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Sometimes I feel that, as an English teacher I should be selecting albums for their lyrical genius, but this year was at tough one, and was really looking for albums that spoke to me. I looked back over the year and searched out the music that stomped on my foot (really happened with one album), or grabbed me by the pelotas (metaphorical, of course). So below you will find some albums that were

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Walks and runs through the wilderness somehow make the rest of life make more sense but I don’t really get that much of a chance to do either living within the San Diego City limits. What does pass for wilderness here is mostly in the form of canyons or hills that all run the same shade of brown (with a few greenish-brown cacti or scrub brush dotting their sides). Despite that, I have tried to

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@font-face { font-family: "ＭＳ 明朝"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; }.MsoChpDefault { font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; }.MsoPapDefault { margin-bottom: 10pt; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; } It’s my last day of winter break

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Write what you know. Words of wisdom handed down by one of the many knowledgeable English teachers I had in college. And I plan to do that very thing right now.   Some call me a beer snob, beer geek, beer connoisseur or aficionado. However unpleasantly or bourgeois (or unpleasantly bourgeois) you make it sound, I like beer and I know it well! What follows is the list of the best beers I’ve

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I've spent a lot of time in the last few weeks considering my top albums, films, beers, and books of the year. A friend of mine loves lists and encouraged me to do so. I've really enjoyed the process. I've found some great music, drank some insanely delicious beers, read some great and not so great literature (grad school), and watched altogether too much TV and movies. As I went through these

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Faded High by mjgonzales Posted via email from mjgonzales's posterous

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via soundcloud.com Folky melodic, sweet Posted via email from mjgonzales's posterous

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Before: See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from mjgonzales's posterous

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Fitting name for this new beer by Brewdog. This 55% alcohol Belgian ale (which is technically whiskey since it's been cold-distilled) is packaged in the friendly taxidermied bodies of local Scottish wildlife (think beer + action figure). I hope the intention of this beer is to highlight the extreme lengths that brewers go to make their beers standout (i.e. vortex bottles, and cold activated cans

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Today I decided to hang out with my inlaws in Escondido. I was the only guy there. We read people magazine, talked about IUDs, discussed the joys of pregnancy, and drank white zin. This has truly been an amazing evening. Posted via email from mjgonzales's posterous

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Hello little baby hop nubbins. In a few months you will be in a tasty IPA. Posted via email from mjgonzales's posterous

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Don't get me wrong I appreciate this piece of art in the hood. I'm just wondering if the placement isn't a little ironic. Wheat pasted on the side of a very busy Urban Outfitters is a mural that, amongst other things, critiques the blind consumer mentality of the average American. Perhaps it is the artistic mastery of Mr. Fairey, a commentary on the people stuck within the of the Urban Outfitter

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Here it is folks. Buy all the independence you want. Everything is for sale. 

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The picture you couldn't see. 

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This image sums up a lot. The mosaic of writing above the shopping cart says  "real world". That combined with the illegaly parked shopping cart provide an interesting intersection of the beauty and poverty which compete for attention in the "real world." Beauty, often synonomous with money, is constantly creating murals and mosaics, rules and redistriticting,trying to rid the world of

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Attempting to be rocky, like every Other tourist around. Except I had to film myself. I am a dork.  

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As you can see I'm in Philadelphia now. And in case you're wondering they make really aweseome vegeterian Philly cheesesteaks. 

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Gag Reflex- Picante de Cuy I pride myself on having a bit of a culinary adventure every now and again. So far on this trip I haven't gone wrong. I've ordered several and eaten several Peruvian, Nicaraguan, Israeli, Chinese, Italian, and Amercan food dishes never knowing quite what it was that I ordered or received. Random mystery meats, odd pastries, new fruits, funky smelling cheeses, unusual

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Estoy en Nicaragua y traigo que apprender espanol. Es muy dificil, pero me encanta. I took my 3rd glance at the clock in an hour and I forgot what the teacher was asking me about. Something about the subjunctive tense and conjugating a verb that I only marginally understood (from her rudimentary explanation in Spanish) "Como?" I asked and slumped onto the table. "Esperas un momento" she

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!Viva Cerntroamerica!  ! Que buena esta viaje! Hemos visto muchas cosas interesantes. En el avión vimos la cuidad de Panama. No se que aquel ciudad tiene edificios grandes cerca del mar. cuando llegamos al aeropuerto vimos médicos ( para la H1N1). Los médicos hicieron muchas preguntas y usaron una camera termal y ellos chequearon si los viajeros tienen fiebre. Mas adelante fuimos a la ciudad

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The National Pandemic We Should Care About In the last week the principal at my high school has been more proactive on the campus than any time in the history of her employment there: making announcements posting bulletins, sending ridiculously long emails, and supplying every classroom with soap water, and paper towels (so that desks may be washed daily). All to address the swine sickness, the

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I found the answer to my previous blog post: Mr. T as a role model and teacher. "I pity the fool who gets bad grades" We'll have to get someone else for the resisting materialism, and cosmetology classes, but its a start.

