There are a number of things I hate about blogs, from cloying attempts to find some sort of significance from "being heard," to the inane and senseless mutterings of the political right and left, an endlessly stagnant Styx. But what I dislike the most is the cheap closure that many bloggers feel the need to end every post with. There always seems to be some tidy conclusion, some plastic-wrapped, unhealthy platitude to assure the reader that there can be closure, that everything is, or will be, okay.
Death is the only closure. Friendships don't last forever. The only thing that endures is pain.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
End of Year Resolutions
Hello
NIMM has survived the year, rejoice readers. I hope we can have another year of short, sporadic post and I will do my best to realize that. As I listen to the ghostly Intro by alt-j, I'm reminded of the past year. Strangely, I can divide weeks and months into artists and songs I've listened to repeatedly. The nostalgia is sweet like honey. There were week when I just listen to the same album for a week while hunched over studying. I'd remember cracking open the back door to the apartment and letting the sun bath my back heat. A pool a sweat would collect beneath me as I at there for hours. Though I say good luck with finals, also enjoy them. There is a deliciousness in the exertion of learning that industrial, profit driven labor can not produce.
Today I got a financial statement from my employer recapping my total earnings. It's shocking to see my time and stress broken into numbers and trace back past expenses. I'm grateful for God's provision and grace for His children. Looking back, I a pinch sad I missed out on my dream job. I only just realized it five years too late. What is it you ask, stay-at-home-dad #whamo
If you miss your calling, I suppose you just have to make a hobby, shrug.
Now, time for some end of the year resolutions. Here is what I hope to get done before the end of the year
1) Visit Hanson tribe in Dallas
2) Set up retirement account, like a Roth IRA
3) Play one song on piano
4) Survive
5) Make a grill cheese sandwich for dinner
6) Work out the pecs
7) Laugh hysterically
8) Hug someone
9) Go to church
10) Eat just Chinese food for an entire day
End of the year resolutions have a more depressing tone, but I like them more since I'm more of a "let's take it one day, one hour, one thought at a time" person.
I suppose I could specify that I'll be leaving ID on December 19th for TX. Counting the days is agonizing, but the days pass.
Well, this was a nice diversion before going to bed. Finishing this post on the song Ms, not a clue if there was some opportunity for a poetic outro. Love you HanThatWan
Nathan H
PS Can't say this enough, Thank you Isaac for an amazing letter!!
NIMM has survived the year, rejoice readers. I hope we can have another year of short, sporadic post and I will do my best to realize that. As I listen to the ghostly Intro by alt-j, I'm reminded of the past year. Strangely, I can divide weeks and months into artists and songs I've listened to repeatedly. The nostalgia is sweet like honey. There were week when I just listen to the same album for a week while hunched over studying. I'd remember cracking open the back door to the apartment and letting the sun bath my back heat. A pool a sweat would collect beneath me as I at there for hours. Though I say good luck with finals, also enjoy them. There is a deliciousness in the exertion of learning that industrial, profit driven labor can not produce.
Today I got a financial statement from my employer recapping my total earnings. It's shocking to see my time and stress broken into numbers and trace back past expenses. I'm grateful for God's provision and grace for His children. Looking back, I a pinch sad I missed out on my dream job. I only just realized it five years too late. What is it you ask, stay-at-home-dad #whamo
If you miss your calling, I suppose you just have to make a hobby, shrug.
Now, time for some end of the year resolutions. Here is what I hope to get done before the end of the year
1) Visit Hanson tribe in Dallas
2) Set up retirement account, like a Roth IRA
3) Play one song on piano
4) Survive
5) Make a grill cheese sandwich for dinner
6) Work out the pecs
7) Laugh hysterically
8) Hug someone
9) Go to church
10) Eat just Chinese food for an entire day
End of the year resolutions have a more depressing tone, but I like them more since I'm more of a "let's take it one day, one hour, one thought at a time" person.
I suppose I could specify that I'll be leaving ID on December 19th for TX. Counting the days is agonizing, but the days pass.
Well, this was a nice diversion before going to bed. Finishing this post on the song Ms, not a clue if there was some opportunity for a poetic outro. Love you HanThatWan
Nathan H
PS Can't say this enough, Thank you Isaac for an amazing letter!!
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