Journey of a Psalmist

Hmmm. What to do for New Years Eve? I say sleep. Sweet wonderful sleep. As I'm now off United Parcel Smashers, I no longer have to get up 2 in the morning for the next month. Just two more days of Bullseye Corp and I'm home free. Monday morning, I hop on the plane for Kansas City for my four week long sabbatical. Pray for the flight that we have decent weather and no terrorists with smokebombs in their pants. Christmas was good. Had a little get-together with my immediate family, and then later my relatives. Got food, money and a new game Jade Empire. I'm just glad the season is coming to a close and getting ready for a new decade. Thought I'd at least blog about my life for the last year or so. There was so much to learn, and since the beginning of the year God pulled me out of discouragement and brought me to new places. Still it's been a bit dry spiritually and I am counting the days till I visit an outpouring of the type I haven't seen in years. ...

And so the day is fast approaching. I finally got just about all my shopping done. After the busyness of life and two jobs, I'm tired and looking forward to my long vacation in January. Some might wonder why I have so much cynicism toward the holidays. Well, here's the thing, it's not Christmas in itself I hate, but all the hustle and bustle, the commercialism, etc. If I really thought of how Christmas should be I'd prefer a Charles Dickens atmosphere over a crazy Black Friday mob in a corporate environment. Though I have to admit all this craziness has helped pay the bills for me with one of my jobs being with a delivery company and the other being retail. I least I have work. There's a video on the internet which advertises a Jesus action figure, which though funny is rather offensive. But it does show the rediculousness of Christian consumerism. I don't read of the apostles celebrating Christmas as they were busy doing real stuff Christians should be...

Here I was racing up the Butte as the sky gets brighter and brighter. Will I beat the Sun this time? I try to refrain from cursing as I tail someone heading to the CBC parking lot on the way. Move, I'm trying to beat the sunrise and then have an awesome spiritual experience! The guy pulls in out the way thank goodness. Then some truck is in front, so I look carefully then pass him on the other lane on the hill. So it's less cautious, but I want my sunrise photo! Finally I make it. I hurriedly put on another sweater under my coat and grab my gloves and camera, then I open the trunk with my tripod. I hurry up the steps carrying my tripod, then say hi to the familiar dog and then to his master, the old guy who sometimes hangs around there in the morning, then I make it...just in time. I go over to where another guy is already shooting and I drop my tripod and take a few handheld shots. It's a beauty. I agreed with the other guy that it could use more clouds, but hey...