Rawkin' awesome!

THIS is the kewlest. I just watched an animal with large horns scratch its head on a tree branch.

And it helps when one is looking for ways to avoid the statistics work! Coz it's conveniently daylight there when it's study time here. I love having the sound on for background noise at work - it's so much more pleasant than the human noise.

Tweet tweet, roar, etc.

Airing the laundry

Today a friend of mine is gaining notoriety for something that occured ten years ago. His sins, long repented and atoned for on a personal level and long accounted for in a different public setting have been dredged up by the local newspaper. The finger has been pointed, the spotlight turned on him and suspicion and assassination of his character is now fodder for common conversation.

The fact is that he did some really stupid things many years ago. He has admitted and repented for these actions and has paid a heavy personal price. And now his sins are in black and white for all the world to read. He is approaching this trial with faith and humility, and I'm certain a hefty dose of embarrasment.

It will be an honor to walk with him through these days, even if I can only support him through prayer and being his friend. I will give thanks that God is allowing me to see someone I know and care for go through this process with grace. I will continue to pray that he is brought through this a stronger Christian and a better man. It's this type of situation that really hammers home the faith piece - and it's only by the grace of God that I can give Him glory for this sad situation.

He is. We are His. There is nothing more I need, though plenty more I crave to know and understand.

Cranky cranky soul

I have *had IT* with incessant sunshine. It is now October and we are careening towards another week of temps near 70*. Next week will be the middle of the month and it is going to be near 70*. There is no rain. That *thing* in the sky insists on glaring down all the day long. Won't it ever go away?

I need some rain. I need lots of rain. I need to sidestep puddles on my way to work. I need to be dodging people's umbrella derbys on the street. I need to not be able to see the mountains or the space needle for the gray in between. I need to wake up in the night to the sound of hundreds of drops pounding my windows. I need to have really freaky hair from the weather. I need to do the slip-n-slide on piles of leaves across the street.

I need my autumn rain. Need! Harken unto my words!

Plus, *he* doesn't like the gray so maybe if it were to move in without a checkout date, he'd be more cranky and thereby less desirable. It's still bubbling over and I soooo wish it weren't. Mostly.

and it's just a box of rain, i don't know who put it there