It's official. The Christmas Break Boredom Monster has attacked. Alexander left today and William went back to school, so all the fun is over around here. Ironically, I'm only about halfway through my break. ND thought it would be a good idea to give us 4 full weeks so as to strategically overlap St. Patrick's Day and Spring Break, so we won't ( Read more... )

This Christmas was a little of a departure from the traditional Stewart Family Christmas, but nice, nonetheless. The festivities started Friday night with the Zieman Christmas Extravaganza, which was quite enjoyable. I don't think I've seen that many of my classmates at once since the Zieman Graduation Extravaganza. It reminded me that I loved ( Read more... )

Facebook's new attributes are amazing. Pulse? "How do you know this person?" Genius. Never again will I be bored.

I'm studying for my American Catholic Experience class right now. Does anyone from SHC know if Murray Hall happens to be named after John Courtney Murray, S.J.? Who is John Courtney Murray, you ask? Oh, I'm glad you asked. He wrote a book called "We Hold These Truths" in 1960. He thought Catholic thought could illuminate the American ideal of ( Read more... )

Now I know what it feels like to be raped by Julius Caesar AND Horace simultaneously.

He called last night to see if I wanted to go to see Narnia. I had already decided that if he called I would go. So even though I felt crappy and was settling in to watch Best of Will Ferrell in my sweatpants with a ton of dark chocolate, I said I would. I put on jeans and a sweater and shivered through the now-heavily falling snow to Library ( Read more... )

ND Food Services really outdid themselves tonight. It was the annual Christmas Candlelight Dinner. First, the tables were set with linen tablecloths and everything was decorated so nicely. Then they had hors de'orves (did I spell that right?). The main course was prime rib, but they also had some stuffed flounder. There was sweet potato ( Read more... )

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So Brian and I are in charge of planning the dance party on Friday night of the Freshman Retreat. I've put together the preliminary playlist. In no particular order ( Read more... )