Kessia http://darrenandjanell.com/kessia My life Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:36:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Trip to Sea World: The Untamable Manatee, the Mooning Walrus, and Other Tails (Though, Thankfully, No More Atrocious Puns) “And I have loved thee, Ocean!”                           -George Gordon, Lord Byron   Amid all the waiting I get to do, I also get some pretty fun field trips.  See, Darren encouraged me to get out and do something fun too before my mission – do something to remember.  He suggested a theme park.  ... http://darrenandjanell.com/kessia/?p=92 My New Waiting Bubble  "Time is a wind that keeps blowing in my face and mumbling words that don't make sense."                                                                                -Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days It's been a while since I've last written.  Since then, I've taken my finals, deferred from school, sold my contract, and gone home - and, of course, recieved ... http://darrenandjanell.com/kessia/?p=87 Patience: The Elusive Virtue "I hate waiting." - Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride You know, I always considered myself fairly patient. After all, long car drives don't phase me much even though I can't sleep or read in the car. I don't get antsy about Christmas beyond what I consider normal. And I'm ... http://darrenandjanell.com/kessia/?p=83 Yes on Prop Eight - A Few Thoughts "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and he shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). A professor from Harvard (I think) gave a very good lecture on the issue of marriage at one of the University forums. What it comes ... http://darrenandjanell.com/kessia/?p=79 Uh-Oh, publishing without thought "There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless" -Mark Twain About the thing below - at first I thought there'd be no harm in teasing our dear friend the guide who helped us all back down the mountain.  After all, you ... http://darrenandjanell.com/kessia/?p=77 Death with a View: Dying by Cold, Exhaustion, Avalanche, and Goat - Almost (as in almost dying, not almost goat) "Come my friends, / Tis not too late to seek a newer world. / Push off, and sitting well in order smite / The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds / To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths / Of all the western stars, until I die." -Alfred, Lord Tennyson  ... http://darrenandjanell.com/kessia/?p=3