It looks like I'm graduating after all.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

Dear Friends,

I need to do something this weekend, at the very least by next Wednesday, and if I don't, I have very little chance of graduating. I mean it. I have to do it now.

Wish me luck.

anhinga

I was never afraid of you, and for me that's saying something ( Read more... )

"Aww, how cute. Are you new to flaming? That's adorable!
Keep trying, you might actually get me riled up next time, tiger!"

Last Thursday night, a woman I don't know died. Her name is Sonia Sophia Belcher. She and her husband Nick are both students at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary, a few miles down the road from here. Nick is a deacon, and he is to be ordained to the priesthood soon. They have a four-month-old son. And on Thursday night, while celebrating her ( Read more... )

Where did you grow, before your roots took hold in the garden ( Read more... )

When the ashes are imposed, the priest pronounces the refrain ( Read more... )

So first things first ( Read more... )

I asked everyone in Boston that I know in sequence, and no one will come with me. Some are staying in instead. The first one even forgot to send me his no.

I'm so sad that I'll have to walk there in the rain alone. That wasn't how today was supposed to be.

Have you ever wondered at the fact that "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing, even though the modifiers by themselves mean opposite things? Or that "cleave" can mean to forcefully cut apart, or to tightly cling to? Or that "hellacious" can mean very great, or very bad ( Read more... )