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Always Learning,
-joel

Guy Version

I took Abigail out to dinner last night at Bennigans on Michicgan Ave. in Chicago, IL. After dinner we saw some of the lights in the city and went to Navy Pier. After that we attended a play at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. I proposed to Abigail at the theater in the gallery seating area. She loved it! You can see her account of the night as well if you’d like.

the ring. click on the image if you’d like to see a bigger picture.

There is no date set yet for a wedding. Both Abigail and i are job searching and researching southern California. I’d love to go to film school out there and she’d love to be in the warmer climate. *smile*

Always Learning,
-joel

Christmas Card from Australia…

Thanx for the card Mikalie!

Always Learning,
-joel

“But don’t expect too much…”

In my second to last post I mentioned that one of the books I got for Christmas this year was “All the Hits so Far…” by Bradley Hathaway. It’s a short book with 14 poems and explanations / commentary from the author on each of them. The book comes in at 118 pages and includes a CD with Bradley performing the poetry in the book with some well-placed background music on various tracks.

I read the book today on my way home from Ohio. As I sat in the back seat, honestly enjoying the fact that I’m not allowed to drive my sister’s new car, I covered the book and enjoyed the CD playing out of my iPod mini.

My first encounter with poetry was at a couple of poetry stops a few members of Five Iron Frenzy were on in Indiana & Illinois. I enjoyed the poetry so much that the next week I had a small group of friends take a 24-hour road trip with me from Crown Point, IN to Memphis, TN and back for the final night of that tour. It wasn’t until over a year later that I heard of Bradley Hathaway from a friend of mine who does photography for various Christian music artists in Chicago. I went to the campus of ONU and heard him speak his poetry in a small packed-out independent coffee shop on that college campus. That night I was hooked and have been since on Bradley’s work.

Always Learning,
-joel

Christmas photos…

My grandparent’s new puppy, ‘Mr.’

Researching my new holiday musical find from Best Buy.

Blurry shot of my sister and I watching a movie Christmas eve at my grandparents house.