and so goes the toy car: [vroom!]

and so goes the toy car: [vroom!]

i've been using my old math notebook as a disguise for my writings. if you can fan through last years calculus equations, you might end up with something.

i haven't been doing much writing recently. any... actually. so this weekend i've been doing a lot. mostly music. i haven't written music before. i've done lyrics. but now i'm working on progressions and whatnot. once i get decent on guitar, i might have some interesting songs, although lyrically i think i need some work. ah well... that's what i get for mixing christian music, jam band, rap, and pop music during the early days of listening to music. uninspired lyrics.. and regular progressions.

i've been getting into it a lot though. my sabbath is almost over though, so it's back to the daily grind soon. which is okay. i find that i work harder during the week when i have something to look forward to. it was great. i got to sleep in nice and late... i made dinner. whole wheat rigatoni with a tomato vodka cause and zuccini. i made homemade ginger ale yesterday. next time i'll use less sugar, it's a bit sweet.

i'm learning a lot more about myself having to live in a house, rather than relying on uri to cook me all of my meals. I LOVE TO COOK. i hate doing dishes. i don't like getting my hands wet. is that weird?

i'm learning that salvation army is one of the best places to shop. why didn't i know this sooner? we got so much stuff for our house there... muffin tins, measuring cups, teflon coated pans (practically brand new) and some authentic looking popcorn cups, which are awesome. i was greeted by a friendly surprise in our closet today too. our landlady has good sense. she bought our ironing board at salvation army. only 5 dollars. i can dig it.

i was in salvos a few days ago. someone was buying an old navy shirt there that was just, "too cute." unfortunately, this shirt didn't have a salvos price tag on it, it still had the old navy tags, and according to store policy, they can't sell it unless they've priced it. and store policy says they can't price it until the next day if a customer brings it up to the register and it hasn't been priced yet. the next day. i think this is an okay policy. the customer didn't. she offered to pay the full price, which of course, was against store policy. they could put it on hold for her. she was shocked that they wouldn't just take the full price for it. she really wanted the shirt.

i realized some things through this interaction. first off... i don't really like wearing clothes with labels. second... if i ever stumble across something without a price tag on it that i want, i'd probably let them know.

there are some things i just don't need. i think it'd be weird to give stuff to a salvos by my house, cuz i think i'd go buy some of the stuff back. would it be too much to wonder if that's kind of what God does with us? who knows... it's probably not the most adequate metaphor. feel free to think about it.

i've been reading a lot recently. on thursday i went on the david crowder band website and read some of the stuff david's written. it's pretty insightful stuff. and funny. he's a good writer. good writing comes from experience i think. but then there's hannah clarkin. and some others, but she's the first person who popped into my head when i thought bout good writing.

i received bell's new book in the mail yesterday. i haven't had the gumption yet to start it. i feel that way with most books i think... especially scripture. or books about scripture. for some reason, it always lights me, and i get really excited about it when i start reading, but i have a really hard time getting going on my own.

this has been a stream of consciousness.

light bulbs.