Mismatched Bookends

To start on a side note...Bravo is replaying the Globes on Saturday night, so I can see that which I missed...Clive's win.

I didn't do as much today as I would have liked. I made a list of everything I was going to do. One of them involved going to the post, but, oh wait, it's Martin Luther King Day and it's not open. Ergo, I reasoned, I should wait to do all of my errands until tomorrow, when I can go to the post-office. Sounds like rationalizing because it's so dang cold outside (-9 with wind chill).

I did venture out of the house for my small group, which I am a big fan of. We talked about community (ch 14 in Blue Like Jazz), and I missed Taylor and the floor my Junior year (the best group of girls ever). But, I was/am excited because I see the potential for some authentic community with this group of people. They're mostly older (aka out of college) and seem very accepting (not concerned as much with "cool"). Often times, I get sick of the process it takes to move from acquaintances to real community. I hate shallow conversations--not that I don't have them, but I'd rather talk about things that are real and important. It's hard to know how to have those conversations with strangers though. The only way one can really get better though is to practice, so that's what I'll try to do.

To end on a side note...I'm listening to my newly acquired Garden State soundtrack and have just realized there is a song "Such Great Heights" by Iron & Wine that is the same (lyrically) as the one by Postal Service. Who's covering who?