tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110249782011-04-21T14:33:29.858-07:00Living Each MomentNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.comBlogger651100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-88205487538944992682009-06-02T03:30:00.000-07:002009-06-02T03:32:49.450-07:00New blogging site attempt (Again)Just an FYI - go here to see what/if I've blogged/linked/written anything new. I do on rare occassions, so you can check it just in case...Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-12077986935690308402008-06-24T18:26:00.000-07:002008-06-24T18:26:29.583-07:00Yes!Finally, my google toolbar is working with Firefox 3! I can get back to making web-accessible bookmarks and sending things to a blog. Not that I have very much lately anyway, but still, now I can again. now if only FF would develop support for saving pages as MHTML files. That and Windows update are the main reasons I'm still hanging on to IE. Also, even after doing the hack to increase FF's Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-20958358781748859622008-02-14T19:42:00.001-08:002008-02-14T19:42:12.913-08:00V-DayWell isn't this a fine way to spend V-Day ~ taking pictures of lovingcouples in a restaurant. Actually, it's probably better than any of myValentine's in the past --- at least tonight I'm making money anddoing something I enjoy. Still, being a party of one does get old, andeven when you're used to it, you still would like it to change.My main concern tonight is just that I get enough money to at Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-17866224519759961112007-10-04T16:15:00.000-07:002007-10-04T21:08:26.530-07:00You know, as much as I want to write more, want to keep track of my life, get back into the habit of regular writing, the actual practice is a little harder to keep up. It amazes me, in a way, how rarely we are the people we want to be. Or how often we are the people we do not want to be. Two sides of the same coin. The end result is the same --- dissonance.I have been writing, a little, in the Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-26542874041371220062007-09-19T19:05:00.000-07:002007-09-19T19:05:31.081-07:00Cats Listening to MusicJust click it. You know you want to.You will laugh, I guarantee.Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-80679785747096094022007-09-18T13:25:00.000-07:002007-09-18T13:52:09.313-07:00StatusSometimes life gets so busy you hardly have the chance to breath from one day to the next, and sometimes it slows to such a crawl that "watching paint dry" seems like it might be fun. Usually it's somewhere in between, and that's where it's been for me as well lately.Don't get me wrong, I keep busy (last week: getting my car fixed, work, men's meeting, trustee meeting, shooting the bike rally, Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-41475775219266410322007-09-14T02:28:00.000-07:002007-09-14T02:28:55.117-07:00I want this Aweso shirt.(It's just Aweso because it doesn't have me in it) *grin*Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-54430102500438242122007-09-12T01:03:00.000-07:002007-09-12T03:43:07.689-07:00Three monthsSometimes words are the hardest things to say.I struggle, quite frequently, with the fact that I am a writer who seems to have forgotten how to write. It does not make me question my identity, but rather wrestle with why the words no longer come.I'm sitting here, with a decidedly wonderful zinfandel port in my glass, classic jazz playing, and undecipherable and wordlessly silent thoughts swirlingNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-74019224940784700652007-09-10T12:51:00.000-07:002007-09-10T16:14:46.239-07:00Want and Need: Learning the differenceGod rarely gives me what I want, but He always gives me what I need. I'm not talking about what I think I need, but what I actually do need. This was reinforced to me this afternoon.I've been having a bit of car trouble, most recently having my car die on my way home from work. I was driving along, and then the radio cuts out, the power steering seems to stop working, and flooring it isn't Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-5780553043598918742007-09-04T00:11:00.001-07:002007-09-04T00:25:08.907-07:00Labor DayToday was a day for working outside. That included building a raised flower bed, moving about a yard and a half of dirt, and planting several things, including an orange tree, a hibiscus, and the aforementioned flower bed, as well as creating a water reclamation system to make use of the AC condensation runoff. Also did some more work painting the bird bath properly - still have to do a lot of Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-44868507989494167302007-08-31T23:58:00.001-07:002007-08-31T23:58:38.790-07:00StungI was working out in the yard this week, planting, watering, cleaning, etc, then finally succumbed to the heat and came inside for a while to work on the computer. I'd been inside for half an hour or so when I thought I felt something on the back of my neck. Without thinking I just swiped my hand across my neck, felt something fuzzy, and then a penetrating pain. Jerking it back, I discovered a Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-12721122740129448862007-08-29T02:45:00.000-07:002007-08-29T03:56:57.277-07:00Pictures!Okay, this is less of a writing post and more of a pictures post. I literally have hundreds (well over a thousand, literally) of photos that I've taken at all the events of the last few weeks, and have just been too busy to do anything with them. So, a few are going to get posted right now, regardless of the time.