GoPro or GoHome?

No, that's not why I decided to get a job! GoPro's are cool and all, but would anyone really take a job that would send him to Gooding, ID and then who knows where else just so that he could afford a GoPro? Ridiculous- unless it was to travel back to Hawaii and GoPro his beautiful friend who used to GoPro him viciously, perfectly sane. Watch yourself or I'll be doing it for you someday, Micah.

No, I'm really here so that I can afford a bike and ride the county side on the evenings which are bright till 9!? Weird right(that will be true in a few weeks maybe)

Since last week Friday, I've been a pinch crazy leaving family. So grateful that Dad drove me all the way to ID, 22 hours, all him. It was gorgeous drive through pieces of TX, NM, CO, WY, UT, and ID. Props Pa

This is very similar to starting college freshman stuff. There's not much work(that I can do) and no one is harassing me(all my coworkers and seniors have been nothing but kind), I just get stressed like mad... and may cry a little bit everyday. Especially when I'm driving which would be very dangerous except there's hardly anyone on the road over 60 lbs. No, I mean it- there are lots of kids in the neighborhood playing on the streets and leaving their bikes littered along the roadside. Sweet i tell, i'm getting a toothache just think'n about it.

Now, now, no need for a pity party... cause it's not really a party at all. There's just alot of pity. (joke from Andy of The Office) [I can't just take that it's brilliant, though I did make a "New Zealand Doubles" joke today to my boss that I thought quite witty]

Well that's all I can fluster for now beloveds. Moment of silence for Hyperbolic...........................

Yay!!- joking, I miss that blog already. Let's keep NIMM running strong boys!! Seriously, I like pretending you're in the room when I read your posts. I have individualized sock puppets for each of HanThatWang members and great voices to match, maybe the next podcast could feature some of "you"...

so ya prayers needed. can someone just get married by the end of the year already. do(n't) force me to pull the 'queen' up my sleeve.

Haha,
Nathan

PS laugh through the pain

Having listened to the podcasts (and I'm actually listening to Nathan and Michael right now), I feel like there's not much I can contribute to reach the level of awesomeness attained so far. It makes me miss you guys a lot. I'm just sitting here, my computer on the ping pong table, my phone on my right, my water bottle on the left. For some reason, whenever I drink from my water bottle, there's a weird aftersmell (though not aftertaste) of cockroach. It's kind of gross. I probably should wash it out.

Ugh. I really should wash it.

There are several ideas I had floating around in my head for blog posts, and so I'll just do one for right now (I have another that is written, but it's pretty much just a rant, and another one that isn't written, but is about how romantic relationships suck. I'll do those later). I don't know if this one is actually going to be good enough to earn my capitalization, and I know this is super late... but hopefully there is grace for me.

Okay, here it goes. (Taking another drink of cockroach water.)

Ellie and I were talking the other day about all our camping trips, and as the golden haze of nostalgia was starting to color everything, Ellie pointed that last summer was the last time. Not just “the last time,” but THE LAST TIME.

I hadn't really thought about it before, but nothing will be the same. I mean, we could see each other for our weddings, but that is actually kind of a depressing prospect. As Ellie told me, when one of us gets married, the band is forever broken. Either another person will have to be added into HANTHATWAN, or a person will have to be taken out. And who knows what this future spouse will be like. They could have six fingers, or be a dwarf, or even a giant. But the point is that they will not understand the bond that we have. They will not understand the fire of bromance that burns in our chests. They will not understand that special life-partnership that is not marriage, but is as close as you can get with actually breaking the law. Actually I take that back since they changed that law. But you guys know what I mean.

The point is that we're growing up. Looking at Nathan's graduation pictures stabbed that home just a bit more. We moving away, we're starting our lives, and at some point, we might actually be starting our lives with someone other than our respective bromatic partners. That's kind of scary. It's scary because I don't know what is going to happen, or how it's all going to work out. Or even how we'll keep in touch.

There's a song by Gungor that I really like. The chorus goes, “You have me, you have me, you have my heart completely.” The rest of the song basically says whether we wander to heaven's gates, or make our bed in hell, God is still there. He still has us as we grow up, and move to different states, even if we get married. In all these things, He has us, and He's not letting go. I think there is a lot of comfort in that, even as far as our bromance goes: Even though things will change, God will still be taking care of us, and we will always have that in common. We are brothers. And nothing will change that.

Time to wash my water bottle.