everything in its right place

wow. i feel as though there is so much to update on, but i'm also not really sure how to put it all into words. let's try a sort of list format:

a) city stages: lots of really good music. they really brought it with the lineup this year, and most of the bands i saw didn't disappoint. just a few of the great ones were act of congress, citizen cope, eliot morris, will hoge, dave barnes, grace potter and the nocturnals, jon mclaughlin, jon black, micah dalton, michael franti and spearhead, buddy guy, ben harper, etc. got to hang out with a bunch of old friends, some who i expected to see, others that i didn't. both were welcome company. aaaaand i almost got arrested. i think i'll save that story for another time.

2) it was also a tough weekend. if you and i are close, i've probably asked you for prayer in the last 4 or 5 days. i've made some mistakes this weekend that i sorely regret. i guess i can go ahead and be frank about this. i ended a relationship with a pretty great girl at the end of april. for a while, it was really easy for me. almost thoughtlessly easy. being the crazy over-analyzer that i am, that ease was really weird for me, and that should have been a sign that it wasn't always going to be that way. anyway, it's gotten hard the last week or so. did i make the right choice? did i let the best thing i ever had slip away with absolutely no remorse? or was all of the doubt i had felt in the months leading up to our split there for a reason? at times like this when it gets hard, it's easy to ignore and look past the reasons why we broke up in the first place. but all of that is still there. i think i'm coming to the conclusion that i miss the comfort of it more than anything. being in birmingham for 4 days was tough, because that was our domain. we tore that town up for 3 1/2 years. and SO many things there remind me of her and us that it's really emotionally draining to be around it all. but regardless of all of that, i still think today that i made the right choice.

and i definitely didn't come to that realization on my own. the Body. the Body of Christ. how THANKFUL i am for you! i have had so many loyal friends fighting for me these last couple of days. without that i would be utterly lost. the Lord has been so gracious to me.

III) tiger woods is the best athlete on the planet. argue with me all you want, but what he did this weekend was special. especially after finding out that his knee was a lot more screwed up than we even thought.

d) glad the nba finals are over. get outta here, celtics (love you, oldham).

cinco) had a really interesting conversation last night with a new friend about politics and religion. where they fit together and where they most certainly do not. maybe some fodder for another post down the road.

EDIT. there must be a 6 and a G.

6) new coldplay album. it's good. really good. listen here. when i can afford it i'm going to purchase it.

g) i'm going to have another nephew. really pumped about that. hope and shepherd aaaaand... virgil. not really, but i want that to be his name.


if anyone has made it this far, thanks for reading. you are loved and appreciated. i miss kenya. and want to go back tomorrow.