Thursday, December 13, 2007
NO WAY, FACEBOOK!
GOOD FOR THEM! They must have read my blog from December 4th. (And perhaps the minds of millions of facebook users...but it's more fun thinking they read my blog). Dear Facebook users; You're welcome!
Monday, December 10, 2007
Friends
For over a year and a half now, Nick and I have been collecting every season of Friends on Dvd. Most recently we bought each other the last two seasons for Christmas... which completes our collection! When we have nothing else to do on any given night we play a few episodes and laugh our heads off. We don't have cable so we have relied on Friends to entertain us when all we want to do is relax and laugh.
Now, last night, as we began season 9 (yes, we opened a Christmas present early...shhh!) it dawned on me that we may actually be living vicariously through the amazing friendships in this show. Don't get me wrong, Nick and I both have great friends and we've even both experienced the same kind of close-knit community that the show portrays at one point or another in our lives. But currently, none of our close friends live within 3 hours of us so most of the time, we are all we have. I'm jealous that Rachel can walk across the hall and hangout with Monica and Chandler and that any one of them can walk into the coffee shop and have a best friend to sit down and chat with. I have CHERISHED these times in my life when I could walk into It's a Grind and sit down next to a smiling, familiar face and when I could walk across the street to the on-campus apartment of some of my best friends. Those times were amazing and fun and important.
We are all in constant search and in constant need of community. That's why I believe in the church. That's why I love the show Friends, too. That is also why Nick and I are starting a community group at our apartment in January. WE NEED FRIENDS! We don't meet friends in class anymore, we don't even have a group at either of our churches to attend anymore so we are intentionally trying to create community here in our little space in Birmingham. I hope it works.
We need each other. We need to talk about our fears and worries and joys. We even just need someone to go shopping with us or share a meal with us. People need people.
Last night I was flipping through my phone erasing names of people from my past whom I would never really need to call again. It was very interesting, and sad. Some of them I had to think really hard to remember! Mostly I was just flipping through looking at the names of people in my life NOW who ARE my friends.....just to remind myself that I have them. Lame, I know. But, my prayer for you and for Nick and for myself is that we are able to find true community....real friends. "I'll be there for you....when the rain starts to fall....I'll be there for you...."
Now, last night, as we began season 9 (yes, we opened a Christmas present early...shhh!) it dawned on me that we may actually be living vicariously through the amazing friendships in this show. Don't get me wrong, Nick and I both have great friends and we've even both experienced the same kind of close-knit community that the show portrays at one point or another in our lives. But currently, none of our close friends live within 3 hours of us so most of the time, we are all we have. I'm jealous that Rachel can walk across the hall and hangout with Monica and Chandler and that any one of them can walk into the coffee shop and have a best friend to sit down and chat with. I have CHERISHED these times in my life when I could walk into It's a Grind and sit down next to a smiling, familiar face and when I could walk across the street to the on-campus apartment of some of my best friends. Those times were amazing and fun and important.
We are all in constant search and in constant need of community. That's why I believe in the church. That's why I love the show Friends, too. That is also why Nick and I are starting a community group at our apartment in January. WE NEED FRIENDS! We don't meet friends in class anymore, we don't even have a group at either of our churches to attend anymore so we are intentionally trying to create community here in our little space in Birmingham. I hope it works.
We need each other. We need to talk about our fears and worries and joys. We even just need someone to go shopping with us or share a meal with us. People need people.
Last night I was flipping through my phone erasing names of people from my past whom I would never really need to call again. It was very interesting, and sad. Some of them I had to think really hard to remember! Mostly I was just flipping through looking at the names of people in my life NOW who ARE my friends.....just to remind myself that I have them. Lame, I know. But, my prayer for you and for Nick and for myself is that we are able to find true community....real friends. "I'll be there for you....when the rain starts to fall....I'll be there for you...."
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
silence
Wow....Nov. 14th was my last blog. I'm already sucking at this! I had the best intentions! Anyhoo, I was nudged by a friend to blog so here I am. No real topic in mind...
It's getting cold here...like, just today it turned cold. Or maybe I just haven't been noticing. I was cold in KY over Thanksgiving. As a matter of fact, Nick and I were on a mountain bike ride and I yelled for him to stop because I noticed flakes of white falling from the sky. I honestly thought it must have been pollen or dust from a fire or something but when I watched a flake land on Nick's black jacket, it melted. "IT'S SNOW!!"......"KISS ME!" I yelled. So right there on the bike trail in the woods we stopped to commemorate the first snow of our season with a kiss.
I keep seeing status comments on facebook from friends up north saying "{name} is loving the snow!" or "{name} is freezing in the snow." So that's fun. Glad it's not THAT cold here. Facebook...status...brings me to another point....
I really wish it didn't have an "is" after your name in the status field. Because sometimes Kelsey Howard Jones "was" and sometimes Kelsey Howard Jones "wants" or Kelsey Howard Jones "used to".....you get the picture. Dear Facebook creator....let me come up with my own verbs.
So this blog really has no point. We have a Christmas tree in our living room. One HALF of a strand of white lights keeps going out. That's what we get for getting the cheap ones. Frustrating. But it's still beautiful. Nick is sitting here next to me on the couch with my awesome guitar playing everything from Steve Ray Vaughn to John Mayer to Andrew Peterson...he's really good. I wish I was as good a guitar player as him. But I can school him at piano. Not that I'm keeping score. Sometimes I remind myself of Monica on Friends. But that is a whole other can of worms....I'll blog about that sooner or later. love, warmth, and christmas lights to you. :-)
It's getting cold here...like, just today it turned cold. Or maybe I just haven't been noticing. I was cold in KY over Thanksgiving. As a matter of fact, Nick and I were on a mountain bike ride and I yelled for him to stop because I noticed flakes of white falling from the sky. I honestly thought it must have been pollen or dust from a fire or something but when I watched a flake land on Nick's black jacket, it melted. "IT'S SNOW!!"......"KISS ME!" I yelled. So right there on the bike trail in the woods we stopped to commemorate the first snow of our season with a kiss.
I keep seeing status comments on facebook from friends up north saying "{name} is loving the snow!" or "{name} is freezing in the snow." So that's fun. Glad it's not THAT cold here. Facebook...status...brings me to another point....
I really wish it didn't have an "is" after your name in the status field. Because sometimes Kelsey Howard Jones "was" and sometimes Kelsey Howard Jones "wants" or Kelsey Howard Jones "used to".....you get the picture. Dear Facebook creator....let me come up with my own verbs.
So this blog really has no point. We have a Christmas tree in our living room. One HALF of a strand of white lights keeps going out. That's what we get for getting the cheap ones. Frustrating. But it's still beautiful. Nick is sitting here next to me on the couch with my awesome guitar playing everything from Steve Ray Vaughn to John Mayer to Andrew Peterson...he's really good. I wish I was as good a guitar player as him. But I can school him at piano. Not that I'm keeping score. Sometimes I remind myself of Monica on Friends. But that is a whole other can of worms....I'll blog about that sooner or later. love, warmth, and christmas lights to you. :-)
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