so i had a strange moment today. there's a guy here at school who looks nearly *identical* to my ex-boyfriend, about whom i do not wish to speak. his name is chris. i see this guy who looks like him around a lot, and i still give a start when i do. fearing that he may have noticed that every time i see him i look absolutely mortified, i said hello ( Read more... )

stolen from logospilgrim 's journal.

In the Eastern Orthodox Tradition, Fools for Christ have a special place. This consoles me much. I am at least a bit of a Fool for Christ... The Fool is "on the margin of organized society, in the midst of the world yet not of it." The Fool "cannot be exploited, for he has no ambition." The words "game" and "play" are at ( Read more... )

no news is good news, at least when no news means i passed my greek exam. O_o ( Read more... )

( oh the angst! *faints* )

      koine greek is lovebrought to you by the isLove Generator

how appropriate for me. but moving on. i've not really much to say worth saying right now. i have papers to write and exams to study for. but i've been watching "midnight in the garden of good and evil" and i feel the need to put some thoughts to paper er, computer screen. whatever.

( some of my ramblings concerning )

i am alive! for those of you who had any concerns (or hopes?) to the contrary. i went home for thanksgiving break, and arrived back sunday night to find that i had nearly 200 messages on my art account, and quite a few journals to read. between catching up on these, and trying to begin to prepare for finals in a week and a half (not to mention one ( Read more... )

amor misceri cum timore non postest (publilius syrus)
love is not able to be mixed with fear.

φόβος ’ουκ ’έστιν ’εν τή ’αγάπη ’αλλ’ ‘η τελεία ’αγάπη ’έξω βάλλει τόν φόβον, ‘ότι ‘ο φόβος κόλασιν ’έκει, ‘ο δέ φοβούμενος ’ου τετελείωται ’εν τή ’αγάπη. --ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ Α 4:18

( / see all my glimmering weakness / )

so, it was an... interesting weekend, to say the least.

( zOMG i'm boring!!!!1!!!!one!!1! )

still fighting it...       ...even though i may hide my scars*don't keep silent*

( why? )

well, my left tonsil is not, in fact, possessed (at least not since i pried whatever was in it out with a chopstick--what? i'm impatient). i have "localized tonsillitis," which, unlike general tonsillitis, evidently only affects one (or part of one) tonsil. O_o i was just unfortunate enough to get something stuck in a cavity created by said ( Read more... )