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About Me

We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased." - C.S. Lewisi love my life. i have an amazing group of friends here in charleston. i have the most amazing family - they are all in florida now. i have two insane dogs - one attacks my fish tank. the fish (south american cichlids) taunt back. it never ceases to make me laugh. the other looks like a dingo and sheds more than any dog in the world - seriously, i am pretty sure he does. i could watch them for hours - actually, i do watch them for hours. i love people. i love hearing peoples' stories.i love hearing about the moments when you finally feel like you are actually fulfilling the full potential of the person you were created to be. those are moments worth collecting. i work in finance, but love photography. also, i occasionally blog at www.turningthewaves.blogspot.com
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My Interests

" I dream of a church, which does not need huge amounts of money, rhetoric, control and manipilation, which can do without powerful and charismatic heroes, which is non religious at heart, which can thrill people to the core, make them lose their tongues out of sheer joy and astonishment and simply teach us The Way to live." -Wolfgang Simpson

I'd like to meet:

confident, fun people, who love life, who have lived a life fully and have stories to tell. no drama, no petty pretense, no skeezy people....

Music:

lots of it. things that take talent.

Movies:

Brokedown Palace; Beyond Borders; Hotel Rwanda;City of God; The Princess Bride; Lord of the Rings Trilogy; Fight Club; Sometimes in April; Spitfire Grill; Rabbit Proof Fence; God Grew Tired of us; The Devil Came on Horseback; King of Scotland;Layercake; and many other things, especially things that make you go hmmm.

Television:

I prefer movies. But I like the discovery channel a lot - Man vs Wild!!!! Gilmore Girls is a favorite, Extreme Home Makeover, Brothers and Sisters.

Books:

Currently reading The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day; The Irresistable Revolution. A Severe Mercy by Vanauken. Amazing work. Chronicles of Narnia will forever be some of my favorites, as well as Ragamuffin Gospel. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers, Wendell Berry's works, nothing too fluffy or cheesy... The Message, The New Rebellion, Barbarian Way, The Giver... I like to read. I could go on for a long time.

Heroes:

AJ - my brother. Miss him more everyday. Archbishop Kolini, Sam Mogisha... They are awesome.

My Blog

Friday Musings on a Photo Shoot

Last night, I was hired for a shoot that scared me to no end& It sounds simple a father daughter dance& But& they wanted to provide a picture with the ticket price for each father and daughter& So t...
Posted by whit on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:37:00 PST

Room at the Table

I feel like I have been learning more lately. Like, all of a sudden, my mind got turned back on. The community I "do life with" has been rising up lately, pushing each other more. And I think I have b...
Posted by whit on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:18:00 PST

Try to be coherent this Friday

so, a quick Friday blog... I will try to be coherent. I have been battling the flu all week, and am caving as I type to head home and get some much needed sleep. It was a good week though, aside from...
Posted by whit on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:34:00 PST

Once more...

Thank you to my friends. For reminding me that while words may not hold truth, they do hold power. And for being there for me this week. For being a support system, showing me what it is to fight for ...
Posted by whit on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:58:00 PST

Bigger than a Box

So the week is drawing to a close. Dr Jackson comes back from five week adventure through Asia and Australia. Work will pick up. Tax season is arriving, as is our annual seminar. It has been a hard we...
Posted by whit on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:26:00 PST

people who know

But we are still here, you and me... And so the question is what to do with that. What to do with the news of the day, and this air that still remains in our lungs. i would say these things: You are n...
Posted by whit on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:23:00 PST

Sunday nights

I actually love Sunday nights. Something about getting organized and collected for the upcoming week... It's usually a more low key evening for me. A chance to reflect on the weekend, and just...regr...
Posted by whit on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:29:00 PST

Perspective

UPDATE : Eli is doing better. Still in hospital, but is playing and in far better spirits. I know, two blogs within 24 hours may be against some rule somewhere. Here's the thing though... I wa...
Posted by whit on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:15:00 PST

Take the Time

A few weeks ago, one of my best friends pulled me aside at one of our "get togethers." She said, ' I feel weird telling you this, and you may think I am crazy, but I need to tell you...' and she proce...
Posted by whit on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:32:00 PST

the poor fly

Last night, I was tired. I mean, REALLY tired. So, I while journaling, I hear a faint buzzzzzz... And i see a poor fly that has accidentally found his way into my house on the Grove. Now, in most hous...
Posted by whit on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:37:00 PST