my name is garrett. nice to meet you.

okay. so last night at dinner everyone gave me junk for not blogging for the last couple days. or months. i prefer to call it days. it makes me feel like i really haven't let you down that way. at least to a lesser extent or something. truth be told, there is a LOT going on. A LOT. more than i could ever tell you about on this machine. so much so that i haven't known where to start. God is teaching me to take it one day at a time or i'll over-think it all. and y'all, i'm a pro over-thinker.

ask me about my overthinking!*

i actually preached on this very thing two weeks ago. i think i can hear Him whisper "one day at a time garrett...one day at a time...we've talked about this...you talked about this!" so, in honor of that, TODAY is friday. more like FUNday. i picked up a new book at the new barnes & noble. well, that was yesterday, but i'm reading it today. turns out it's not against lubbock fire codes to build something TWO-story here in the city. genius! there was a line in front of the building on grand opening morning. i don't think anybody really wanted to go in at all. it seemed as though they just wanted to stare in wonder at this gravity-defying two story structure. i heard a bystander say, "unbelievable." okay, maybe not, but there was a lot of people staring in awe. maybe it was just me. long story short, i picked up that book and have been reading away. for those of you that know me, i mean really know me, you know that i'm one of the better book buyers in the greater nashville/lubbock area. my problem seems to be reading them.

but when i got home last night, i started the book and this morning, when bear approached the edge of the cliff and announced to the ENTIRE neighborhood that he had awoken from his glorious slumber (somehow, bear bought and watched the lion king over and over), i woke up and started flipping pages again. magic. and now i've challenged myself to finish the book before i watch another ounce of tv. oh dear. aaaaaaaaand college football day is tomorrow. OH NO. "one day at a time...discipline, garrett, discipline!" let the adventure begin.

anywho, today i'm also picking up the cameras. i haven't picked them up in a while. there's been no time. but, like reading and spending time with Him, i have to MAKE time. i better get good at this photo thing before too long. i'm picking up my new camera and also a really old b/w camera that uses...drumroll please...fiiiiiiiiiiilllllm! i prefer 400 fuji film for you photogs out there...but really, the 400 is what my dad recommended. the truth is i have no idea what i'm doing. it's more fun that way. but, for some reason i love black and white film, especially when it's printed onto contact sheets. the look and feel is vintage. the way it's shot and printed is old-fashioned and maybe it's time has come and perhaps gone. but that's why i love it. it's different. and classic. and it reminds me of dad and how he created them in the house darkroom all those years. still does actually. a small goal of mine is to help bring this stuff back.

anywhose, here's to TODAY.

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