neurological dryer lint

i went out on the seas for adventure.

finishing up the last bit of work before i head home and leave for rockbridge. i've got one system to build, and then i'm out. renee and i are driving down together, leaving at 1:30 or so, arriving probably at like 9pm.

it's a shame i never got my GPRS internet working on my laptop. i guess i haven't put too much effort into it, and i could get it going if i wanted... it'd be nice to blog while i'm down there... maybe i could get audioblog working before i go. yeah. maybe i'll do that. assuming i have phone service while i'm there.

anyway. i'm looking forward to doing a lot of sitting around and reading while i'm down there. i have at least four books i want to finish or dig into: i'm finishing up Miller's Prayer And The Art Of Volkswagen Maintenance, which isn't as good as BLJ, which was about 50% spiritual stuff and 50% stories, where this in comparison is about 85% stories and 15% spiritual stuff.. although still a fun read, i love stories like he tells em; i'm gonna get more into McManus' Uprising: Revolution Of The Soul, which so far is a dumbed-down version of Waking The Dead; i'm gonna start Lewis' The Weight Of Glory, which i've always wanted to check out; and i'm gonna try to finish Manning's Relentless Tenderness Of Jesus, although it's been a (surprising) struggle to get through, and i usually love Manning's stuff.

i never really know how much these books i read impact me. more memorable are the analogies than the facts, i think... or the humor... not so much the instructions or suggestions i'm given, more the thoughts and contemplations. i feel less like someone's telling me what to do. i don't ever react well to that, i don't think.

anyway. more books to read, useless as they may be, it's probably better than watching TV or playing video games. although i could watch ROTK on the car ride down... renee probably wouldn't enjoy that as much as i would though :)