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Is this what I want to do for the rest of my life? This week of blank stares & disaffected teenagers has been  tough one, one that makes me reconsider teaching high school "There is one thing you need to make sure that you include in your essay: connection to the real world . It's time to go beyond the literature and into the real world, like we did in our discussion last week. You need to take

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Hugo Chavez is the Enemy of who exactly? Many have claimed that Chavez, the leader of Venezuela (who recently helped the country do away with term limits that would enable him to remain president as long as he can be reelected) has been referred to by many as an enemy of the US. George W. Bush  declared the Venezuelan democracy an "unchecked concentration of power in the executive," which,

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The Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and the Bird Man I just finished watching Bill Maher’s Religulous, which was, to put it lightly, annoying and tedious. But despite the films flaws it introduced me to something I had never heard before. The connection between the story of Jesus Christ as told in the Gospels and the story of Horus, the falcon headed Egyptian god. I am in no way invested in

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Starting Lent off with a Bang! This morning I was greeted by a student who was more awake than usual. She walked into my English class at 7:20 this morning shouting "Mr. Gonzales Mardi Gras is today, Whoo! Yeah! Are you gonna party tonight ?!"  I looked up up, half asleep, and saw her shaking a fist full of  purple and yellow metalic beads awaiting my response.   "Huh?" was all I could think to

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To all the Prop 8 Haters This new video puts everything in perspective (and even includes a guest appearance by Jesus!!!!) "Prop 8 - The Musical" starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more... by Jack Black

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Improving Teaching Through a Grassroots Reformation:  Disclaimer: This blog appearrantly struck a chord in me because its a behemoth of ideas all piled together  (feel free to comment on my logic or content- thanks) An area that I feel compelled to work towards change, as a high school teacher, is the way that our school system deals with English Language Learners (ELLs). To give some

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I have a Rockstar friend Tim you are so freakin brutal! Thanks for the fun at the show. By the way, the kid Tim reaches down to high five is Brad Sonnenburg my housemate. Brad subsequently almost smashes his face on the concrete and gets roughed up by security guards, definietly the highlight of the show.

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I've been passionate about teaching lately because I've found a way to revitalize less exciting parts of the English class. With help of several other English teachers I've worked to create a them based course of study including modern films and news stories. The goal of the whole thing was to engage students so that they care and put more effort into their work. Success has been mixed. Sure I

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Congo - Seeking $ and Power Through Exploitation and Intimidation (Part 1) Another African country is in the news!!! WTF? Can't they get their sh*t together over there. Those Africans are always killing each other, how do these crazy people gain power? Oh yeah, I forgot that we (rich Europeans and Americans) are the reason that Africa is so F***ed up. Case and point, the current continually

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Prop 8 protests at Saddleback (on Colbert Report)

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Voting for the "Other"- Embracing the 2nd Commandment at the Polls In the past few weeks there have been a lot of angry statements flying around about the propositions on tomorrow's ballot. Many churches have also found their way into the argument (so much for separation of church and state). Without going onto all of the vitriol I just wanted to add one thing that I can't stop thinking about:

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"The poor and oppressed are sacramental," Tony Campolo began his speech to a crowd of eager students and educators clinking forks on plates in the University of San Diego's conference hall. He went on to explain, eliciting exclamations of "preach it!" and "Amen!" from the mild-mannered crowd, that being involved with the poor should be just as foundational to faith as the act of communion. To

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“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” - MLK Jr.MLK speaks the truth, but the part I forget is that peace must begin at a personal level.I hear messages like this and ones like Shane Claiborne in Irresistible Revolution and I am not sure what to do with them. I am so motivated by them, I’m

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Can you have a quarter-of-a-century life crisis?I am now twenty-five and I’d like to say that everything is just the same as last year, or that I really don’t feel older, but I do.This has been a very different year for me compared to the past few. With the start of teaching in the classroom, the career that will take the majority of my time for the next thirty years or so, comes a calm

