February 2009
19 posts
This song captures what is on my mind lately:
I...
Off to the waters and the mountains
I’m headed off to a 24 hour retreat for my fellowship. Hopefully you’ll get some good pictures from the deal.
Busyness
So I haven’t been posting often. My mind is still active. My body, however, has been so active with wedding planning and Ph.D earning that I am unable to share my cerebral saliva with you.
Addendum: Dear Jared
I neglected to mention another way to take better pictures in low light (indoors):
Spend more money!
Yes, you can often buy a “faster lens,” which means the low limit for the f-number is decreased. (e.g. f1.4 if more expensive than f3.5)
Thank you, informed reader, for filling me in here. I was merely assuming you didn’t intend to spend extra money.
If you really want to...
Dear Self
So I’ve got lots on my mind lately. More than any of you care to read, for sure. So I’m going to write myself a letter that will hopefully make you think and create a dialogue between us.
Dear Self,
We’re very close - we spend every moment of every waking day together. So instead of pitter pattering around issues, or trying to discuss with social graces the thoughts of my...
Dear Jared
Jared,
How do you take pictures inside that look like they were taken in natural light? Do you have a speedflash, or do you play with settings on your camera? Just curious because I haven’t figured that one out. =) The flash makes awkward shadows and doesn’t always get the colors right. But no flash makes for a blurry shot. I can’t get white balance to look natural - just bluish...
Google Greatness
So I googled myself - a yearly activity I’ve taken up for no reason whatsoever, except to examine the things that potential future employees can discover about me, or other homonymed folk. I am happy to say that this site now ranks as the #1 hit, and the first 3 are directly related to me (although one is super old).
Perhaps I should set a new goal, like making the entire first page of...
Recent Thoughts
“If we are exiles and refugees on earth (1 Peter 2:11), and if our citizenship is in heaven (Philippians 3:20), and if nothing can separate us from the love of Christ (Romans 8:35), and if his steadfast love is better than life (Psalm 63:3), and if all hardship is working for us an eternal weight of glory (2 Corinthians 4:17), then we will give to the winds our fears and “seek first the...
100 Days
In 100 days I will no longer be single. I am getting married folks, and loving it.
The Kind Woman at the Train Station
A kind woman let me skip ahead of her in line to get my ticket for a train that was about to arrive. Thank you very much, maam! You’ll never read this, but I didn’t thank you properly.
What I Believe
You know…I have had a thing in the past for treading lightly when it comes to writing about what I truly believe. I don’t go into it for fear that I’ll alienate readers or ruin a relationship or trust that I’m building with someone. Well guess what, I’m tired of beating around the bush. I believe some very controversial things and hold faith in something I myself...