(Click on photo for a larger image)PROMIES KEEPERS 2007 - FRESNO, CAYOSEMITE AND Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-69381331969474731042007-08-25T00:10:00.000-07:002007-08-25T23:39:29.840-07:00Promise Keepers 2007Sometimes amazing things can happen from things that are slightly less than amazing. It's a good reminder that God is in control, not man. I'm down in Fresno at the moment, for a Promise Keeper's conference, the first I've been to in several years. The venue is smaller, there are fewer people (about 7,100 instead of 50,000), and the whole thing - yes, it feels somewhat like it's become a "thing,"Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-20980975420950226612007-08-23T10:36:00.000-07:002007-08-23T11:33:33.630-07:00ConsistencyIf you want to create a new habit, consistency is key. One of my favorite blogs, lifehacker.com, has numerous articles on "installing" habits of all colors and sizes. I especially liked one linked article from learning trainer S. Burns about making your bad habits hard to do, and your good ones easy, and one from Jerry Seinfeld about "not breaking the chain." I used to do something in the same Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-89727641585041270202007-08-21T13:16:00.000-07:002007-08-21T13:21:55.301-07:00Lite postJust scored an invite to spiralfrog.com - going to have fun checking that out :)Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-65167095362891391162007-08-19T21:50:00.001-07:002007-08-19T21:50:36.717-07:00The problem with lifeThe problem with living is that someday you're going to die.I would say that I've seen my fair share of death, and then some. Istill have both my parents, but there are a lot of other people I'velost, and more beyond that that I've lost in other ways. Death alwayshas a way of making you stop, and think, and reassess.Like I mentioned in the last post, I lost my dog Mariah recently.Today after Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-38552787474880880462007-08-18T22:34:00.000-07:002007-08-18T22:59:06.240-07:00UnpausedLife.It's a funny, strange, unrelenting, fastflowingandcan'tcatchyourbreath kind of thing sometimes. Recording it helps to slow it down I think, or at least helps you remember what it is you've done when you turn around. Days and weeks and months can transmogrify too easily into the past with hardly a memory to note their existence. I've said many times that I was going to write more, even just Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-32397085146318907902007-03-20T00:34:00.000-07:002007-03-20T00:52:24.410-07:00Wow - almost a year since I last posted...I'm such a good blogger :)Anyway, I'm just down in the kitchen cooking up something tasty and it made me want to write about it. Oy I love to cook. Basically, picked up a nice large salmon fillet at Costco Saturday, and it needed cooked since I'll be gone the next few days, so I figured I better get to it. Started with a little butter, garlic, dash of Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1153815578287855872006-07-25T00:45:00.000-07:002006-07-25T01:19:38.356-07:00Why is it that at least a month always seems to pass between my postings? It's not that nothing is happening in my life, just that I never sit down to write about it. I really need to get into the habit of writing more. When I was in Mexico I wrote several pages almost every night - but I come home, and pfft, away that habit goes. Well, last I wrote about my grandma - she is now living in an Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1149534953007307172006-06-05T12:15:00.000-07:002006-06-05T12:15:53.026-07:00Yesterday I did something I haven't done before - combing a woman's hair. Grandma's hair was getting kind of messed up, so we brought a comb and a barrette from home to help her. So, I combed her hair. I've heard that women really like their hair being combed - I really don't understand why though. But, grandma liked it. Today was harder though. Early his morning they called and let us know thatNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1149331044579751612006-06-03T02:12:00.000-07:002006-06-03T03:40:22.810-07:00LifeI think I'll begin on an amusing note - so let me describe what I was doing at 5pm today - Shopping for lingerie for my grandma.Okay, after your laughter has subsided, let me describe it - very awkward and difficult - I mean, what do you buy your grandma? Definitely nothing strappy or lacy, which most everything was. I'm not much of one for hanging out in women's lingerie anyway, so just being inNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1148635908182958122006-05-26T02:24:00.000-07:002006-05-26T02:31:48.193-07:00If I were able to post all that happens in my life there would be more here to read each day than time would permit. It's not that I am particularly special, just that there is a lot that I would love to share, a lot of thoughts, ideas, hopes, plans, dreams, struggles, temptations, walls, setbacks, joys, insights, moments, loves, and losses - so many things. They all take time though, which Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1141888152423027482006-03-08T23:05:00.000-08:002006-03-08T23:09:12.423-08:00Okay, I had some more pictures, but they're not wanting to load, and I need to get some sleep - going to be a long day tomorrow.Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1141887943346205632006-03-08T22:38:00.000-08:002006-03-08T23:05:43.360-08:00Some picturesTacuba NuevaSan Cristobal Vendors in the town squareMexico City volcanoes at sunriseSan Cristobal town square at nightTacuba Nueva - cooking tortillasNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1141886275893562392006-03-08T22:30:00.000-08:002006-03-08T22:37:55.896-08:00(Okay, we're at the Mayol's house in San Cristobal again today, so taking advantage of his fast connection - so many stories to tell, so many pictures to share, and just not enough time. More coming as it is possible. Not tomorrow though - we're going to be way out in the...out there, up in the mountains near Pueblo Nuevo...actually, in another little town/village near it that's up on a mountain Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1141885805256488312006-03-08T22:29:00.000-08:002006-03-08T22:30:05.266-08:003/8/06Days are long here, and when you visit a lot of people, you have to eat a lot of food. I must have had about six meals yesterday. But we went to a lot of cool places, met a lot of wonderful people, and saw some beautiful sights. I'm kinda paying now for how much I ate yesterday though I think. It's a bit difficult -- you have to balance gratitude for hospitality (shown by eating the food), Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1141885646596023862006-03-08T22:22:00.000-08:002006-03-08T22:29:39.406-08:003/7/06I spoke a little too soon. I can sleep through anything, but getting to sleep is slightly harder when your lullaby is a chorus of barking dogs and crowing roosters. In reality though, you acclimate quickly. Plus, I was tired. At any rate, sleep came fairly quickly, but so did the morning. I woke up about 4;30, but didn't really get up till about 6:30. Chuck was still asleep, but I went intoNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1141538865878714312006-03-04T22:05:00.000-08:002006-03-04T22:07:45.880-08:00Okay, I got most of them, but a few keep popping up. When you see funky characters, that's because I'm typing all this up in Word as I'm able, and then copy-pasting to post it. Blogspot doesn't like the special characters that Word uses...so some gibberish shows up every once in a while. I'm too tired to fix any more, so just be aware that that's what is going on.Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1141527300585002402006-03-04T18:54:00.000-08:002006-03-04T22:12:34.983-08:00Hola!(have a fast connection at the moment, so doing some posting)3/4/06Wow, what a trip so far. By the time I got to Mexico city last night, I was to tired to write anything. After I finished my last entry I watched my movie, or half of it anyway (the original 1925 "Metropolis"), chatted with the people seated across from me (a middle-aged woman, and a maybe-twenty year old college student, who bothNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1141527243241983892006-03-04T18:53:00.000-08:002006-03-04T22:02:18.563-08:00I'm Off3/2/06Well, it's a little after two in the afternoon, and I'm actually and finally on my way to Mexico. I really don't know what to expect, what I'll find, or what I'll do, but I'm on my way. As with all things, it's in God's hands.I'm on the train at the moment, just left Martinez, CA, and am on my way to Bakersfield, where I'll meet up with Chuck. In the morning we're taking the bus to Los Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1137700478447797562006-01-19T11:32:00.000-08:002006-01-19T11:54:38.466-08:00Life is always interesting. Sunday, started teaching Sunday school again. I haven;t done this in about ten years I think, and last time I did it my class consisted of 3-7 year-olds, instead of 20-30 year-olds. I think my basic lesson plan, while it could use some tweaking, was alright. I'm really rusty at and kind of presentation though, and I've never liked "public speaking" on any kind of levelNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1136891417571579212006-01-10T01:55:00.000-08:002006-01-10T03:11:45.856-08:00What was it Burns said...."The best laids plans of mice and men often go awry." Hmmm. Actually, just looking it up, it was originally "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft a-gley" from his poem, "To a Mouse." "Gang aft a-gley"??? I'm so glad the English language has changed over the years. As difficult as it is now for ESL students, I can't even imagine wht it would have been like Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1136451183641987922006-01-05T00:38:00.000-08:002006-01-06T03:04:33.793-08:00Just saw this over at Wizwow's blog. I think it's an older post, but somehow I missed it. Anyway, he does great photography work and has some really beautiful models. I aspire to such talent and ability. Anyway, another one of those fun little quizzes.