A Certain Point of View

Things I learned watching the Olympics

~Annakin24601~ — Aug 25, 2008 05:37 AM

The comprehensive list kept as I sat on the couch for two weeks straight...

Baseball and a Birthday

~Annakin24601~ — May 13, 2008 08:38 PM

It's ridiculous. Really. I'm 19.
That's not the ridiculous part.
Okay, maybe a little.
But a surprise birthday party really was the the coolest thing ever.

Blending Fact and Fiction

~Annakin24601~ — Apr 06, 2008 03:37 PM

I've slowed down. And it's not even a conscious thing.
But something won't let me let him die.

After the Carousel turns...

~Annakin24601~ — Jan 28, 2008 06:38 PM

What happens to Billy Bigelow?
The Heavenly Friends lead him offstage. Does he get into Heaven? Does he go to Hell?

What it means to be Anakin now

~Annakin24601~ — Dec 04, 2007 12:27 PM

I am Anakin.
This isn't one of those metaphors where I compare myself to a Star Wars character and everybody rolls their eyes. It isn't a metaphor at all.
This is my life, fully recognized and embodied...

Glass, Independence, and Affection

~Annakin24601~ — Nov 09, 2007 10:41 AM

I miss making beads. The constant tug between using gravity and having it control you...
The effect we have on others without realizing it... Realizing we are needed as much as we need...
And that warmth...

Labels are for Cans (a.k.a. Sufism and Sexuality)

~Annakin24601~ — Oct 27, 2007 02:17 PM

Just be.
Be the moon.

How Buddha would say the Rosary

~Annakin24601~ — Sep 13, 2007 10:38 AM

Everything that is done, is done in worship. Each in its own way an act of praise. Time is an illusion. Everything is in God, and so, everything is God.
The Holy Spirit. Brahman and Atman. The Living Force. We are one.

Sending Adults to do a Child's Job

~Annakin24601~ — Aug 18, 2007 09:25 PM

You just look up and you scream into the empty sky, "F*&@ you, Barry Bonds. My team is at the Little League World Series!"

A (Possibly Selfish) Rejection of Immaterialism

~Annakin24601~ — Jul 04, 2007 09:45 PM

I have to decide if I'd rather keep the contents of my pockets, or take the money it's worth and feed the entire orphanage in Akwatia for a whole year...
This is either awesome hope for the world or a very sad materialistic rationaization.

Recognition, Confirmation, and a Thousand Dollars

~Annakin24601~ — Jun 10, 2007 06:48 PM

Lots of old rich liberals in Salisbury gave me a scholarship.
But more than that, they gave me a confirmation.
Yeah. That is what' you're supposed to do with that. And you're good at it.

A Different Painting

~Annakin24601~ — May 13, 2007 08:42 AM

If I'd had my way, this painting would have been so different.

The Calm Before the Storm

~Annakin24601~ — Apr 21, 2007 12:07 PM

This has got to be the worst part.
You know there's something you forgot.
And something that'll have you rushing around five minutes before.
But right now, you're sitting.

"Greek Mythology and Self-Identity" or "Why I'm Wearing Pants to Prom"

~Annakin24601~ — Mar 04, 2007 01:10 PM

She was my best friend, and as such, I idolized her. Scylla.
And yet, I'm not her. I'm me. Charybdis.
Now everyone please leave me alone.

The Theology of High School Chemistry

~Annakin24601~ — Jan 21, 2007 06:30 AM

"What's between the electrons and the protons in atoms, Anna?"
"Umm, air?"

Can't do it. I just can't...

~Annakin24601~ — Nov 29, 2006 06:34 PM

Most people have given up on religious life by the time they hit puberty, if not before. I gave up Sunday... So I'm slow, as if that's anything new...

Happiness is...

~Annakin24601~ — Sep 19, 2006 07:53 PM

Eye candy on campus... Green tea ice cream... Substitute teachers... College applications... Yoda yogurt... Today.

Light Me Up Vader-Style

~Annakin24601~ — Aug 18, 2006 06:39 AM

Plans for my own funeral:
It's not that morbid, I swear... okay, maybe a little, but, well... okay, yeah, it is...

blog entry for rent

~Annakin24601~ — Jul 16, 2006 08:23 AM

And some luvin' up on Harvard and peanut-butter as well...

"Nick - Everything I do now...

~Annakin24601~ — May 22, 2006 02:24 PM

...will be done for you, in memory of you."
Lots of "maybe"s concerning the life and death of Nick Phillips.
And Why I hate Mr. Smith.