adventing

currently listening to: heartbeats, the knife

currently craving: a haircut

currently, currently: still up from last night

i am still awake, from the many cups of coffee and diet cokes i downed with my friend. i love kyle. trekking the streets of minneapolis, exploring the nooks and underrated cafes, and the occasional illegal escapade. tried some new food tonight, took a few pictures, watched some s&c, talked until 5:30am...best friend.

seriously, watch this video he made for us!!

best friend.

i know a lot of people say they are addicted to coffee, you always hear it and blahh, its not a big deal, but now i actually believe them. i get intense headaches everyday around 4 if i don't have at least one large cup. i get jittery and grumpy without it, and the weird part is - i LOVE that! my pee smells like coffee all the time, maybe tmi, but those of you that can relate, are smiling right now.

have you heard of artist anna verlet? she takes absolutely stunning landscape photographs, with a very soft, hazy, nostalgic feel. they really hit a sweet spot for me, and i get lost in whimsical fancies as my mind wanders to what i imagine myself doing in these magical settings. check some out here.

also, another thing i have been reflecting on is the word "advent." we are in a season of advent, preparing our hearts for christmas, or to put it another, better way, preparing our hearts for the coming of Jesus. i have never really considered this to be a season of preparing for anything other than preparing your house for company, helping my mother clean the kitchen after she bakes cookies, running here and there buying gifts for my many girl cousins, and at the last minute, reading the story from luke describing the journey from nazareth to judea, in bethlehem, where a young virgin gave birth to the Christ child. where should our hearts be in the days anticipating christmas day? giving? sure. remembering Jesus's birth? obviously. but i think what we should really be doing is cleaning up that place in our heart where Jesus resides, removing everything we have put in His place, re-throning the king of our hearts, honoring the sacrifice He made by putting on flesh to dwell with us.