hung up


well my self esteem has recovered with all those loving posts after my whining and begging for encouragement. much love everyone.

crazy day today - running around like a madman. got the sermon done. started on a proposal for council that has to be reviewed by 3 different people before i can even present it.

in the middle of all that headed out for lunch over on commerical drive w. a new guy who is coming to first@night. he is a sr. analyst at a bank and very very into theology and biblical studies. it was good to connect w. him.

was walking down seymour st. when i saw something quite odd. there was a hummer parked - suddenly a little mini cooper comes out of nowhere, parks behind it - a girl jumps out runs up to the hummer and puts a bumper sticker on it that says "i'm changing the climate". i'd like to change her climate - that's not very nice, even if it is true.

i'm waiting for the hummer hybrid. i can't believe that we have been carless for 6 mths. now! good for us! we are now renting out our parking spot to some israeli people - they're not very friendly but i don't care.

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Anonymous said…
I have a comfession to make... in my teens, I , along with a certain person (I will call DrWL) drove around putting "I drove the Coquahalla" bumper stickers on cars. We would never put one on a Hummer, we were very selective, and only put them on Cameros and TAs
8:29 PM
Santosh said…
lol - i also recall a night of going to a cheap movie at cinema twins and then dr. cory baillie peeing on himself in a back alley becaue dr. wl banged on some fence pretneding to be a dog.
10:45 AM
Anonymous said…
I hope the statute of limitations has expired on these youthful indiscretions.

-DrWL
1:13 PM
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