Fragments of Life

so new years festivities were pleasing as i was merely one celebrant of many at Micah-Ginny and Greer-Laura's party and i was able to merge another groups of friends previously unaquainted with them (Partick, Drew, Jenni). i like it when friends from two different worlds can join and have a few (or a lot of) drinks without any premonition that there will be some pseudo-intimate, spiritual connectedness thereafter. most times people are too serious about meeting people so that they are either uncomfortable because the other party isn't serious enough or they uptight because the other party is too needy (thus making the former party nervous, because they can't break ties well, which is nothing more than weak resolve). its like a subjective scale of inane proportions. i like a happy medium of realistic community (uninhibited by juxtaposing expectations).

i've been thinking about the word belong. moreso about its peculiar construction combined with an unlikely definition. think of it: be-long. how could that mean what it means? i think i know but its simply the lose sum of the two meanings, transformed and translated into a different part of speech.

it was good to meet Ashley, Jay, and Jorden at Goatfeathers on Friday after a week of congestion. its fun to fellowship in such an unlikely setting. i also ran into Jenni which wasn't slightly awkward, but was aggravated and segmented as i was forced to pinball between the two parties so as not to devalue either.

yesterday, work was fun but it seemed like the world was waiting for the rain all day, and i began to as well. another prolonging (ha! pro-long, not even close in meaning to be-long, i just noticed that!) effect was the result of me losing the keys to all the churches where we deliver flowers on Saturdays. talk about a liability. i hadn't prayed so hard, so pathetically, so emphatically in a while. its a good reminder of how i should always pray, but not necessarily how i should always feel. (photo by: Jane and Richard)