Archive for April, 2008

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A dream.

April 19, 2008

A blog seems to be as good a place to talk about strange dreams as any.

Last night I dreamt I was looking for my 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Tennill. She lived down the street from Maren and I, but we apparently lived in the back woods. I went with a couple of other guys I think I imagined (Maren didn’t join us, though) to the house she lived in. It seemed like an abandoned house. Windows were knocked out, the back door was wide open, the house was up on cinder blocks, and there were a few cars from the 70’s parked around the house. We go in, the whole place was in disarray. Drawers were hanging opens, and papers and curtains were scattered about the floor. We split up, and I casually dig around some papers. Honestly, it seemed like she hadn’t been there in years, though. After a bit, a car pulls up. There’s no one driving the car, but a man sitting in the passenger seat. It’s her husband (or so my dream tells me). He comes in the house, and I notice when he waves at us that he’s missing his right arm and he’s mute. I dig around papers for a little while longer, but I’m pretty sure at this point that she’s been dead for quite some time, and I’m sad I didn’t keep touch.

Then Sophie wakes me up because it’s Saturday morning and there’s no such thing as sleeping in.

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Through the Looking Glass

April 12, 2008

Finally.

I have finally finished reading Through the Looking Glass after longer than I care to find out. I’m pretty sure I’d be embarrassed. Suffice to say it wasn’t a page-turner for me, though. I had planned to read L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz, but I may need a break from classic children’s literature. I’ve had Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller (author of Blue Like Jazz) on my shelf for a while. It might do me some good to read something spiritual that has the metaphor spelled out for me.

On a tangental note, I watched two movies today that I had been meaning to see for some time. “No Country For Old Men” was outstanding and deserving of its Best Picture win. There is a scene near the end of the movie that sealed the deal for me. I’m going to make Maren watch the movie because of it, even though she has no interest in the film. Tonight, we both enjoyed “Little Miss Sunshine”, a movie that was long overdue in viewing, but a casualty of my tour of duty in grad school. Richard Hoover (Greg Kinnear) annoyed me the whole movie (I realize he was supposed to, still…he did), but Olive’s (Abigail Breslin) performance in the pageant was such a comedic pay off I will definitely rewatch someday.

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Just because you missed me.

April 10, 2008

A story.

I confess I am something of an impatient driver, and there is mile stretch of road that leads into my neighborhood that has nothing on it past the gas station at the corner, not even a good place for cops to hide.  The speed limit on this stretch is 35 mph, however, I usually do 55 to 60 mph when I can.  So, today when I pulled up to the light to turn onto this stretch, I pulled behind a state trooper, and prepared myself mentally to go the posted speed limit 35 mph.  Imagine my surprise when we made the left turn and I mindlessly keep pace with the state trooper in front of me and we are going 50 mph.  Cool.

Hope you enjoyed this, Ryan (in Houston) and have a great Friday.  (Ryan in Searcy, have a great day, too.)