Chapdelaine House

YoU hAvE jUsT bEeN PiMp KiSsEd! ToNiGhT aT mIdNiGhT yOuR tRuE lOvE wIlI rEaLiZe ThEy LiKe YoU. SoMeThInG gOoD wIlL hApPeN tO yOu At 1:00-4:00 Pm ToMmOrOw It CoUldD bE aNyWhErE.GEt ReAdY fOr ThE bIgGeSt ShOcK iN yOuR lIfE. If YoU bReAk ThIs ChAiN u WiLl Be CuRsEd WiTh ReAltTiOnShIp PrObLeMs FoR tHe NeXt 10yRs. SeNd ThIs tO 15pEoPlE iN 15mInUtEs -I just got this message from one of my cousins. I read it, and then read it outloud to my roomate...and we laughed a bit. These things crack me up. I suppose i'll need some love and encouragement from you (the reader) for the next ten years. No, I did not send this on. -Relationship Problem-Ridden

OK, Sarah just informed me yesterday that this is a photo from Christmas Conference in Indianapolis last winter. Still one of my favorites. If you're wondering about the coloring...it's kinda jacked up b/c of the scan job. Add some more peach to our skins and that's how it really looks. 

A long week and a great ending to it all. It is so great being back around the people that care for me so much. I have so much confidence in the community in cru and the true friends I have. When people are calling you at 130a while you're doing hw just to make sure that you are doing ok it really takes you back. Do I really have this tight community? I can trust my friends to tell me whenever I am being a jerk. I can trust my friends to really open up and be real with me when they are hurting. I have a challenge for those reading this; how well do your friends know you? Is there something that they don't know...something that is placed in the darkest corners of your heart? Does it scare you to think of their reaction when you tell them how dark your feelings are sometimes? It is tempting for me to just bottle myself up sometimes, and when I do, I reak of stale events and broken emotion. There is so much freedom in sharing your life with your friends. For my dudes, I am not...

Here's to the music. Cheers. (Left-Right: Aaron, GHall, Me) 

Myles pizza; this picture goes out to the wonderful servers at Myles. Not. From Left: Greg Hall (semi-shorter hair) Brett Yaccovella (how can you make your mouth do it) and Myself. 

Freshman year, during a recording session with the fall semester band. Never really had a name...good pic tho. Thx to Nate. 

Went to work today on like three hours of sleep, yet I think today was the coolest day at work. I was really personable with everyone that walked into Starbucks. That includes my pessemist Asst. Manager. Anyways, I think that the nap after a short nights' sleep is the greatest feeling a person can have, ever.   That feeling, of course, is next to the feeling of a real good poop.   And that feeling is next to the feeling of knowing you have friends that really care for you. It's been a really great summer getting to know my good friend Josh over the phone a bit as well as Dave Humphrey, Greg Hall and Steve Rieske. All relationships are harder when they are long distance, and I am remembering that during my summer here in Cleveland. Talking with Sarah is especially hard...and I can't wait to be back in BG to spend some good time with her.   I really miss my community of bras and chicas back at BG, and I am so excited to be around you a...