What were your favorite movies this year?

I feel like I haven't seen many, but here's my list so far, in alphabetical order:

Bridge of Spies
Inside Out
It Follows
Room
‘71
Spotlight
Spy
Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
The Martian
Trainwreck

And here are some 2015 titles I'm still hoping to see:

The Diary Of A Teenage Girl
Straight Outta Compton
The End Of The Tour
Shaun The Sheep
Mistress America
Mississippi Grind
The Hateful Eight
Digging For Fire
The Overnight
Crimson Peak
Love & Mercy
Ex Machina
Paddington
Steve Jobs
Grandma
99 Homes
Brooklyn
The Gift
Humans
Carol
Joy

Orginal Works (Medium: Other)

Artwork (Medium: Google Keep)

My Election Advice

If you find yourself facing a tough choice, fill in this name:

Dear Future Biographer (I)

Just wanna super apologize for the amount of [sic]s you're going to have to use when quoting things I've written.

But, in my defense*, spelling is kind of an artificial skill anyway, right?

==

*Just took four tries to spell "defense" — pro tip: there is no "c".

Happy Accident

I'm not sure how Google ending up making this, but I like this odd little gif thing:

Papa,

Thank you for:

• Wilco.
• Alec Baldwin.
• William H. Macy.
• and everyone else behind The Cooler.
• And for This Film Is Not Yet Rated and other truth-tellers.
• Anthropologie.

Things I Learned From a Day at the Zoo (with Two Kids)

• My wife and motherhood are going to mesh well together. Like, insanely well.
• A double-wide stroller (combined with gravity and a hill) is potentially a deadly weapon. Wield it carefully.
• I have some kind of paternal instinct kicking in hardcore. "Feeling like a dad" is something I say when I feel great about something.

From Phillip Yancy's Prayer:

I write about prayer as a pilgrim, not an expert.

From the author description for Randy Alcorn's Heaven:

Dr. Randy Alcorn is a leading authority on Heaven.

The difference between a pilgrim and an expert (or authority), is that, though both spend a great deal of time and energy seeking knowledge, the expert stops at some point and says, "I have conquered this subject. I know all this is to know."

The pilgrim is ever restless. But in that restlessness, she continues to uncover truth — long after the authority has declared the case closed.

Grateful

Thank you for being taller than me.
Thank you for bending over to hold me.
Thank you for holding me.

Thank you for the thoughtfulness of David Fincher.
Thank you for the irrepressible buoyancy of Guillermo del Toro.
Thank you for the vulnerability of Joss Whedon.
Thank you for Win Wender's clear eyesight.
Thank you for what Malick does to my vision.

Open me eyes. Help me see.