Spectacular

Light shows.
What else can I say?

Thursday night: Northern Lights like nobody's business. They were moving like crazy and were some of the brightest I've ever seen this far south and besides being green were pink on the bottom. Pink. I tried to take pictures but it didn't work too well.
Saturday night: Lightning. The sky was lit constantly, in these big beautiful flashes that just lit up the heavens but never came down to earth. It was behind clouds and in front of them, making it beautiful.
This is the one thing I shall never get used to as long as I live, the sky lights of Saskatchewan. And wherever I go and whatever I do, they will be what I miss the most.

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away."

Fire is wet, water burns

"It's so funny how we see things so clear when we have no time left to live" "We're nothing but hollow vessels in search of what makes us alive" "Don't stop breathing- the walls have just begun to spin" "What're you so afraid of?" "Wake up and step outside your box" "There's no turning back tonight" "What liars we can be"
"You my dear are the one I fear tonight"

I dreamed you lived close by, close enough that we could walk side by side and I didn't have to drive to see you.
I dreamed our time that we hung out.
I dreamed you told me you loved me.
I dreamed a river and a bridge in the black of night.
I dreamed we were together.
But what right have I, to dream of such things?

Who says you can't go home?

"I know why you never take your eyes off of me
I've used my lungs for everything but breathing"
"To fit inside your box
Would be to sell myself short"
"Close the door, lock it tight
Then I'll know you're safe tonight"
"Now I'm drunk as hell on a piano bench
And when I press the keys it all gets reversed
The sounds of loneliness make me happier"

When there's nothing to forgive,
Too much to forget
It's all I can do to live
In this lack of regret
My emotions are in turmoil
Senses in a swirl, and everything is bent
And everything's coming to a boil
A body lying on the pavement
Until I realize it's me
Can't handle this anymore
Open my eyes, let me see
Into the truth, through the lore
Let's take this crazy chance
Smile with our eyes
Dance this wild dance
Look through the lies
Until there's nothing to forgive
Too much to forget
And I love being alive
In this lack of regret

Blind

The concert tonight was fun. In short:
Halifax: unremarkable. Didn't care for them.
Anberlin: very good. I jumped around in the mosh pit and almost got knocked over many times. It was a very hard mosh pit, but it was great fun. They played all my favorite songs by them so I was not disappointed; I got to hear what I came for. Bought a t-shirt.
Hawthorne Heights: also very good. I like them more now that I have heard more than 2 of their songs. Might go buy a CD.
Story of the Year: their music I liked. Not so their lead singer. He felt the need to insert the f word in every sentence where he had no reason to. He bothered me more than a little. I left early.
Afterwards: went and sat at Tim Hortons by myself and drank an iced cappuchino. Thought for a while. Went home, took the wrong exit, and ended up going back into the city until I could turn around, which was quite a ways.
All in all, I'm glad I went. 'Twas fun, although my ear is ringing now and won't stop. I don't want to be deaf.

Really and truly, let's hang out tomorrow. I don't care who you are, I'm supposed to sit at home all day and watch the orchard. So come on over, it will be a party. Please, rescue me.

I keep dreaming these strange dreams, stranger as my dreams go. And in every one I'm trying so hard to save someone, but I always wake up before I can. We're running away, and hiding, and I have to help them. It's always a different scenario. For some queer reason, I'm also pregnant in more and more of my dreams nowadays. It makes you wonder...

Promise me...

The sun sets the same
Some things never change
Whether we're together or apart
The sun sets the same.

The sun rises the same
Something that never fades
From wherever we are
The sun'll rise the same.

The Northern Lights will dance
Some things never pass
Look at the sky and hold hands
The Northern Lights will dance.

The stars will still shine
No matter what you try
Cold in their far-off dance
The stars will always shine.

The sky will never forget
It's you and me in this endless pattern
Giving ourselves just another chance
No one could ever regret.

We're not in Kansas anymore

WOW. God is so good. God is amazing. These past days have been amazing. AMAZING. Probably some of the best days of my life, excepting the Avis Incidents. Here is a rundown of what we did, and my highlights, because I can.
I like airplanes. I like flying. I do not like people who do not rent us vans that they said they would, and then charge us extra. I do not like being hungry at 10:00 at night and stuck in a car rental agency... twice! But it was fun.
I thoroughly enjoy the way they do church down at Bethel Temple. I love the church. And the people. And that they are so full of love for everyone else.
Wading in the fountain, playing football on the infamous Rocky steps. Need I say more?
Water ice is to slurpees as Grandma's homemade apple pie is to day-old storebought apple pie.
Mouldy basements and mango popsicles.
Skip-bo with Anna and Allyce.
THE 4TH OF JULY. Fireworks. Haha, I saw Lionel Ritchie.
Canvassing on the 4th of July. Block parties.
Cheesesteaks. (hot sauce)
My kids at day camp. I LOVE those kids. Even Cito, in a way. I'm not even going to describe day camp, other than it was good. And Luis and Pearl came to church that Sunday. I cried when I saw them.
Ross.
The open-air. That was the most blunt, most amazing thing I have ever seen. Handing out tracts to people in cars, just being convicted, seeing the love that community has for each other. Wow.
Talking to Rob and Mike until however late that night.
The Phillies game, even though they lost. FIREWORKS. I have never seen anything like that, anything even remotely close. It was beautiful.
The complete lack of mosquitos.
The remotely creepy puppet show.
Shopping in Franklin Mills. Being chaperoned in Franklin Mills.
Ocean City. The Atlantic Ocean. And the boardwalk.
Times Square. Shopping.

And some quotes and other goodies:

"In case you haven't noticed, you guys are white."
"Hungerectomy" "Haha... rectum."
"It's the blow-up balloon thingies... that wiggle."
My pet polar bears. Lying in general.
Teri: "So Jess, what rumors have you been hearing about me?" Jess: "Oh, I haven't heard any. I've been mostly starting them."
Braden: "Hey look Teri, a street painter."
"You're not stealing that shirt for me... I like the gray one."
"But Mom, Hector's corny!"
Cas: "Rain..ger... lake" David: "Ran... grr... la... key" Cas: "No, David. That's wrong. You're an idiot."
And last but definately not least, the interns.
Geo, Jay, Rob, Victor, Hector, Misael, Tony, Bryant, and Mike. Coolest people you will ever meet.
Ever.