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So, This is the summary of the past year of my life:School, school, school, teach for free, and work.During this time, especially the last couple months I've had some pretty cool breakthroughs in faith. I would like to say that these breakthroughs are the result of my vigilant pursuit of God, however the reality is quite different. The busyness of my life has kept me pretty well distracted from

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We are generation between constantly up and coming, but never arrived. We have been raised instilled with anticipation for the future but never the now. “I can’t wait for vacation, for a break, for the party tomorrow night, for [insert your desired gratification here]. We have learned how to look at the future like movie previews and advertisements: all the build up but none of the follow through

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Not sure what to get for the person who has everything. Give a goat! Heifer.org makes it possible to give (or share the gift of) goats, llamas, water buffalos, pigs, sheep, ducks, and more on the behalf of a loved one to families who really need them. Here's a novelty gift that really serves a purpose. A very creative way to remind friends and family about the Christmas spirit.

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Yeah its over but the concept applies even more as Christmas approaches. We don't need the stuff we get, and they don't need the stuff we give. SO how can wemake our gifts mean something? Thanks Katie for the image.

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Kingdom De ReconstructionFor too long my outwardly expressed ideals have been defined as a series of nots. I am not a member of the religious right. I am not giving my money to a church that turns around and spends it on its members. I am not supporting an economy that ignores the poor. Yes, these nots are important in venting my frustration and identifying with others who are also dissatisfied

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For those of us who must buy dresss clothes here is a list of union made clothing brands who pay workers fair(er) wages:Brooks Brothers, Hickey Freeman, Hart Shaffner Marx, Ted Baker, KennethCole, Tommy Hilfiger, Austin Reed, Evan Picone, Pierre Cardin, Coppley,Burberry, Gieves and Hawkes, Jack Nicholas, J. Press, Matteo Maas, Givenchy,Talbia Uomo, Alexander Julian, Hilton-Oak if made in the U.S.

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Faith, works, and PoliticsJoel and I have been conversing about the church, politics, and Jesus - and how much they should intermingle. I personally tend to think of Jesus as more of a table tossing kind of guy when it comes to right wing politics in the church. But recently Joel has presented some ideas that made me think that He would probably deliver the political table turning in equal doses

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Romans 13 (The 'Message)"2For instance, a person who has been around for a while might well be convinced that he can eat anything on the table, while another, with a different background, might assume all Christians should be vegetarians and eat accordingly. 3But since both are guests at Christ's table, wouldn't it be terribly rude if they fell to criticizing what the other ate or didn't eat? God

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Sometimes I see the future andit doesn’t look like what you’d thinkThere are no light sabers or flying cars.It is not a post-nuclear wasteland or utopia,and we have not ventured any furtherinto the outer reaches of anything. Instead, the future is sitting right in front of meAt the grocery store sorting through coupons.And it’s why I’m going to be late for work.When I see the future I smile

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air and light and time and space "–you know, I've either had a family, a job, something has always been in the way but now I've sold my house, I've found this place, a large studio, you should see the space and the light. for the first time in my life I'm going to have a place and the time to create." no baby, if you're going to create you're going to create whether you work 16 hours a day in a

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Rest of the trip pictures up on the site. check them out

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We went to europe see the pictures here

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In 1984 George Orwell predicted a world where people were heavily regulated and kept from doing anything out of norm. The world has very much become that which Orwell predicted but in a completely different manner. Instead of watching 24/7 for abnormalities Big Brother just keeps us distracted. He dances and sings, he invented the commercial break to keep us distracted from the truth.Today I

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My love v. Christs’"I wonder at myself. The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular. In my dreams,' he said, 'I have often come to making enthusiastic schemes for the service of humanity, and perhaps I might actually have faced crucifixion if it had been suddenly necessary; and yet I am incapable of living in the same room with anyone for two days together, as I know by

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loving in the presentIt is strange how there are times in life that you forget how much you have. The future always seems more appealing. Whether it’s the vacation next month or the end of the shift in 15 minutes, it’s almost always better than the here and now. Today was one of those fortunate moments when I realized the beauty of the present. On the way home from her parents house Brooke looked

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Joel you had some some good things to say about peace, in fact you summarized all that I had to say in my mini article. Peace is the outcome but how do we get there, the only answer (and most christian one mind you) is reliance upon Christ because He is the one who knows who this self is you are trying wholly to be. Anyways, another concept that was similarly ellusive is Joy. Even when it seems

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“Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.”. Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997) “Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.” William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

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Joy Quotes “Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.”. Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997) “Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.” William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

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For a house church gathering this year we gathered a group of friends together to delve into the true meanings of words that have become rather trite Christmas slogans: peace, hope, love, and joy. These are my reflections. I am going to post a word every day or so for a week. Peace (pEs) noun: a state of tranquillity or quiet; freedom from civil disturbance; a state of security or order within a

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"Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive." Thich Nhat Hanh "Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice." Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677)

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It's funny that we celebrate Jesus, a homeless wanderer who liked to hang out with poor people, by buying our well off friends things they don't need. Its funny that we celebrate Jesus, the man who threw merchants out of the temple by blowing a month's salary at the shops of our local merchants.

