Liberation

Wednesday 08.27.2008 01:09PM

by The Echoing Green:

If I could hand you a teardrop or two
Would you taste the pain that binds me?
Every single trap that I fall into
Takes a little peace from inside me

This is a question of heart
This is the answer torn apart
This is a fierce endeavor
To face my fears forever... and let it go

I take this pain and let it go...

Freedom comes with eyes wide open
Hope unchained in pure devotion

To freedom...

In my mind there's a picture of me
A memory of the man I used to be
I used to have a faith like thunder
But now I feel it falling under

The weight of a good day, gone black
The weight of a heart under attack
This is where I stop pretending
That I'm not in need of mending... and let it go

I take this hate and let it go...

Freedom comes with eyes wide open
Hope unchained in pure devotion

To freedom...

I once heard someone say the joke's on me
Pride has turned my faith to fallacy
This is where I cast the old man down
This is where I turn my faith around

Written by: Joey B., Chrissy F., David A., Jesse D.

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Little connections

Friday 08.15.2008 02:25AM

Back on August 3rd I took an afternoon trip with Greg, Ian, and Alex down to Bloomington to visit our friend Isha. She showed us around her hometown and we stopped to visit her famous grandma, Pat Lucas. She has always gushed about how awesome her grandma is, and I think we all realized pretty quickly that it was true. Pat was very sweet and funny, and it was obvious she has a big heart. She worked with the homeless for about 30 to 40 years and did everything she could to help people.

It was fascinating to see how alike she and Isha are. In fact, it came up when Ian laughed at something – Ian has a rather boisterous laugh – that she really liked his laugh, and it made her laugh. She said that I have very caring eyes. These are both things that Isha has said about us. It is one thing to hear something like that from a friend, but from someone you have just met, well I guess that is a pretty good confirmation. I do not think there was any coaching, telling her things to say about us. :)

In 2000, Pat was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a mastectomy. The family thought the cancer was gone, but recently it came out that it had not gone away. Pat had kept it a secret because she did not want people worrying. I do not really know many details, but from some things she said while we were there, it seemed she was trying to get things “in order” for when she passed. Despite that, she seemed in good spirits and decent health; I would not have guessed she was sick if I did not know otherwise. On August 8th she was at her grandson's (Isha's brother) wedding. Yesterday, August 14th, she passed away.

The timing seems so interesting to me. I am really glad I was able to meet her, if only briefly, and I am glad she was able to be at the wedding. Enjoy your loved ones and the little connections you make with others' loved ones.

Isha and her grandma Pat Lucas at the wedding August 8, 2008

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Doppelganger?

Wednesday 08.13.2008 11:30PM

My dad saw this picture in the paper last week and said to me with a really straight face, “I saw you on the cover of the paper.” I was baffled. Tonight he showed me:

There is officially too much good-lookingness in the world!

So he doesn't look exactly like me, different eyes. But he is apparently quite tall and skinny.

His name is apparently Matt Eickhoff and that is his artwork located at 10th and Rural streets here in Indianapolis. These photos are from an article on Indy.com.

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Photo Scavenger Hunt

Thursday 08.07.2008 01:28AM

For a couple weeks our friends have been on a “team-building” kick, dividing into random teams and competing in finding geocaches. It has been quite fun. This past week I figured I would try to switch things up and set up a photo scavenger hunt. This is one of those ideas that has been in the back of my head for ages but never gets past the occasional mention, “yeah, we should do that!”

So I set out a-googling for good photo scavenger hunt ideas. There are some heavy-duty scavenger hunts out there – such as the annual University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt that takes place over 4 days and has a list of about 300 items.

Assembling the list was quite fun. I geared it towards downtown Indianapolis so most of it could be achieved within a couple miles. I also kept the list secret until we started. I believe everyone enjoyed themselves and it was quite a success, so feel free to take ideas and try it yourself.

Here's some of the list along with some photos from the night. The full list is available in Adobe PDF format.

Come up with a team name, take a picture that visualizes or expresses it. – 4 points

Team Blue Steel, a la Zoolander.

A sign with a team member's name on it (or as part of it) – 4 points

Knock off the Y, there you have it. And yes, I have spiritual AND physical beauty ...ladies.

Re-enacting a scene from a Disney movie – 6 points

Cinderella.

The Lion King.

Entire team, each with a french fry in their nose – 5 points (5 bonus points if the fast food employee poses in the picture as well. 10 bonus points if the employee poses and puts a fry in their nose.)

Boo to those on my team who refused to do this one!

In front of a waterfall – 3 points

A sign that should have “...ladies” added to it – 3 points

That's right. I have the world's best ingredients ...ladies.

A statue's butt – 4 points

I was disappointed that none of the teams found a David Hasselhoff CD!

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