- a house with a porch and space for a library
- a hybrid car
- exercise ball
- a dog or cat
- a bike
- a little black dress
- red shoes
- an external hard drive
- a hand-knit sweater
- The Republic
- camping gear
- wine glasses
- Apple Watch
- a big dining room table
- an ESV study Bible
- a Vitamix
- a food processor
- a typewriter
- elbow-length gloves
- really big serving bowls
feb 19 2011 ∞
jan 22 2024 +
- Paul Simon, Graceland
- Derek Webb, I See Things Upside Down
- Radiohead, OK Computer
- Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
- Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison
- U2, War
- The Frames, Fitzcarraldo
- Waterdeep, Everyone's Beautiful
- Punch Brothers, Punch
- The soundtrack to Elizabethtown
jul 26 2009 ∞
jul 26 2009 +
- Helping people out of poverty.
- Protesting human rights violations.
- The anti-Iraq War movement.
- Anti-discrimination causes.
- Education reform.
- Health care reform.
- Pro-life causes (not just anti-abortion ones, I might add).
- Sustainable agriculture (also part of helping people out of poverty).
- Sustainable fuel sources.
nov 1 2007 ∞
nov 1 2007 +
- U2 - Achtung Baby
- U2 - Rattle and Hum
- Counting Crows - Hard Candy
- The Beatles - Revolver
- The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
- The Garden State soundtrack
- The High Fidelity soundtrack
- The Elizabethtown soundtrack
- Zwan - Mary, Star of the Sea
- Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
- Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Autobiography of Reinhold Messner
- Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs
- Johnny Cash - Live at Folsom Prison
- Bob Dylan - Live at Folsom Prison
- Caedmon's Call - Share the Well
- DC Talk - Jesus Freak
- Waterdeep - Everyone's Beautiful
- Andrew Peterson - Behold the Lamb of God
- Jars of Clay - self-titled
sep 23 2007 ∞
aug 5 2008 +
- Ballwin Baptist Church (Ballwin, MO)
- Champion Forest Baptist Church (Houston, TX)
- Houston Northwest Baptist Church (Houston, TX)
- University Baptist Church (Waco, TX)
- Redeemer Presbyterian Church (Waco, TX)
- Kaleo Church (Houston, TX)
- New Restalrig Church (Edinburgh, UK)
- Austin City Life (Austin, TX)
- All Saints Presbyterian Church (Austin, TX)
- Grace DC (Washington, DC)
- Sojourn Heights (Houston, TX)
sep 23 2007 ∞
jul 6 2020 +
- William Miller (Almost Famous)
- The whole Weasley clan, even Percy (the Harry Potter series).
- Meyer Landsman (The Yiddish Policeman’s Union).
- Dr. Ransom (the Space trilogy).
- Sam (Benny and Joon)
- Cameron (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
- Elizabeth Bennett (Pride and Prejudice)
- Janie (Their Eyes Were Watching God)
- Dr. Vivian Bearing (Wit)
- Fred, Gunn, and Wesley (Angel)
- Jayne and Kaylee (Firefly)
- Sully and Boo (Monsters Inc.)
- Dusty and Lefty (A Prairie Home Companion)
- Stephen the Irishman (Braveheart). ("Him? That's not William Wallace. I am prettier than this man.")
- Eowyn, Faramir, Sam, and Pippin (the Lord of the Rings trilogy)
sep 4 2007 ∞
feb 10 2008 +
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- Venison
- Nettle tea
- Huevos rancheros
- Steak tartare
- Crocodile
- Black pudding
- Cheese fondue
- Carp
- Borscht
- Baba ghanoush
- Calamari
- Pho
- PB&J sandwich
- Aloo gobi
- Hot dog from a street cart
- Epoisses
- Black truffle
- Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
- Steamed pork buns
- Pistachio ice cream
feb 6 2015 ∞
feb 25 2024 +
- Singing "Carol of the Bells" in the stairwell.
- "Singing in the Rain" in the rain in the DC ghetto.
- Holding his hand by the hotel pool.
- "I LOST MY SOCKS!"
- Godspell rehearsals.
- Praying for Caleb the last day of class.
- Miscellaneous trips to speech meets. ("Hey, , don't make it bad...")
- The Wonderful Wizard of Odd!
- Sitting around doing riddles with the Lewises.
- Praying for one another on the fourth(?) night of Mexico.
aug 5 2008 ∞
aug 5 2008 +
- A Pentecostal church (I barely remember it, though, I was five)
- Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Houston (my friend's first Communion)
- A mosque in the Dallas area, during afternoon prayer
- Two synagogues (one in Houston, one in Waco)
- A Hindu temple in Austin
dec 20 2007 ∞
dec 20 2007 +
- They stick things out even when they get rough. COMMITMENT. I mean, they've been married for 37 years and have been through all manner of random crap together--miscarriages, illnesses, weird financial decisions, moves, two adoptions, at least one suicide attempt, one of their kids getting busted for drugs (er, my brother, not me...)--and they wouldn't trade it for anything. Go them.
- They're willing to let my brother and me go off and do our own things, as long as said things aren't immoral or illegal (which goes without saying).
- They both have killer senses of humor.
- They love God, which explains a lot.
- They're concerned about other people.
- They both like to eat (or my mom did, before she got so sick).
