2.28.2005 |  Early waking

posted by Jon
09:55 | SAY SOMETHING |



When I get to work between 6:00 and 6:30 each morning, the cars in the parking lots seem to mostly be later, nicer models. As the morning progresses, the lots fill up with older and more worn models. Maybe this is an indication that getting up early might have something to do with the extent of your success in life (as far as career/money goes at least)?


2.26.2005 |  Duplex for rent

posted by Jon
23:55 | SAY SOMETHING |



The lady who is trying to rent out that duplex on Okaloosa Ave. that Sarah mentioned called me tonight. Apparently, there are 130 OTHER PEOPLE interested. I'm #131. She won't even show me the unit without first going through an application process. My guess is the rent is going to be way too high for me to even want to consider. Oh, well.


2.25.2005 |  un peu de sable et le vent dans les palmes

posted by Jon
13:43 | SAY SOMETHING |



les palmes


Spring's coming and my RDOs are about to begin....woohoo!


2.23.2005 |  depart ye; it is unclean

posted by Jon
10:17 | SAY SOMETHING |



These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, and the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. (Leviticus 11:29-30)

I need to move out of the house I am living in right now. This is no news to most of you, but it may be that you are not aware exactly how afflicted I feel.

I live in a house that is infected with an incredible stench. My landlord somehow gets pleasure from collecting and frolicking around with small animals. He has a dog, a rabbit, three ferrets and a prairie dog. He rarely cleans their cages and doesn't like having windows open in the house, because of thieves and the chance that a slight hint of somebody's cigarette smoke may waft its way inside. I manage to have my window open as often as I'm around, so my room at least doesn't smell quite as bad as the rest of the house (Haley's Glade plug-in also helps).

I could do more about cleaning the house, but it is hard to be consistently motivated to clean up after my landlord and his precious animals, so I am reduced to cleaning once weekly to maintain at least a minimal living environment.

I know this is a lot of complaining, but coming home to a house like this one at the end of a day's work is mighty disheartening. I crave a clean home full of fresh Florida air.

I will be moving soon, but I'm not sure where to. Michael is looking for a house to buy (or maybe to rent) and that seems to be the likeliest option. I've also considered getting an apartment on my own, but that wouldn't be the most cost-effective. I could use your prayer that I will be patient with this.


2.20.2005 |  Constantine

posted by Jon
13:34 | SAY SOMETHING |



Saw Constantine on Friday. It was a very Catholic movie, and very biblically inaccurate (which is what I had expected), but it had its moments and it was thought-provoking. I guess the biggest thing I got out of it was a sense of the realness of Hell. It is a very real and very unpleasant place that we as Presbyterians tend to think about in a more abstract form. Premils are more prone to fearing Satan rather than God and as such have probably got a more vivid (and more accurate) picture of what Hell is really like. Not that our minds should dwell on Hell, but I think we can give it a little more serious thought than we do.

On a related note, a question popped into my head during Worship this morning. What was it like in Hell when Jesus spent time there? Did the other residents react differently to His presence?


2.18.2005 |  Goodnight, Starlight

posted by Jon
11:53 | SAY SOMETHING |



Does anyone know which Juliana Theory CD the song "Goodnight, Starlight" is from? Can't find it on Amazon.

Just ordered:

Disparition - Keren Ann
Oh, Inverted World - The Shins
It's Hard to Find A Friend - Pedro the Lion
Fevers & Mirrors - Bright Eyes
Emotion is Dead - Juliana Theory

I love Amazon's marketplace - so cheap.


For anyone who may care

posted by Jon
11:50 | SAY SOMETHING |



If you've been going through the archives lately you might have noticed that most of the comments had been missing for several weeks. Well, they're back now.


2.17.2005 |  He brought us Destin Commons

posted by Jon
07:03 | SAY SOMETHING |



Now this guy named Peter Bos is building something similar, but much bigger, on the harbor. Looks really cool.




2.10.2005 |  Gaining

posted by Jon
11:09 | SAY SOMETHING |



The island was a lot closer last night....


2.04.2005 |  it's not hard to fall when you float like a cannonball

posted by Jon
23:58 | SAY SOMETHING |



I'm not the kind of guy who likes to wear his emotions on his sleeve. I'll talk about things if people want to talk about things, but I don't usually offer up details about how I feel at any given point in time (unless I know you well). It's easy, though, to say things here that I might not just open up with in person. I guess things like this tend to be mood-killers, and most of my friends have enough of their own problems to worry about, so I choose most of the time to not burden them with mine.

A moment ago, I hadn't planned on even posting anything, but then a Damien Rice song came on and there I go again feeling crummy. There are lots of reasons why, and some I won't go into, but the biggest one is probably one that most guys (and girls) deal with at one point or another - loneliness. Maybe it has something to do with the empty house I just came home to. I know it has a lot to do with my lack of trust in God. So before I go off and cheese you out with the typical cliched sentences about how much it hurts to be lonely, I'll just wrap it up with this thought: I need Christ more than ever right now.


2.02.2005 |  changes

posted by Jon
13:49 | SAY SOMETHING |



There's a music player at the foot of this blog now.


2.01.2005 |  Liberals might be wrong about "Bush's War"

posted by Jon
13:28 | SAY SOMETHING |



That's what this liberal thinks: What if Bush has been right about Iraq all along? [from the Chicago Sun-Times].