Shannon Costello

I used to be
content to lurk
below the surface—
hiding in my own shadow,
but then CJ went away
and I was lost and lonely
so I left my shelter
and came up to the surface
to see what there was to see
and I saw me
talking to myself
and my car
and posting on the fringe.

I realize that, of my regular readers of whose intentions I am aware, approximately 60% have no intention of ever watching this movie, 20% will probably never get around to seeing it, and another 20% have already seen it at least twice, with certain of their family members owning General Grievous action figures. You [...]

I like making lists of things to do. Sometimes I make a list for a day and estimate how much time each item will take. Invariably I discover that I don’t have enough time to complete the list and am forced to prioritize.
It takes a lot of self control to prioritize. [...]

Ordinarily I talk with CJ before 7, talk all day at school, talk to CJ at dinner, and have some sort of evening activity where I get to talk more.
Today there was no school and no CJ. The silence is decidedly unpleasant.

I noticed something sort of scary today while reading Matthew. The response of the leaders of Israel to Judas is exactly characteristic of them.
Jesus tells them that they pay close attention to little things like tithing, but that they ignore very important things such as justice, mercy, and righteousness. They should pay close [...]

There isn’t really any point in cooking or grocery shopping if CJ isn’t going to be home anyway. And so I allowed us to run out of milk this morning…except for maybe a tablespoon in the bottom of the jug. I stopped at Safeway on the way to school and got two scones [...]

There’s a shaft in the bottom of the sea, leading to the abyss from which will issue forth the abomination that causes desolation. It is really not fair of me to begin this post in such a fashion, but I simply could not resist. I view this statement as ridiculous. I heard [...]