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In the middle of theological controversy
I am either extremely lucky or extremely fucked. I'm writing this 20 page term paper, using research from class (thankfully available to me online, as I'm studying at Notre Dame from Florida) and from the limited supply of liturgical theory books I have access to here. I finally found a book I'd been looking for that claims to summarize the history ( Read more... ) -
Pomegranate and Clam Chowder Day
Last night I juiced a pomegranate. It yielded about 1/8 cup of potent, anti-oxidant packed, blood red, super-tasty juice. It also took about a 30 minutes to do. Now I fully understand why that Pom stuff is so expensive. Fortunately, Pomegranates aren't that expensive in Florida and they're available year-round ( Read more... ) -
Polish
Seriously, I want to learn me some Polish and go there. It seems like I'm just surrounded by Polish lately. There's a Polish-speaking community in the area here and, since all Poles are Catholic, I run into the mysterious sounds of that language fairly often. Its alphabet has just a few extra letters and its full of consonant clusters and ( Read more... ) -
Nice Try
I'm looking at the description of a soup vendor at our local outdoor market. They claim that they are known for their selection of "unusual soup recipes." Under that category, they list Split Pea & Ham and Italian Wedding. -
Here and There
I've been a pretty infrequent lj-user since Audrey and I started dating. I guess I've replaced my livejournal time with a girlfriend, which is, in general, a good trade off. However, I think that writing in my lj is good for a couple of reasons: the people who check on me through it can learn a little bit about what I'm thinking/what's going on in ( Read more... ) -
Teaching the Classics
Sometimes I don't want to come to work. It's a little boring, sitting ( Read more... ) -
Q&A time
I taught 7th grade religion class today. At the end of class, I passed out little slips of paper and asked the kids to write down questions they had for me about theology or philosophy so I could answer them the next time I saw them.
The first question I pulled out of the basket after class: "Do you have a girlfriend?"
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I should update more often
So, elljay, it's been a while since you and I have spoken. I'm sorry about that.
I haven't been that busy, just getting acquainted with my new life here in Florida. I tend to watch a little more TV than I'd like, and I keep up with the news better than I even have, so, I'm going to try to develop better habits while it's still early. I've been ( Read more... ) -
I'm on YouTube!
Singing:
In other news, I'm in DC spending lots of good time with Audrey and it's wonderful.
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6 weeks in
I finished my summer term! I realized Friday morning, which was when I had my last class, that I wouldn't have been able to take much more of 5-7.5 hours of class a day; I was starting to unravel. 2-3 pages of writing every night, 100+ pages of reading every night, extra work on the weekends... I'd stopped showering regularly, stopped exercising ( ( Read more... )
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