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Frosh/Soph Forest Fire It starts with one kid asking you to use the rest room, then two, then five. The whispers grow into murmurs and then sprout into the saplings of disrespect. This forest of teenage angst is unlike any other forest in the world, it springs up completely arid and thoroughly combustible. The flames are first visible in the back, they always are. A guy in a red sweatshirt gets

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A Madman’s Proverb A dapper apple dabbling in debauchery Drives the drowned clown’s frown down, Therefore, babbling buddies grabbed drab crabs For bait straight out of a great crate. That being said, the brave knave came out of the cave Only to find his mind in decline for lack of wine. The glass is half full, the glass is half empty. Did you know that you could drown in only an inch of water

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Well this is it. Tommorrow I will climb the volcano and sacrifice Brian to the fire gods, and the next day we return home. Our last couple of days have been pretty relaxing. We have explored the ruins of colonial churches in Guatemala's colonial capital and we have done a lot of kicking back. Talking eating good food and contemplating what it will be like to reenter the real world. Last night

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Ok, so its been a while, I can´t be blamed however. I have tried. This is actually my thrid attempt at an email. I wrote twice about the events between here and now (long emails at least 2 pages each, but power in most of Guatemala tends to blackout alot. So I will fill in those of you who are interested when I get back. As for the present I am thorouhly enjoying my last week. For the past

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trip mail 10 So today we leave, on to bigger and better. For the last couple of days, in stead of working as we planned in the orphanage or distributing beans to surrounding villages we have been stuck working in the bar at Hotel Backpackers. Granted this is how hotel Backpackers makes the money to keep the orphanage running (with the help of foreign donations as well) I did not travel 3500

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Trip mail 9 This week I will truly live up to my heritage. They call us Los Frijoleros, its Spanish for the Beaners. Our job for the next couple of days here is to take all of the beans we moved to the Casa Guatemala earlier this week (in loads of 1500 cans) and distribute them to local people in villages surrounding the Casa. We did it yesterday and it was amazing. An hour with three people

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trip mail 8 Buenos Noches Mis Amigos, Happy belated fourth of July to everyone. I hope yours was fun. I spent it with the five Americans staying in the hotel we were in. Yesterday we were finally put to work like we wanted to be on this trip. In fact in one day we did as much work as we ever anticipated doing on the whole trip. Ill get to that story in a minute though. Our first day at Casa

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trip mail 7 Hermanos y Hermanas, Well our time in San Jose is almost finished. We are off tommorrow to Guatemala and to the Casa Guatemala Orphanage in the city of Rio Dulce. It will be a full day of travelling and depending on the availability and price of emial in Rio dulce my email might be alot less frequent. (i hope not) We are definetly glad to be moving on, San Jose is beginning to wear

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trip mail 6 Hello again everyone. This weekend has been another interesting one. Another buch of changed plans and revised iteneraies. Saturday we were supposed to meet up with the folks from pura vida again at a church service but our connection ended up being more seriously injured than he originally thought (he put a hole through his cheek bone with a soccer goal post) SO we most likely will

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trip mail 6 Hello again everyone. This weekend has been another interesting one. Another buch of changed plans and revised iteneraies. Saturday we were supposed to meet up with the folks from pura vida again at a church service but our connection ended up being more seriously injured than he originally thought (he put a hole through his cheek bone with a soccer goal post) SO we most likely will

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trip mail 5 Gods plan is bigger than our own The sky light in my room this morning woke me up around 7:30 which would not normally be a problem except for today we had to wake up at six. I checked the time and sprung out of bed, angry that our hotel hadn´t given us a wake up call. I made it clear the day before six o clock nice loud knock on the door ( but nothing) So then I tried to figure a

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trip mail 4 Buenos, So today I just found out that for sure it is impossible to hang out with Don Salomon and Mery Hernandez (they will be ravelling with their family until august, and i am a little bummed. However the good news is that things are going really well in Costa Rica. Today I met up with th people from pura vida coffee (www.puracoffee.com if you are interested in what they are all

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so The trip is almost over and I decided it would be good to post my emails to my blog, they are full of typos and may often be incoherent becuase I was in a hurry to beat the hour or half hour time limit in addition to fighting with the slow internet speeds and ridiculously old computers this is email number 4 and on.

