It is finished.

Choreography, songs, fellowship with the cast, painting, set construction, late-late nights, full weekends, makeup, pants with a huge hole at the knee, suspenders, in-jokes, frozen dead cat, moving panels, projection, tiredness, energy, candy, meals together, cast parties, pictures, moving stage, cave set, school set, crying and singing in the church set, last-minute changes for the fence, Robin Hood, wooden swords, dancing, laughter, brotherly love, teamwork...all these elements from Tom Sawyer will begin to fade from current events to memories. All I could say about the entire experience and having to end it I summarize thus:

1. Hallelujah.
2. Suck eggs!

2005--A lot of news updates from Los Angeles this year. There were a few more introspective posts I could have chosen, but I liked the strange simplicity of this post:

Oct. 25, 2005

I wonder what it would be like to bathe in yogurt?

2006--Reading through some of the posts for this year was hard, because it reminded me of some of the internal struggles I was dealing with during my last semester of college. I almost chose the post I wrote the night before graduation, because it's a great summary of those struggles and reminiscing of my time at college. But I chose this post instead, partly due to its simplicity, partly because it still challenges me and I credit this to the working of the Holy Spirit:

Mar. 10, 2006

Food for thought: A little while ago as I was leaving the DC, I saw a car with a series of "I heart [blank]" bumper stickers. Among these were "I  music," "I  God," and "I  Hobbits." And the thought occurred to me--how often to we throw God in among the list of things that we enjoy? "I love movies, comics, Mozart, LOTR, chocolate, God, my family, Lost, photography, C.S. Lewis, pet rock collecting...etc." God becomes something we throw into our profile--whether it be Xanga, AIM, Facebook, whatever--to make sure our Christian friends know we have our priorities straight. But do we have right priorities? Shouldn't God be the most important thing in our lives? Shouldn't our love for him be too great to express in a simplified online paragraph? Shouldn't our whole existence be focused on him and not the peripheral things that charm us most?

These are questions I need to ponder. I hope you will, too.

2007--A year of transitions, first to working life away from college, then to a new job of greater responsibility. My constant was my continued love of storytelling. I chose this post because from a writing standpoint, I find it very satisfying:

June 7, 2007

Smart Alec Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2008--Yep, this is where I've really adopted the new standard of infrequent updates and long, wordy posts. The best of these is probably this post, in which I struggle with cultural issues and my own heart:

July 3, 2008

The Shock of a Label: Thoughts from Origins Game Fair, Part 2

Having looked over many of my posts over the years, this blog seems less irrelevant to me than I had thought. Sure, most people I know do their Internet socializing elsewhere these days, but the blog is still a helpful tool to organize my thoughts for others' benefit and for my own posterity. We'll just have to wait and see what shows up here in the time to come.