Back at Centre.  It really feels like I'm starting college all over again.  And thats not a good feeling.  But I'm still incredibly excited about this year and it's possibilities.  Plus, I'm ecstatic because I got to talk to Paul today and I've finally figured out how to text the UK.  Life is good ( Read more... )

What the fuck am I going to do with myself ( Read more... )

In the days that followed, Jonathan saw that there  was  as  much  to
learn about flight in this place as there had been in the life behind him.
But with a difference. Here were gulls who thought as he thought, For each
of them, the most important thing in living was to  reach  out  and  touch
perfection in that which they most loved to do, and that ( Read more... )

"The desire for contemplation arises from the love for its object: for. The desire for love opens the eyes of the beholder"
Thomas Aquinas (In Sententiarum III)

It's definite now, inescapable - June 9th I return to the US.

I happened upon this book the summer of 2002 - which was an entire lifetime ago. But no matter where I seem to be, I keep chancing upon something that brings it back to mind. It's the most inspiring, thought-provoking, heart-wrenching book I've ever read.

The Last Summer of Reason
A bookseller battles the bizarre restrictions of a totalitarian ( Read more... )

Back from Edinburgh (PICTURES ON FACEBOOK) It was absolutely amazing ( Read more... )

Progress ( Read more... )

St. Patrick's Day... in Ireland... and I'm not quite sure I've even recovered yet.

There are so many stories to tell.
Of Scottish rugby players, and hooking up in pubs with local guys, and understanding luck, and the adventure that one finds when you allow yourself to simply take the chances that you were always afraid of.

miss you :)

I know that I should be updating more. Especially as so much is happening here, and this time has been so good to me. But, as is usual with time, moments pass too quickly and everything else seems like eternity ( Read more... )

Yeah I KNOW. Quizzes... but hey I'm all settled in here and when you just wanna waste time(whether in the states or n.ireland) there's nothing better than the internet.


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