Thursday, October 29, 2009

Pearl-stringing

Margaret, are you grieving?

On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
Fear not, O Zion;
let not your hands grow weak.
The Lord your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with his gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.

Where shall the word be found, where will the word
Resound? Not here, there is not enough silence
Not on the sea or on the islands, not
On the mainland, in the desert or the rain land,
For those who walk in darkness
Both in the day time and in the night time
The right time and the right place are not here
No place of grace for those who avoid the face
No time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny
the voice

You have never talked to a mere mortal.

Aunque la mona se viste la seda, mona se queda.

"Honourable Father, very good; Honourable Son, very good; but Honourable Bird I do not understand at all."

Even in Kyoto--
hearing the cuckoo's cry--
I long for Kyoto.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

Bonus est.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Today's show has been brought to you by the letter Argyle, and the number Cephalopod.

Both are lovely.

Er, hello!

I stopped writing posts for awhile, and then everybody else's got exponentially more amazing so I was intimidated. I like your blogs, O Genteel Folk of the Internet realm.

Hrm. What's up?

Well.

I really don't know what to write.

Actually, wait! Here is something:

*hem hem*

Ten Things To Do During My 17th Year of Earthly Existence:

1. Make a strange-looking artifact of some sort and place it on an innocent person's doorstep.

2. Learn katakana (argh) and at least 100 kanji (AAARRRGGHH).

3a. Learn the Russian alphabet.

3b. Say something in Russian to our lovely Russian neighbors. Correctly.

4. Eat sushi.

5. Make panda bread!

6. Read the whole Bible.

7a. Read the Divine Comedy!

7b. Additionally, learn how to spell Alighieri without looking.

8. Paint a real painting. With paint.

9. Finish every picture that I start before I turn 18!

10.


That last slot is God's call. I dunno exactly what He wants me to do yet, but I'll bet it's a heck lot better than anything else on that list! Dattebayo. (Of course, every item here should be done in such a way as to reflect His glory, so every slot is His anyhow. Nevertheless! :)

L'chaim!

In sad news, our chinchilla passed away on September 11th, 2009, which is also my brother's birthday. In happier news, my favorite professor is supervising the completion of a graphic novel that I'm pretending I can do.

In mediocre news, I have to test into Math 99 by the end of the week. Jeepers.

In awesome news, the Tran writes epic run-on sentences. (He was going for the Locke effect).

Be well, friends! (Also, if you feel so inclined, ya'll should make your own 'To-do' Lists and post them!)