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February 23, 2006
the daily trek
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February 16, 2006
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I miss those I love-
My objective for this day is to help my pastor by researching session meetings in the church's past. I am to find mission statements that he can use as examples in his meetings next week. I am reading through meetings from the late 19th century... yeah, pretty sweet. I carefully scanned a couple pages for yous
Today I will soon eat another microwaved meal, although this time I bought a couple avocados and some wierd salad to accompany it.
Lately I drink more tea than coffee. The person I spend the most time with is Jong Bae Kong, 37, my new korean roommate. He is freshly eastern, and has been struggling with this western individually driven culture. Yesterday we saw memoirs of a geisha together, in which he fell asleep twice. I like him. He is considering leaving this place because of its challenges, but I am trying to convince him to stay. I told him that I had lived with a South Korean in a similar space in high school and he responded that it was destiny for us to be roommates. I did not disagree. He wants us to do everything together and share what we own. It makes so much sense but I find myself hesitating.
This lifestyle seems to be more of what we were made to do. Its enticing, but not really glamorous. It seems to stand in direct contradiction to this propel-yourself-forward ideal I sensed in the states and here in Dublin, characterized by one company's marketing line on billboards all over this city, "Always settle for more."
Kong in Ireland
The dart is better than the tube because the irish are friendlier and more talkative, I'd say. Its not as efficient though, and doesn't spread its veins as completely as the London Underground does.
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February 6, 2006
pics
a bag of sandwiches waiting for its master
the dart
mortons influence
more pics at Flickr.com - my flickr name is 'lukedavidh'
... I think you have to sign up for it, its free and cool.
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February 3, 2006
through a lens or not
This chapter of my life finds me wandering a strange city looking for a printshop which holds invitations I am to pickup and package for Dun Laoghaire Presbyterian church. I like this job. They keep me busy with all kinds of busyness 3 days out of the week. Much of it is remedial work, copying and folding, packaging and stamping, but it is helpful. Dave and I are also attempting to start some arts-oriented clubs: a book club, a film club, a song-writers club, and a painting club. I look forward to those somewhat moreso than the remedial work.
I also find myself seeking to re-understand my own identity in this new context, kind of like right after my last semester at covenant when I realized I needed to humbly make burritos. I've felt a kind of self-imposed pressure to become Irish, to prove my adaptability. This pressure, I think, stemmed from much of the training we've had which advises us to try to understand Irish culture and history, and learn to use Irish vocab. It doesn't tell us to become Irish, but somehow that thought subtly arose in my mind. It made me nervous and apprehensive around the Irish here. I finally realized my own behavior was causing me to forget my identity as a servant of Christ, an artist, a herron.
Now I remember. Thats why I'm here. Thats why I always have a camera on me.
Mine eyes are the only ones I can use to see this place, through a lens or not. And I like them, they were given to me.
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