Party in the U-S-A

In light of the season, thought I'd re-introduce these videos -- fresh from the archives.

How can you NOT have these guys winning it all?!

I am a Bracket

This is one of the most hilariously dramatic videos I have ever seen.  But I can't help but get excited for one of the best times of the year!

I've got 3 brackets this year...and every one of them -- OSU: Champions!

Who's your predicted champ this year?

Spring Break

Spring Break 2011.  Snowshoe, West Virginia. 

A total blast.

Was this my view every morning out the back door?  You better believe it was. 

My dear friend Les & I on the lift.

Snowshoe 2011 group.  (Missing some key people here).

This was usually me, however, Ashton ended up getting documented. 

Sunset on the way home.  Beautiful.

I had a blast being active, hittin' the slopes, laughin' a lot, dancing down the slopes to Kanye, soaking in the beautiful scenery, sharing delicious meals together, chatting lightly and deeply, cozying up next to the fireplace, etc.  What a fun trip!  What a fun group of people!  I am thankful for the rich sweetness found in these few days.

me, me, me!

Driving home from Bowling Green the other day, my chosen iPod playlist was "Mellow Melancholy Madness."  That should tell you something.  After approximately 2 hours in the car, I was just beginning to pull into my hometown.  And I realized something, "98% of my thoughts over the last 2 hours have been about ME."

In some way or another, practically every thought I had was about me.
2 full hours.  Me.

I am selfish.

Somewhere along the way I've begun to think life was about me.

It's so not.

totes random

Latest movie I've really enjoyed: 127 Hours
Craving it's impossible to fight: Graeter's Coconut Chocolate Chip ice cream
Current book I'm reading: Run with the Horses, Eugene Peterson
Latest obsession on Netflix: Friday Night Lights
TV show I never miss: Modern Family 
Best album I've been enjoying lately: the entire Yearbook project; Sleeping at Last
Blog currently cracking me up: Things 90s Kids Realize (A Warm & Fuzzy Cup of Nostalgia For My Fellow 90s Kids)

Sleeping at Last (feat. Jon Foreman) - Birthright

It just doesn't fit!

Trying to be somebody you were never created to be.  It's like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.  And I think many of us (and I, myself), know this feeling all too familiarly.

The more we jam our "square-peg" selves into our "round-hole" created-to-be selves, the more we chip away at our genuine selves in order to make it fit.  We begin to lose our selves in the process.  We begin to risk losing our uniqueness, our creativity, our genuineness, our gifts, our offerings-to-the-world, our...

The world is the created stage for unique square pegs to be just that - square pegs.  The world needs no more square pegs trying to fit into round holes.

Hope deferred

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.