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Maybe this is not your year.

About Me


I love Jesus.
I tend to set high goals. I need encouragement. Sometimes I'm a jerk. I get along with almost everyone. I make people laugh. I'm assertive. I love to perform. Basketball is irresistable to me. I procrastinate. I'm very independent. I whistle all the time. I've been told I'm bouyant. I'm comfortable with who I am. I trust my own decisions. I like to take care of people. I want to be a mother. Sincerity is important to me. I like to listen. Music is essential. I want to go to grad school.

This was quoted by my wisest friend, Vanessa, and I thought it was very applicable.
. . . The difference between shallow happiness and a deep, sustaining joy is sorrow. Happiness lives where sorrow is not. When sorrow arrives, happiness dies. It can't stand pain. Joy, on the other hand, rises from sorrow and therefore can withstand all grief. Joy, by the grace of God, is the transfiguration of suffering into endurance, and of endurance into character, and of character into hope—and the hope that has become our joy does not (as happiness does for those who depend upon it) disappoint us. . .
--Walter Wangerin, Jr. in Reliving the Passion
"Kisses"
My father turns up in a dream,
sometimes on roller skates, sometimes
in wing-tipped shoes. He's smiling,
impeccably dressed, himself again.
I am delighted to see him.
Maybe I was only dreaming
is what I tell myself inside the dream.
No, he assures me wordlessly.
The facts are still the facts. He's dead.
He and my mother have been to the movies.
She's gone on ahead of him to make the coffee.
He lets me hold him, hug him,
weep some, wake repaired again,
says he'll take my kisses home to her.

--Thomas Lynch, Still Life in Milford
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Music:

Ali Rogers. Alison Krause. All-American Rejects. Augustana. The Beatles. Belle & Sebastian. BEN FOLDS. Billie Holiday. Bob Dylan. Brad Paisly. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Clint Mansell. Coldplay. Copeland. Damien Rice. Dashboard Confessionals. Dave Matthews Band. Death Cab for Cutie. THE DECEMBERISTS. Denison Witmer. Duke Ellington. Earth Wind and Fire. Eastmountainsouth. Eisley. The Elected. Ella Fitzgerald. Elton John. Feist. Flaming Lips. The FORMAT. Frank Sinatra. Franz Ferdinand. Frou Frou. Gavin DeGraw. Guster. THE HELIO SEQUENCE. Hellogoodbye. The Hollies. Imogene Heap. Iron & Wine. Jack Johnson. Jack's Mannequin. James Asher. Jamie Cullum. Jenny Lewis. Jewel. John Legend. John Mayer. Joshua Radin. Keith Urban. KT Tunstall. Leeland. Lifehouse. Loretta Lynn. Louis Armstrong. Mae. Magnet. Maroon 5. Matchbox Twenty. Michael Buble. Michael Jackson. Miles Davis. Modest Mouse. MuteMath. My Morning Jacket. Nickel Creek. No Doubt. Patrick Park. Patty Griffin. PETER BJORN & JOHN. Pete Yorn. Postal Service. Rascal Flats. Regina Spektor. Relient K. Rilo Kiley. Rogue Wave. Rufus Wainwright. Shawn McDonald. Shel Silverstein. THE SHINS. Simon and Garfunkel. Sixpence None the Richer. Snow Patrol. Stars. Sufjian Stevens. Switchfoot. U2. THE WEEPIES. Wilco.

Books:

The Chronicles of Narnia. The Lord of the Rings. Gilead. To Kill a Mockingbird. Through Painted Deserts. Blue Like Jazz. Flowers for Algernon. Walk Two Moons.

Heroes:

My mother.

My Blog

Friendship

Everybody has something to give.  And everybody is different. No one is silly all of the time, and no one is serious all of the time.  Some people make you think, and some make you laugh.&n...
Posted by . A b b i e . on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:28:00 PST

Zakk and Abbie

Squeaky swings and tall grass The longest shadows ever cast The water's warm and children swim And we frolicked about in our summer skin I don't recall a single care Just greenery and humid air Then L...
Posted by . A b b i e . on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:58:00 PST

Summer 07

I haven't written a blog in some time and I thought I would just sit down and update.  I've been working at Zio's for the summer, since I've been back from tour, which was wonderful.  There ...
Posted by . A b b i e . on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:39:00 PST

Favorite Song Quotes

These are some of my favorite song quotes: Now it's time to get out of the desert and into the sun, even if it's alone. - On Your Porch, The Format I stand weathered but green when a storm passes over...
Posted by . A b b i e . on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 03:58:00 PST

Post Undergrad

I've got soul.  And I get all my information from other people.   When I'm older and have my own house or car that I live in and park in regularly, I'm gonna have a garden.  Mostly...
Posted by . A b b i e . on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:57:00 PST

Wal-Marts and Wallets

It all began when I went to Wal-Mart with Heather the other day.  Not that that's a rare occurance or anything, college kids, white trash, and meth users infiltrate the place 24/7. ...
Posted by . A b b i e . on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:48:00 PST

I was just thinking.

I gave up drinking soda once.  I also gave up driving over the speed limit, and then I got a ticket.  I think I'll study more this semester, seeing as it is almost my last.  And&...
Posted by . A b b i e . on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:04:00 PST

Funeral services to be held

Emily D. Stigall, 31 dog years of age, passed away early this Sunday morning, December 31, 2006 in her pink-painted dog house in the back yard. Emily was born at Pleasant Hill Kennels ...
Posted by . A b b i e . on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:56:00 PST

Attitude Check

It's funny, I clicked on the empty subject box to add a title to this short blog and email headings from years ago popped up.  You know, kind of the way urls pop up when you start typing in the w...
Posted by . A b b i e . on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:07:00 PST

My hands smell like onions.

Time to reflect. I went to Hartville on Thursday.  Thursday being that special day when most people are sitting around a table with lots of laughing faces, stories flying around about that one ti...
Posted by . A b b i e . on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:13:00 PST