Wednesday, February 28, 2007 | by nathan

129 - Mary Jane

The sophomore secretary kept everyone behaving by being her loud, six-foot-four self. Kids who hated her: the ones who felt entitled to get away with bullshit.

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 | by nathan

following the Spirit’s lead

I have made a command decision:

When it comes out, I’m getting the iPhone. Maybe not immediately - I’d like to read a couple reviews first - but at some point by summer’s end, unless the thing comes off like the Zune or the U-Force, I’m getting one.

I just got the Nokia E62 Smartphone when I signed my very own, just-me-and-no-one-else contract with Cingular, and so far I’m underwhelmed. It’s not that it doesn’t work - there are several features I have yet to figure out - but it’s just kinda…wonky. Sometimes, when someone calls, it will ring with a totally random ringtone. I can’t figure out how the hell to link it to my e-mail client. I still can’t figure out how to hold it to my ear to get the best sound quality. I can’t figure out how to load music on it. Many phones I have had, these features are more or less self-explanatory.

Also, I look at the iPhone online every day. Every. Day. I think Jesus is calling me to get one, and you don’t want to argue with Jesus, now, do you?*

*okay, so, not Jesus so much as my insatiable consumer appetite and my honest-to-God need for a good all-in-one PDA/Phone device.  

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 | by nathan

128 - Clint

In junior high you were smart, motivated. Your driver’s license proved a liability, and you lost most of the qualities that made you a good friend.

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 | by nathan

sane

You must read this right now. Go on. READ.

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Monday, February 26, 2007 | by nathan

like a horrible country song

I got up this morning at 6:00 to drive Brian to the airport. He’s going to be in Vegas all week long on business.

Yes, business.

I’m flying out to join him on Friday morning, and we’re going to spend the weekend at the Stratosphere, drinking, shopping, seeing Cirque du Soleil and engaging in general revelry. But I have to get caught up by then - on EVERYTHING - or I swear to God, I’m going to feel really, really guilty catching that plane.

God, I miss him already. 

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Monday, February 26, 2007 | by nathan

127 - C.

Cute, stylish, witty, cultured. I always wondered if he was gay, and so I asked, and to this day I’m not sure I believed the answer.

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Sunday, February 25, 2007 | by nathan

126 - Brianna

She led me through the sad facts of racism with a very gentle hand, and encouraged me to show Maya Angelou my writing. A good friend.

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Saturday, February 24, 2007 | by nathan

125 - Justin

More than anyone else, he showed me that only with the Spirit’s lead is it possible to navigate the minefield that is being a gay Christian.

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Friday, February 23, 2007 | by nathan

124 - Faith

Had the grace, in my hardest year, to be supportive and loving without compromising her own position. Her friendship is one of my life’s greatest gifts.

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Thursday, February 22, 2007 | by nathan

it’s been 12 years, but the sound never really leaves you

There is no nice way to say this:

When my dog grooms himself, he sounds like a 15-year-old boy masturbating himself with shampoo.

That is all. 

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