Owner: I am "The Man": Musings of a White American Male (WAM!) URL:http://keithbecker.blogspot.com Join Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:17:10 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: My name is Keith Becker. I am a middle-class, twenty-something white American Christian male. I am one of the majority, one of the many who have so much going for them and yet do so little to change our world for the better. But I wish to be different. I Site statistics:Click here
Corners Wear Off, And Shapes Change 2008-05-31 10:12:00 So scratch what I said about living with roommates.I'm here alone in our awesome new apartment. Alex is away for the whole month doing summer staff at Young Life's camp at Lake Saranac in New York. Pat is working 36 hours in the next three days, and then is heading home to Boiling Springs with his new(ish) lady Tia to visit his parents. After that, he'll come back and resume working all the tim Read more:Corners
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Airplanes, and Arguments. 2008-06-02 09:48:00 Just got back from a run outside near my apartment complex, and I am feeling ... alright. I wouldn't say that I'm a runner, or even that I like running, but every once in a while I do feel a sense of accomplishment for having run farther and better than I ever have before. And I think it makes my heart happy.Speaking of happy, my best friend Zack Bogaczyk and his wife Liz stopped in here yesterd Read more:Airplanes
Work In Progress 2008-06-01 19:51:00 Outside for half an hour and this is what I came up with:[No Title Yet]Lounging in a lawn chair outside my house,I am gazing upward. The sky,pink tonight, casts doubton my perception that I am large.Once in a while I know who I am;in the shade of trees that I can't name,in the laugh of a child a few houses down,in the unmistakable absence of that, which havingmade me feel strongest,I am found.I a
To No One. 2008-06-04 09:11:00 Random writing inspiration as I'm practicing interview questions:[No Title Yet]We wake upnot with a start, but slow,gently.I run my fingers throughyour hair, andthey get stuck. You laugh,and shake it out, whichin the warmthof our closeness,makes you look like a lion.The morningtreats you betterthan me, and so you saythat you will wait for me outside.In the silenceafter you're gone,I realize that
Keith Becker, Daddy? 2008-06-03 09:31:00 I've been thinking about adopting a child.Not now, of course. I still have student loans to pay off, I haven't even started my student teaching, I live in an apartment with roommates, I haven't solidified myself in a church community which would help me in raising a child -- there are many, many reasons why this is a thought for the future.Still, I've been thinking about it a good bit.Thinking ab Read more:Becker
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Power to the Tweep-le! 2008-06-05 12:43:00 Back from my job interview! It went well, and I also sent my résumé by email to another place. Methinks I shall have a new job very soon! :-) But more on that later. That's not what I want to talk about now.What I want to talk about now is my newfound enjoyment of Twitter. What is Twitter, you ask? Well, if you look up at the top right of this very blog, those are my Twitter updates (aka "
Forty Percent Chance of Regeneration 2008-06-04 15:51:00 It's raining.The rain is beautiful, and it makes me think of this poem I wrote, which I consider to always be a work in progress. I'm never fully satisfied with it. Still, it is one of my oldest favorites, and it speaks to the rain outside and a lot of what I've been feeling, thinking and going through lately:Forty Percent
Chance of RegenerationThe clouds overfilled today.Emotion saturated them,
I am in Two Places at Once. 2008-06-06 18:17:00 Justin Doty's bachelor party is tonight. In fact, that's where I am right now!But Keith, you say aghast, I can't believe that you would engage in drunken blogging, son of the drunken text, grandson to the infamous drunk dial!No, my dear few readers, I assure you I would never blog under the influence. What's more, most likely I am not even drinking enough to be legitimately considered under the Read more:Places
Ex-haus-ted. 2008-06-07 22:10:00 Definitely feeling the tired-ness after a ridiculous weekend of bachelor party glory and kayaking wonderment. But I've been on a roll with posting, so I wanted to make sure I got one in tonight. I have only a few things worth saying:I know I have said that I will post pictures of my sweet new place. They are en route, I promise. My camera is out of commission right now, but I am working on fi
I am the Bearer of ... News. 2008-06-09 10:56:00 I am the bearer of news today, and it comes in two forms: good and bad.I am tempted to ask you, the few people who read this blog, which you would like to hear first. However, I don't believe I've yet achieved such superstar status that comments appear that quickly in response to my posts. I like to hear the bad news first, so that's how this is gonna go.Bad NewsMy camera is broken. When you sl
... And There Are Days 2008-06-10 15:27:00 ... And There Are Days... And there are dayswhen truth is my tether to the morning sun.When my heart is as a metronome --does it waver? None.What one is to feelwhen truth appears to fail,is that truthremains,abstains,from life and death's trite fray.Hope retains its feathered perch in the soul;faith opens bright eyes to what dreams may come.The truest truth will never sleep,And the peace within i
There Are Days 2008-06-10 15:02:00 There Are DaysThere are dayslike today, when my hands hold up my head.When leaning against walls is found necessaryto halt my wavering tread.What is one to feelwhen the deepest truth in a heartis contradicted,betrayed,violated,by the true experience?Doubt creeps into the most solid of places;uncertainty breeds even where my breaths are deep.Even though I'm still sure as Hell,what if I'm not more t
Wednesday QOTD? 2008-06-11 12:53:00 Stumbled upon this quote in a feed on my Google homepage today, and felt compelled to do the Quote Of The Day early this week:"A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star."--Edward ChapinLately, off and on, I have been very frustrated, dissatisfied, and disappointed with the status of my own lif Read more:Wednesday
Itty Bitty Finance 2008-06-12 12:58:00 My friend Tyler Heishman is right now biking across the country in support of microfinance.What is microfinance, you ask? Well, I'm certainly not the one to tell you. You might ask Kathleen Danielson, who seems to know a lot about those sorts of things, at least if her recent post on social businesses is any indication. Or even better, I might recommend that you go to the website that Tyler and Read more:Bitty
Without a Car in the World 2008-06-14 12:14:00 Right now, I'm stuck at my parents' house without a car.It's not really a big deal that my car is still in the shop. The repairs aren't going to cost me that much, I owe my family some quality time anyway, and I was for the most part prepared for it to take this long -- I'm missing a barbecue tonight at my friend Roshun's house, but other than that I had no major plans.And actually it's been kind Read more:World
A Poem for my Readers 2008-06-19 22:23:00 [No Title Yet]When I was a younger man,a boy,there was a time when the worthof my lifewasn't measured by the numberof thingsI could cross off on a list at the endof the night.When my entire to-do list could fiton the backof my handin smudgy, ball-point pen ink.And it was completely acceptable to write it there.--Just my thoughts. I actually enjoy being productive and having more organization to m
Mediocre Post 2008-06-18 20:01:00 As you may have guessed from the title, this post will not be up to my standards as of late. I apologize, as I am pressed for time.Things that have been on my mind very recently: 1. I am so out of touch with what is going on overseas. I was watching The Daily Show last night as I wound down for bed and did some casual writing, and Lara Logan was the guest. She is the Chief Foreign Correspo Read more:Mediocre
Fantastic Weekend! 2008-06-24 16:48:00 Once again readers, I apologize for the extreme lack of blog posts. However, I think things are going to normalize to a certain extent over the next few weeks, so perhaps I can get back into a rhythm. Here's hoping.Anyway, I had a fantastic weekend! This Saturday, Justin Doty married Megan McDougall! Congratulations Justin and Megan! On Friday, I went to the rehearsal and first got to catch up wit Read more:Fantastic
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