The other day I was driving in my car. I popped in the ole' Brand New's Deja Entendu. The combination of those tunes combined with the warm weather that has now come forth made me super-nostalgic for living on Himes St. in Huntington, hanging out with Caleb and Tim, complaining about things. Then the next day I started thinking about getting a full-time job after I graduate and how it might be pretty cool compared to now.
I now realize that for a good long while now I have been longing for days past and days to come. Of course, when I think more thoroughly on my times on Himes St. I was always looking forward to getting out of Huntington. At my brother's college baccaloureate (how the nutters is that spelled?) service, my dad spoke about how we need to learn to appreciate the present. At the time, I really took that message to heart, and I think that's why it keeps popping up in my life. I have the tendency to forget anything bad about the past. Plus, this is especially poignant for me as a spacio-temporal relativist. Longing for the future or past is like longing for a delicious unicorn steak. It's a waste of time.
So I am now enjoying how great it is to hang out with Erika a lot, live in my brother's backyard and learn about stuff.
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baccalaureate
also, thanks for finally posting something else. Rocktown, USA!
also, this is really just a comment to make you think, "Jimminy! I sure do get a lot of comments!"
I have a number of things. 1) I agree with jagey/Johnny that it bes super tight that you finally tickled the keys of your laptop again for the world to see. 2) My soul is gladdened to see J. Bordeaux x3 in the comments section of this post. 3) Dr. James Means preached about this at our church a couple weeks ago and I agreed with him, as I now agree with you. I think God would like for us to enjoy the present. And to enjoy presents, but not pretense.
yo dude. I'm coming to your house next wednesday! Booyah!
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