10 fast facts

I know most of you won't care, but Anberlin played a live acoustic show at Graywhale CD last week. I took a bunch of photos and video with my phone. It was pretty much sweet.

1. “Gone” By Switchfoot- This song always reminds me of Seth Minnis, Caleb Metzger, Paul Stoeckl , and Charity (Metzger) Johnson. Why? One of you tell me!

2. I’m working on my VERY LAST assignment for this semester tonight. A research project on Uganda. I’m pretty confident I’ll have a straight-A semester. I’m not an over-achiever at all……..

3. I already ordered textbooks for my next two classes- is Understanding Art and Adobe Photoshop really “school”? Bring it on!

4. I am so pleased to have been able to share my overabundance of (nalgene) water bottles with others- now bff Lea Gelman has two for her household! (Speaking of…. I accidentally left my favourite red nalgene at the Roasting Company last Tuesday. I realized halfway out to Stockton, but thanks be to Jes, I had the SLRC Office phone number in my phone. She had my phone while I was in Brazil, and it stayed-even through three more phones! So I called them, they put it behind the counter for me, and I picked it up on Friday. Yay Jes!)

5. I’m procrastinating on this project……

6. I only work Monday and Tuesday, and then am off till January 5th. Hooah!

7.Thanks to God, I am also housitting during that time, so a little income will still be generated.

8. I paid $14.00 for gas last night. That’s a far cry from the $45 I maxed at during the summer. What an odd recession.

9. I interviewed an English man on skype today for a school assignment. It was great fun, and we’ve never even met. Technology is fabulous.

10. Currently I really, really, really miss: Brook Halford, Elizabeth Moore, Rebecca Moore, Shana Simon, Lydia Hong, Julia Blessing, CHARITY, Sarah and Luke Goodrich, Jesse Ambrose, the Smoak family, and definitely not least, Jes La Bleu.

Now I must really attend to that project………Tchaou! Beijos!

*ahem*

yes! postage time! (as in posting on the blog, not the expensive stickers we put on envelopes to eventually just throw away.)

This post is my shout out to Cas*. Smiles. A great friend, who's been there for me, even though we both have long moments of busyness. we keep coming back to each other, and I'm so happy we're still friends.

today I went to E-Vin. I felt like I was going home. At home. So strange, but of course so normal. Bob and Karen naturally are very special and important to me, and the vast amounts of old friends (some who knew me as a child!) who are part of that Church just felt so comfortable. I got to see Lisa and Casey again for the first time in years, and Cas- I love Casey's humor. Haha. I've missed them. Missed them all. It was good to be a part of it. I've realized that my intellect is EVFree, but my heart is Vineyard. And what, might I ask, is most important to God? Well, as I've been learning in my Old Testament History class, it's definitely the HEART. So.......what now? My heart's been healed. Relationships are fast being reconciled and revived. I'm over the past, moved on, and bursting full of life again. My desire and passion is for God. Now where to apply that? My first thought is, "where I'm most needed, and can be used most, duh!" But I'm going to have to give this to Him- because maybe it's just the comfort aspect, the "what I'm used to" and the old friends that is so tantalizing. But man, oh man. The vision, the dance, the WICKED AWESOME WORSHIP! And the need. So inviting. And I feel myself. And accepted. And that it would be ok for me to say "I don't agree with this aspect because of this". or for me to do a very typical Metzger thing, and for everyone to be chill with it. Because they KNOW me.

Yes, part of that IS a comfort zone issue. But also, if relationships are already THERE, and established, maybe it makes more sense to remain (or return, in my case.) to what He's given me. (Now that I'm in a solid place.) So many questions. So much change. So many uncertainties. But.......God. He is. And He is GOOD.

Today was Arts day at E-Vin. There was drama, poems, dance, paintings, watercolours, photography, and song. Cas* asked me to contribute, so I choreographed a dance to one of Josh Craner's songs, off his new album. Called Always. I also wrote a poem and read it. Oh, and the theme was "Freedom". So of course, Gabe/Bob/Seth played Freedom Song. And Cas* and I danced. In the back. By Casey, who of course gave us a hard time. Heheh. Good times.

So here's the poem. The dance....I was gonna have Abi film it on my camera, but alas. I forgot it. They filmed it there, so maybe I can get ahold of it eventually to share. If not, next time you see me, I can perform for you. Grin.



..:: Freedom ::..

Freedom is to be alive
Fully
To dance
Wholly
Loving in depths unknown
Singing in unabashed completion
Enveloped in passion and purpose.
Praise despite uncertainties and trials.
Freedom is to BE.

But before, there was bondage.
Before the light, there was darkness.
Chains holding, restraining, defying.
Though you battled, you still lost.
Despair, confusion, hopelessness.
Despondent. You were.
Lost, alone, hurting,
And weak.

Yet the truth WAS.
It was there, it broke through.
Death gave way to LIFE.
New life; new hope.
The truth came, and set you free.

Now there is joy
There is real peace
Eyes seeing clearer than ever before
Seeing, in piercing gaze that goes
Through the trivial, and
Understands
The realities.

Now, there is energy
To move, to breath in deeply, and deeper still.
You FEEL
In your heart
In your mind
In your soul
Your senses awake
Your senses are WHOLE.
Your heart bursts, vividly, colourfully
Aflame with love
It beats, it moves
It’s in the rhythm
It was meant to keep.

You are free
The truth is HE.
Freedom is to BE.
Freedom is.
Freedom is HE.
Be. Indeed,
Be free, in He.

sm² 12-13-08

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*ahem*

..:: hardships ::..

my heart has known
pain
and sorrow.
my heart has felt
suffering
the sadness.
almost breaking
nearly failing
crying out
for relief.
my heart has known
such terrible darkness
overwhelming
and deep
blackness, despair.
Yet
You have known all this, too
You have traveled
this same road
You know
You have seen
You are there.
sm 11/30/08


(inspired during Pastor Steve Clark's sermon on Acts 28:1-16)

smatterings

charity and I in our favourite pose ever, "look at the stars!!!"
a few months ago, actually a day or two before halloween, Abi and I went to hollywood connection again to try out the photo booth. and see if mr. creepy stilt legs clown was there. with Micah's help, we got the photo booth to (finally!) work, and this is the result. the clown was not there, so no scares.