-------------- Which literature classic are you? brought to you by QuizillaShakespeare: Sonnets. "Everyone has heard of you, and almost everybody Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1133091336260315602005-11-27T03:28:00.000-08:002005-11-27T03:35:36.276-08:00I just finished watching a movie about changing lives - literally. The movie itself ("Smile") is pretty good, but the real-life organization it was based on is truly amazing. Simply called "Operation Smile", this group goes around the world to help those born with cleft palates and lips. It's completely wonderful and heartbreaking what a simple 45 minutes and $240 dollars can do. Wonderful Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1132295176817580862005-11-17T22:25:00.000-08:002005-11-17T22:28:04.356-08:00Sometimes I'm so brilliant I shock myself - literally. The floodlight out front wasn't working tonight so I tried changing the bulb. It still wasn't working, so I unplugged the whole unit and took it inside so I could have a better look at it. Plugged it in, tried a second bulb - still nothing. I was going to give up and unplugged it, but then noticed that there might be a little something on theNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1130937607774950352005-11-02T01:18:00.000-08:002005-11-02T05:50:35.290-08:00Interesting, and actually fairly accurate. Give it a try yourself. Actually, they have a whole slew of tests here. Big Five Word Test Results Extroversion (40%) moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and private. Accommodation (72%) high which suggests you are overly kind natured, trusting, and helpful at the expense too often of your own individual developmentNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1130484282504077332005-10-28T00:14:00.000-07:002005-10-28T00:24:42.506-07:00One of my struggles as a Christian is that I've never felt like I was a particularly "joyful" one - it's been something I've grappled with - how does one become joyful? You know - the whole "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." Never really flet that in my life. Anyway, just was reading in my new copy of "My Utmost for His Highest" - and for October Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1130483663521899462005-10-27T14:12:00.000-07:002005-10-28T00:14:48.020-07:00That was fun - I just danced around in the kitchen while doing dishes and listening to Kool & The Gang's "Celebration" turned up really loud on the radio - good times.Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1128685670435837782005-10-07T02:26:00.000-07:002005-10-07T04:47:50.446-07:00Well, I finally took the plunge and registered a domain name for myself. It's something I actually put a bit of thought into. It needed to fulfill several requirements, and up until a couple weeks ago, everything I'd come up with had already been taken. I needed it to reflect, as much as possible, not only the intent and essence of my photography, but also of my poetry, and of myself. And that Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1127213443732542732005-09-20T01:50:00.000-07:002005-09-20T04:00:44.096-07:00Today, one of our cats died. His name was Christmas Hope, but we called him Hopey/Hopi - I 've never really thought about how to spell it before, but you get the idea. He came to us by complete accident, as several of our animals have, one day about 12 or 13 years ago. I'd heard the dogs outside, making a racket - they seemed to be fighting over something. When I went out there, I found a tiny Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1126356673728637262005-09-10T01:33:00.000-07:002005-09-10T05:51:13.736-07:00It's amazing how quickly two weeks can flow by without causing even a ripple. But, I'll be coming back from Hawaii in two and a half short days. Seen and done so much here, met all kinds of people (again, the smallness of this world has been proven), and shot a ton of pictures (I only need a few more to break the 2,000 mark) - this vacation has been a full one. I'm not quite sure what I'd say wasNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1124789499599909082005-08-23T00:16:00.000-07:002005-08-23T02:31:39.606-07:00Muir Woods HikersI wanted to blog about my Muir Woods trip the day I got back, but I was too sore.Anyway, last Saturday Andrew, Sale, Greg, Anya, and myself went to Muir Woods. Kind of had to drag Sale along, working past his whole anti-social mentality, but he wanted to do soemthing before law school started, so we didn't have to twist his arm too bad. It was a lot of fun. Originally Yessica, Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1124100959989126682005-08-15T02:46:00.000-07:002005-08-15T03:16:00.023-07:00Hawaii is go!Yeah! Last night we actually got the tickets ordered, so it's a for sure thing now. I'm looking forward to shooting many sunsets and other scenery. This last saturday I had a basic (kind of) photography class, and I learned a good bit better how to utilize shutter and aperature and ISO - so hopefully, my pictures will start to look amazing. I also picked up a circular polarizer and aNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1123840683779391652005-08-12T02:45:00.000-07:002005-08-12T03:05:22.110-07:00Just got back from 40-50 minutes of standing out in the dark loneliness of the wilds of Clayton (I could hear coyotes from multiple directions) with my head craned so far back if it had started to rain I would have