- They're both creative, albeit in different ways.
oct 13 2007 ∞
oct 13 2007 +
- e.e. cummings, "somewhere i have never travelled"
- e.e. cummings, "anyone lived in a pretty how town"
- 2. “Epithalamion” by Edmund Spenser
- “Jesus Moshpit” by Big Poppa E
- “The Sun Rising” by John Donne
- “Inviting a Friend to Supper” by Ben Jonson
- “Prayer” by Matthew John Conley
- “The Journey of the Magi” by T.S. Eliot
- “Sestina” by Elizabeth Bishop
- “Child” by Sylvia Plath
- “On the Bus” by Hilary Thomas
- I would be remiss if I didn’t include some Shakespeare, so: “Sonnet 29″
- A poem by someone I know, kind of: “twenty minutes ago” by J. Bryan Shoup.
- “The Jumblies” by Edward Lear.
- "Scratch and Dent Dreams" by Eric Darby.
sep 27 2007 ∞
may 3 2023 +
- California
- Missouri
- Texas
- Oklahoma
- Georgia
- New Jersey
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Florida
- Hawaii
- Washington
- New York
- Louisiana
- Kentucky
- Tennessee
sep 23 2007 ∞
may 3 2023 +
- U2, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
- The Beatles, "Twist and Shout"
- Aretha Franklin, "Respect"
- Amy Winehouse, "Rehab"
- Dusty Springfield, "Son of a Preacher Man"
- ...and I think that's it.
sep 23 2007 ∞
sep 24 2007 +
- The new surge of domesticity/craft/whatever, how it’s been affected by postmodern and feminist sensibilities, how it’s a spiritual activity, a Reformed theology of the household (which I do think is possible to piece together, it’s just that no one who’s a theological conservative has really written anything on it that I’m aware of), how this is portrayed in postmodern literature. This may have to become a thesis-length thing.
- A study on the mouth in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction.
- The backwards-Biblical narrative in Andrew Marvell’s “Upon Appleton House, to my Lord Fairfax”.
- Finding a proper Christian response to globalization and the grand exchange of ideas.
- Different historical Christian views of feasting and fasting and how it’s change...
sep 4 2007 ∞
sep 22 2007 +
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- Long conversations. Sometimes over meals, sometimes not, but it helps if there's something to drink, for some reason.
- Rain.
- Twitter.
- Paul Simon, Graceland .
- putthison.com (even though it's for dudes).
- Jeff Overstreet.
- Maggie Mason.
- Danny Gregory.
- Billy Collins.
- Taylor Mali.
- Rives.
- TED talks.
- ReadyMade Magazine (RIP).
- Martha Stewart.
- The Nerdist podcast.
- 52projects.com (the inspiration for this list to begin with).
- Movie trailers.
sep 2 2011 ∞
nov 29 2016 +
- In the Heights
- Rent
- Les Miserables
- Godspell
- The Music Man
- Company
- Sweeney Todd
- The Lion King
- The Sound of Music
- Next to Normal
- West Side Story
jul 26 2009 ∞
jul 26 2009 +
- The signing of the Declaration of Independence.
- Christ's crucifixion.
- Christ's resurrection.
- The exodus.
- The first time anyone ever danced.
- The battle of Gettysburg.
- Martin Luther nailing the 95 theses to the Wittenburg church door.
- Any Vietnam War protest.
- MLK's "I have a dream" speech.
- V-E Day, New York City.
- The Beatles' appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
- The concert on U2's Popmart tour when they got stuck in the big mechanical lemon.
nov 1 2007 ∞
nov 1 2007 +
- Rebekah (or how it actually is in Hebrew, Rivkah)
- Junia
- Iris
- Genevieve
- Patricia
- Margaret
- Cecilia
- Andrew
- Paul
- Luke
- Oliver
- Robin
- Edmund
oct 28 2007 ∞
sep 18 2023 +
- Sister Act 2.
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
- Remember the Titans.
- Moulin Rouge.
- Romeo + Juliet (the Baz Luhrmann edition).
- Singin' In the Rain.
- The Emperor's New Groove.
- The Princess Bride.
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy (although not all of them in one sitting...).
- Any Pixar movie.
- Pulp Fiction.
- Fight Club.
- High Fidelity.
- Godspell.
- Minority Report.
- The Patriot.
- Braveheart.
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
- Return to Me.
oct 13 2007 ∞
oct 13 2007 +
- Korea, to get in touch with my roots.
- The great American road trip (places to hit: Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas [just because], Waco, Austin, Qulin, MO [it's a town in the middle of nowhere, where my uncle just happens to live], St. Louis, Chattanooga, Ft. Bragg [where my brother lives], Baltimore [I want to stalk Duff Goldman], Philadelphia, and maybe NYC).
- Australia/New Zealand.
- A grand tour of the British Isles.
- South Africa.
- Tanzania (I've been told by a coworker that it's beautiful).
- The French countryside.
- To see the summer Olympics and the World Cup live. Yes, please.
- Ecuador, to visit my aunt and uncle.
- Argentina (cowboys and penguins and tango dancers in the same country!).
oct 13 2007 ∞
mar 28 2009 +
- Needing to have all the answers.
- Being afraid of what other people think of me.
- Giving myself a greater level importance than I probably have.
- Despair.
- Intellectual arrogance.
- Not getting outside of myself long enough to love other people.
sep 27 2007 ∞
sep 27 2007 +
- Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
- Anonymous, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Athanasius, On the Incarnation
- Augustine, Confessions
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
- James Baldwin, Go Tell It On the Mountain
- David Brooks, Bobos in Paradise
- Sigmund Brouwer, The Weeping Chamber
- Francis Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
- Willa Cather, Shadows on the Rock
- Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
- Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys
- Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policeman’s Union
- G.K. Chesterton, The Ball and the Cross
- G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
- Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr. ...
sep 23 2007 ∞
feb 10 2008 +
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