to various foreign languages; I would have to go home and read about what the teacher had just taught everyone else). Was a geek in high school and really cool in college for the same exact reason: I'm the type of person who will wear flannel pajamas to class if I feel like it ***Go slightly insane whenever I get bored. I like to write (mostly fiction, some creative non-fiction). Have a blue infinity on my right shoulder (no, I'm not like really into math: it's a God thing). Have absolutely no sense of direction (not only do I not know north from south from east from west, I have to imagine holding a pencil to tell right from left). Have a candy fetish and am a connoisseur of ketchup. I'm weird, but trust me, weird people have more fun than everyone else who is too busy pretending they're not weird to enjoy themselves. ***Frustrated by the constraints of the two-party system; I'd probably have to invent my own political party to affiliate myself w/ one. I will never "go into" politics 'cause I'd have to give up too many of my political beliefs. I appreciate the electoral college and firmly believe that the state of Michigan should have one of its own, because Wayne County (read: Detroit) is the only reason we have a democratic governor. ***I believe in God above all things. I also believe in the U.S. Constitution and personal responsibility.
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

*On MySpace, I would like to meet... People I already know, so if you recognize me, "friend" me. I'd love to keep in touch. People who are willing to discuss those things you're not supposed to bring up in "polite conversation": God and politics. If this is you, please friend me; I'm sick of polite conversation and would trade every moment of it for a bit of intelligent coversation, People with similar beliefs and interests. ***But I would REALLY like to meet... C.S. Lewis (is it all right to want to meet someone who died like two decades before you were born?), Tweety Bird, Myself at the age of four. I would like to tell that little person not to want to grow up too fast but just enjoy being four, because there will come a time when you will wish you could have stayed that age forever, The guy I'm going to marry, Emilie Amanda (yeah, Brit, I see you laughing over there in the corner), Jesus in the flesh (though there's time enough for that, I guess), J.D. Kavanagh (the most interesting person I ever invented; a shrug is worth a thousand words)

My Blog

Foot in Mouth Disease

Do you ever say something then think, "Whoa!  That sounded a lot worse than I meant it to."  Something you don't know whether you should try to explain to the person/people to whom you said ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:24:00 GMT

Question: Does God want me to be rich? Answer: I am definitely asking the wrong question.

It seems like we're all obsessed with physical things. Why do we get angry with Him when He doesn't give us everything we want? Why are financial blessings and physical health so often the first or ev...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:04:00 GMT

Consider this...

Nature is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written.  And it was written for you, by Someone who (let's face it) is completely out of your league.
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 13:39:00 GMT

The scariest word in the English language...

I'm going to nominate the word "indefinitely" for the title. I've been going through a really hard time, and I could really use some prayer. So, thanks.
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 13:36:00 GMT

Trust 101: Yahweh Jireh & the Meaning of Life

Jim Eliot said, "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."   What does this mean? To me? To you? It means everything.   Just over a year ago, I wrote a poem. ...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:29:00 GMT

"Where'd you get your Oberon shirt?" and other pick-up lines

It's kind of a dumb question too.  Explanation for those of you who may not live in Michigan: Oberon is a beer made by a brewery in Kalamazoo called Bell's.  It's only available for a f...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:32:00 GMT

Free Love. Modeling Perfection.

I just happened to watch the movie :Hackers: which alludes to this on the same day that I came upon it in my reading. I thought, "Hint, hint, wink, wink, nudge, nudge" and decided to share it with all...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:35:00 GMT

A Return To Romance

I found a link to this article on Wendy Shalit's website.  It's interesting, and, like Wendy, one of the things that intrigued me the most was the question posed, "When did pretty and sexy g...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:14:00 GMT

Dedication

This little prayer came to me shortly after I started writing Heller and Hollywood (Heller as in Joseph.  Catch-22, you know), which is Brit's favorite Raelee May Carpenter WIP (Work-In-Progress,...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 10:21:00 GMT

In the Storms and the Sunshine

I am the perfect worrier. I have developed the art of worry into a full-fledged school of thought. I figure that I am such a stellar worrier for three reasons; these reasons are attributes of myself o...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:44:00 GMT