I really do miss it all...

My mother insists that BO is going to bring about the apocalypse. We'll see.

My new camera is treating me quite nicely. I'm uploading photos all the time now on this thinger- http://flickr.com/photos/theelfdance/

Working at 4:30am is a drag. I'm really over working at Starbucks. I really want a real job now. And to be back in Milwaukee. Oh, how I miss my home. My community. Most of all, my sweet love Karen. I thought finding a job would be easier. It's been really discouraging. The future is so uncertain. Except I'm so thankful to know Karen will be right by my side through it all.

Speaking of my sweet love, Karen, I want to post this picture because I think it is the most adorable picture ever. We had a picnic that day, in the late sunlight. The leaves were crisp, and it was a bit chilly. Karen surprised me with some Gelato. We just do the most fun things together. People just stop and stare because we're so cute.

I'm still learning. I'm trying to make it a priority to be in the Word learning every day. I'm listening to lectures, reading books, and spending time in devotion. I picked up some new things. The timely, "Jesus for President", which is such a great read. And Shane Claiborne is so true to the early spirit of the peculiar, nonviolent, and non-stately Church. A Church that actually lived a new way, with its focus on revolutionary "enemy love." Something so strange to American Christianity. Maybe more on this later.

I'm listening to lectures by Rob Whittaker. Sermons by Rob Bell and Danny Parmelee. And music (which gets me in a deeply spiritual mood) by Copeland. These things keep me sane in such a strange new situation. Living at home again.

Anyway, I want to write here about what I'm learning as well as what I'm thinking. And what I'm doing visually with photography. And the beautiful things I'm reading. So keep reading you.

I miss you.

-m