drowned. I got to see 19 or so meteors though - a nice display of the 2005 Perseid Meteor Shower. I say 19 "or so" because there are so many things that you think you see, but are not Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1123231461274556052005-08-05T01:04:00.000-07:002005-08-05T01:44:21.296-07:00Well, it's been about a month, time for me to put down a new post. Topic of the day: Dating. You know what...I give up. Actually, I decided to give up about a month ago, but I met someone right in the middle of making that decision, so I decided to see that through, and it didn't go anywhere romantically (I do have a new friend - I want more than just another friend though). I don't know - I Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1120700047393220252005-07-06T18:14:00.000-07:002005-07-06T18:34:07.406-07:00Wow - I turn around and I haven't blogged in almost an entire month again. I think it might have somethign to do with the fact that I've never been good with journaling, and blogging is basically journaling, but doing it in a formet that is public. I mean, wasn't blogging originally so your frinds could keep up with what you were doing and what was going on in your life if you didn't get to speakNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1119168319545541992005-06-19T00:45:00.000-07:002005-08-05T01:46:18.560-07:00I've actually seen a couple of good movies in a row recently, with the crowning one being "Batman Begins" which I saw with my dad tonight for Father's Day. First I rented "Hitch" for my birthday (you have to love the free video for your birthday at Hollywood Video), which was actually quite good. I used to think of actually doing something along the lines of what that character does. Except, my Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1118998172198262692005-06-17T01:32:00.000-07:002005-06-17T01:49:32.216-07:00Went and played poker for the first time tonight. Bruce has invited me before - the guys meet up on Thursdays to play - and finally today worked out. Everyone laughed when we started - I was saying how I didn't know how to play and I needed the card order of winning explained to me, and I ended up getting a straight on my first hand. I then proceeded to win like 8 of the next tens hands. I was Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1118130292050312962005-06-07T00:13:00.000-07:002005-06-07T00:44:52.060-07:00Sometimes I so very much wish I was more out in the world. I don't dislike living at home for now, but it is not ideal either. To a large degree, I feel like I haven't been able to start my own life yet. I feel that this is where I need to be for right now though, to help my mom. Her health is so up and down, mostly down I guess. It's not all physical though, not in my opinion, and those parts Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1117273487578682552005-05-28T01:12:00.000-07:002005-05-28T02:44:47.583-07:00Life.What can one say about it. It's here, there's a lot of it. It keeps going and going, keeping you busy, existing because it is.Mine - well, it's like many others, but unlike any other at the same time, since it is mine. Today was interesting. Andrew finally got his big thesis on Georgia written, which I helped by proofing. A lot fo work went into that. Made for an interesting read. He's just aboutNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1116928027391328662005-05-24T02:26:00.000-07:002005-05-24T02:47:07.396-07:00Well that was interesting. I was told about a possibility (extremely slight as it might be) that would completely change my life if it happened. I mean, I expect it to really happen as much as I expect to get the job at my google interview, but who knows. I never expected to get into Stanford, and that happened, so...all I can say is that God is in control. It's all cloak and dagger though (i.e.,Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1115264683225212902005-05-04T20:44:00.000-07:002005-05-04T20:44:43.243-07:00Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1115021399519101472005-05-02T01:09:00.000-07:002005-05-02T02:10:04.880-07:00Just watched "HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy" Five word review - "Completely Stupid but Thoroughly Enjoyable."You heard it here folks."Kingdom of Heaven" looks like it is going to be good. "Longest Yard" and "Monster-in-Law" seem to be in the stupid but fun vein. "Mindhunters" has me interested. Of course, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Batman Begins" are going to rock the summer. ESPECIALLY Batman.Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1114947032831242582005-05-01T03:42:00.000-07:002005-05-28T02:49:22.006-07:00Well, that audio blogger thing hasn't quite worked out like I thought it would. Finally got the numbers straightened out on it, but nothing's shown up here, and I have tried to get an audio posting done. Did a good long one when I was driving home from work the other day. Oh well, I have an internet connection again, so will just do it the old fashioned way - by typing it in. So my life thus far.Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1113019675152242582005-04-08T21:05:00.000-07:002005-04-14T13:12:26.036-07:00I am sorry I have not been keeping up on my postings like I wanted. No *real* (read "dial-up at 4k a sec) net access really puts a crimp in things. I'd tried to set up audio blogging, but I put a 6 where a 5 should be and it didn't work. Just fixed that though, so should be getting posts on here again. Audio ones at least. Lots has been happening, but no time to get into it all at the moment. Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1111363675058151482005-03-20T16:02:00.000-08:002005-03-20T16:07:55.060-08:00It is done.Friday night, about 9:30, the last paper was sent off. Complete. Not a bad paper, I think. Talked about the relationship between ekphrasis and Keat's negative capability. Hopefully my prof will like it. But, the thing isI'm done.Such a strange though. Old chapter closed, new chapter opening. What is written on its pages...I'm not sure, but trying to figure out life from here. Hung out Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1110879477254151562005-03-15T01:23:00.000-08:002005-03-15T01:46:02.633-08:00Well, where do I begin. It's been kind of up and down these last few days. This chapter of my life is definitely coming to a close. It's going to be strange, moving away from all this. I don;t think I feel scared anymore though...I think I actually feel ready, almost relieved with the surety of closure. A part of me still wnats to stay on, get the second degree, get the master's degree, do Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1110104355868467252005-03-06T01:12:00.000-08:002005-03-06T02:19:15.870-08:00Had to go home today - second funeral in as many weeks. Both people were old and everyone was expecting them to go, but still ---two funerals. Anyway, this one was closer (70 miles instead of 700), so it was just a day trip. Kind of took a detour on the way home and took some pictures in the countryside (check my picture site). Also on the way back to school I dropped by Alameda to see my grandmaNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1109936932609322092005-03-04T03:48:00.000-08:002005-03-04T03:48:52.610-08:00Trying to get a picture into my profile, and figured best way would be to associate it with the same system it belongs to - blogspot - so, here's a picture, which hopefully I will now be able to get linked to my profile.Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1109765041837129622005-03-02T01:04:00.000-08:002005-03-02T04:05:45.773-08:00Upon This Rock: A GQ Feature ArticleThis is really interesting. I haven't read the whole thing yet, just a bit from the front and a bit from the end, but it looks really cool. I got the link from Glen's site, where he says that it is, "an absolutely phenomenal article by an ex-Christian who goes to a Christian music festival and writes about it for GQ."Yeah, good stuff. Check it out for yourself.Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1109740154253377442005-03-01T20:51:00.000-08:002005-03-01T21:09:14.256-08:00When I got up today and looked out the window the sky looked nice. I just got home and was quite soaked by the rain that decided to come down. Where did it come from? Funn how things change over twelve hours. I'm happy though - I attended a panel discusion and was able to bring a half tray of food home. Oh yeah. Anything I don't have to cook makes me happy. Kind of interesting getting it all homeNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1109638201903444632005-02-28T16:50:00.000-08:002005-02-28T16:50:01.903-08:00Reading Adrinne Rich in class today. Couple lines jumped out at me, first one from "Cartographies of Silence," at the start of the 7th section.
"It was an old theme even for me:
Language cannot do everything--"
Also, "Diving into the Wreck," about the 8th stanza or so.
"the thing I came for;
the wreck and not the story of the wreck
the thing itself and not the myth
the drowned faces always Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1109506649840429722005-02-27T01:07:00.000-08:002005-02-27T04:19:24.020-08:00Well I had a full day. So much stuff happened, the problem is trying to figure out how to relate it all. Pictures will be coming shortly, but suffice it to say at the moment that my day today included seeing my mom, breaking the golf cart that I borrowed from work, seeing a really amazing performance of Taiko drumming, spending the afternoon attending a wonderful school reception/bruncheon (greatNathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1109304414864793952005-02-24T12:10:00.000-08:002005-02-24T20:06:54.883-08:00Namaste Vineyard Posted by: cyrano76 Namaste VineyardFound this winery on the drive up to Portland this weekend. Nice little place, and they grow all their own grapes. Got a bottle of Reisling while there, which I'm looking forward to breaking open.Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11024978.post-1109148763139750502005-02-23T00:42:00.000-08:002005-02-27T05:11:48.193-08:00Starting NewOkay, I've had another "personal blog," but I've left it dormant for so long I've decided to start a new one and start the posting process all over again. Try to get stuff down in it on a more daily basis. Couple times a week anyway. I'm online enough, but I don't do anything constructive most if the time. I call myself a digital historian, but the only one who see all I record is me. I only Nathanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936838203610892583noreply@blogger.com0