{"id":547,"date":"2002-11-03T23:29:21","date_gmt":"2002-11-04T04:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darkestlight.org\/xanga\/?p=547"},"modified":"2002-11-03T23:29:21","modified_gmt":"2002-11-04T04:29:21","slug":"547","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkestlight.org\/xanga\/?p=547","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was the last day of the play.  It was fun.  Matinees suck so bad though&#8230; lol \ud83d\ude09  The fact that it&#8217;s bright outside ruins everything.<BR><BR>Anyway though&#8230; I was over there from 1:30 to 6:40 (in the chapel).   It was quite the long day.  Tearing everything down and putting all the chairs back was a major pain&#8230; but.. what can you do?  \ud83d\ude09<BR><BR>The cast party at Pizza Hut was a lot of fun though.  Talked with a group of people sitting near me for a long time.  We stayed there till they closed&#8230; while everyone else had already left \ud83d\ude09  heh&#8230;  Oh, and we kind of watched the Simpsons while we were there&#8230; but.. it was hard to follow what with all the distractions&#8230; but it also seemed kind of disappointing, for a halloween special.  Oh well.<BR><BR>But.. I hope to see the people from the play who aren&#8217;t in any of my classes around campus some&#8230; for they were all really cool.  And some of the conversation tonight was really encouraging&#8230;.  people I actually identify with ;).  Those seem to be few and far between down here.<BR><BR>Things can be a huge struggle sometimes.  I hate not being able to convince people of what I know to be true&#8230;.  I hate to be condemned based on what other people have done.  I hate it that people go to school to become pastors or youth pastors and fail to be moral at all and have pathetic relationships with God.  Honestly, people like that are what is wrong with Christianity.  I don&#8217;t know.  This is a combination of a bunch of thoughts that I&#8217;ve had throughout this week.  Honestly though&#8230; knowing that some people are ministry majors &#8230;.  it can be a disturbing thought.<BR><BR>&#8220;i only wanted such a little thing<BR>only simplicity<BR>and now that i am who i was taught to be<BR>you have abandoned me<BR>i held so tightly to every word you said<BR>that\u2019s the price of the respect you\u2019ve always demanded<BR>and all those things i\u2019ve gathered through the years<BR>have no value here<BR><BR>(chorus)<BR>i need to find a place where i can breathe<BR>somewhere high above this empty landscape<BR>where the air is clear<BR>and i need to find it while i still can<BR><BR>in a world like this<BR>how can you wonder at my sadness?<BR>now i hope for something beautiful<BR>but i feel trapped under your waves of wreckage<BR>and if i cannot claw my own way through<BR>i fear one day i will be just like you<BR><BR>in this land of vacant stars<BR>in the backseats of desperate cars<BR>in single-mother topless bars<BR>we ache for something more<BR>your sons and your daughters<BR>are unwilling martyrs<BR>to the devils, priests, and other thieves<BR>and their wars and rumors of war<BR>i need a handgun and a hand grenade<BR>to protect me from those who keep me safe<BR>still i remember you straight face:<BR>\u201cSome day this will all be yours.\u201d&#8221;<BR><BR>-&#8220;A Place Where I Can Breathe,&#8221; by Stavesacre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was the last day of the play. It was fun. Matinees suck so bad though&#8230; lol \ud83d\ude09 The fact that it&#8217;s bright outside ruins everything.Anyway though&#8230; I was over there from 1:30 to 6:40 (in the chapel). It was quite the long day. 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