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I've been churnig lots of things in my mind but can't express them yet especially here maybe soon good night.

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Given: Oatmeal = Regularity Moustache picketers protest the retired comely words, “knitted lattice filters of prose.” Meanwhile housekeepers playing doctor find a way to use metal smithing to distract those with frost bitten unbelief in art. As for the rowdy legless inmate, he remains belittled. The ogre carries his juicer and as he bounds after Shorty on his nimble donkey he giggles. Most

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a Poem for Joel ( a joke only a joke do not take offense please) Sarcasm starts chasms, casually most often, Cuts combine catharsis for its author and Inward flowing blood from internal injuries to its patient. (once again I love you and appreciate sarcasm really) Two weird class poems: Home Sweet Nest Agoraphobic Bird, too much fear to Take to the sky. It’s too small, the sky too wide.

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Been a while, huh Today was good, I realized I suck as a writter, as a friend and as a human being. To those of you who know me, this is not going to be a negative bash on myself (that I'm all too prone to do). Rather I just realized today how little I've got things figured out. Last night going through stacks if other's poems, I thought mine stacked up pretty good in comparison. I walked into

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Give Give Give God speaks to me and rarely do I listen. When I do I am blown away. There are just those times in my life when my better judgement gets the best of me. I cast out into the stagnant lake of my own ideas and I am lucky to pull up an old shoe. Nothing lives in the water where I fish. Often in my lake there are only herring. Perhaps my nets are on the wrong side of the boat, maybe?

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a revision of "Poetic Frustration" The Blue Lit Walk Foolish light falls, from the bed, out the window, and onto the dirt. Run fast, down two flights. Do not look at them and they will not see you. I cannot be caught by the humping monkeys. Hurry back to the top bunk. Not a good place to write but it’ll do. Doesn’t take long for the excitement to wear off. Doubts cloud my thoughts, and

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Chicken Scratch Inadequacy Why am I so afraid to put words on a page? They might not come out write. I might mess things up. What if my poems are devoid of image and life? Like the sterile supermarket. Bland rows of colorful merchandise, food. With a chill that sandaled feet cannot escape. how’s my line struc tur e ? And as far as rhyme goes I haven’t the slightest clue. The difference

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Dandelion Eyes jet between two lanes, focused on the destination . Lights flash and streak, they are fireflies hitting his windshield, leaving no mark but on his eyes. Rum, pittle, Rum, pittle, Rum. Braille driving keeps him awake. His car rumbles on, bouncing along the road, unslowed. Ninety-five, stayin’ alive, dead to his life. What is that on the side of the road ahead? Does he see the

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A poem in working: Poetic Frustration Bedroom is dark, no chalk to write. Oh well, let numbness fall over tired skin. Happiness left in the garbage last night. Has it been emptied yet? Will I find it again? Toss and turn, this journey to sleep suspended in jello This day once crowned has lost its splendor Why do they always mold like bathroom tile grout? Divulge to me the secret of the concrete

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More contemplating the meaning of the universe but mostly about love. Well shit. Don’t I just feel like a worthless piss ant today. I do. I feel so terrible probably because I feel I did not study enough for my history test. Who cares I did ok. And also because I have not done enough work to prepare my self for this work I have due next week, but once again I don’t care. I care about the

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A poem (oooooh! how emo) Flashlight Foolish light falls from the bed out the window and to the floor Run fast to barely miss the monkeys humping The top bunk is not a good place to write articles but it’ll do Thoughts cloudy and apprehensive am I to write something What if it sucks or what if I can’t express myself? Enough ‘what if’ already, its time to put a gift to use, At the very least I’

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I have spent little time on my knees lately and lots of time everywhere else. Books have been the fascination of me and my girlfriend lately. Culturally significant ones like Catcher in the Rye, and ones that cry out to the deep desires in our hearts like Sacred Romance. In both books we have been finding immense tidbits of wisdom it’s ridiculous. This is no doubt a time in my life for searching.

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As for today one lesson stands out to me that bears significant importance of all things good and evil. The very universe is made up of these and would be nothing without them. Ok, a bit of overdramatization but here goes. In creative writting class we have recently been discussing the importance of simple concrete detail in poetry. It is essential to developing the image that we see when we read

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Long time no blog. I hope lack of frequent blogging doesn't send people away. Though I don't think anyone really flocked here to begin with. If only I had a blog Like Jason's then I would be popular and cool. I have been writting though it has not been online. In fact quit a bit of change has gone on recently in my life, a change of major and finally attending a REAL college have been pretty cool

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Concerns and Revelations About Church There is a grave concern that has been put on my heart very recently. It is a concern that I believe has been there for a long while, but only recently am I realizing it. I worry about my fellow Christian friends. It seems like almost every one I know is losing heart and confused about what in the world God is doing in their lives (myself included). It seems

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Well, here I go again on my own. But I am definetly heading down some new roads. One of the only roads I've ever known (end of cheesy butt rock song quoting section) was one of negativity towards the things I don't do so well. Things that I am tempted to write down write now. To get them off of my chest and use as perhaps an excuse for being less than what God has called me to be. Well I am ready

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Brooke is back. Hooray. I have spent the lasttwo days with her and have loved it. I forgot how much we mean to each other. the weird thing now is what do we do? We are bot hpraying that God show us where we are being called but, we dont have any real solid answers yet. It's been kind of weird with her being back as well. not much time to wite unfortunately too much time hanging out with brooke.

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SO its been a month. Im a slacker what can I say. There are however reasons for slackerness. Three weeks ago m hard drive crashed and it took two weeks to get it back up to speed. Every moment I had access to a computer I spent emailing my girlfriend who is en Espana. Thats all there is to that. Alot has happened since I entered last I coul never begin to write it all so I will just start over

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Summary of my week All in all it has been a good week. Me and Brooke have had alot of good time hanging out. Lots of good conversations about our church, friends and the future of our relationship (mostly dreaming of marriage). We went on a double date Friday night with my roomate Rick and a friend from home Erica. They had a great time and it looks like ther might be a couple more dates in the

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today I had the chance to see friends from home. About all the people I miss from my old church were there (except one very important one). It was a little odd, but still very cool.I also found out that during this last week my Dad found out about the school thing (my mom finally told him). I am looking forward to discussing it with them. Today was all in all an odd day, not much happened until

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truly the wisom of God is what I seek. His power has no comparison. often I rely on my own version of wisdom. and it is always weak compared to what God reveals to me.My goal it to seek out those small pearls of wisdom teaching and leadings that he slips into my daily life. Whenever he prompts me, I want to follow, then and there not weighing the pros and cons not trapped in ( as joel said) "

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Last night Brooke and I started going over this notebook that I have to say I was quite skeptical of at first. But It led us to some very good discussion. For hours we talked about church history and how the church ever ended up in the place it is today. She wanted me to post some of the thoughts we had so that she could "live vicariously through my blog." (forgive me brooke I have added to them

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Sunday, three days ago, I had an awesome opportunity to meet with some people that I really love and that have had a real stretching effect on my view of God and church. We had a long discussion about what it is to do church again. We discussed problems that have arisen in house churches and also went over again (a hopefully never ending process) what a healthy community of believers looks like.

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Where to begin? Lord thank you for guiding me in life up to this point I can see your faithful hand through every point of the journey so far. You have put wonderful people in my life that encourage and spur me on. thank you for Matthew's House and the ever expanding and ever changing definition of church that you are revealing to me. I am faithful that you will keep revealing things and that on

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As I sit and think I realize that God has everything under control. Though I have "known" it for a long time in my head, I just feel it now more than ever. all things seem to be working towards specific points and I can see god working in them I am way too tired tonight to elaborate but I just had to get it out cuz I've been so stoked about it lately.

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This is life now. Anger has been my weakness. It creeps into my attitudes and makes me bitter at everyone and everything. A few minutes ago I threw my iron because my shirt wouldn't iron right. Am I not supposed to be better than such lame childish anger as a christian. I sneeks its way into my heart oh so often. In the car (traffic and dumb drivers) and at things (like irons and loafs of bread

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It seems that I am mostly going to use this for writting my life down and I doubt I'll keep it going enough for anyone to read regularly.

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not sure how to work it but we'll see what this litttle e journal type thing does for me. Got the idea from jason evans but he's more computerly inclined than i.

Matt Gonzaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02634408223106593480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545755.post-771362052002-05-30T01:51:00.000-07:002002-05-30T01:51:48.000-07:00

help i don't understand

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