Wow. I've been trying to sum up my thoughts and feelings about graduation, but I couldn't make enough sense of them to form coherent sentences that were postable on LJ. However, I do have one thing to say right now ( Read more... )

"As his armies were swallowing up the countries of Europe, French emperor Napoleon is reported to have said to Church officials, "Je détruirai votre église" ("I will destroy your Church")." When informed of the emperor's words, Ercole Cardinal Consalvi, one of the great statesmen of the papal court, replied, "He will never succeed. We have not ( Read more... )

I am furious ( Read more... )

I am having a lot of trouble staying optimistic about the next few years. When I got the news that we had bells and white smoke, I went to class almost ecstatic, but then when I heard "Pope Benedict XVI is Cardinal Ratzinger" over the phone, it was like someone popped the big balloon of happy that was inside me, so everything escaped and I was ( Read more... )

I just looked at a picture on CNN of the Cardinals getting ready for the conclave, when I thought "hey, where's the Pope in this picture?" For some reason, that seemed like a completely logical question. This made it click more than pictures of his coffin and waving goodbye to his TV funeral ( Read more... )

Oh wow, I cannot remember the last time I had THAT much fun at a party ( Read more... )

Wow, so on top of my birthday party goodness, Jars of Clay is having a free concert a JMU on Friday - just as my old obsession has resurfaced! I'm going to have SUCH a good weekend. Too bad I have so much crap to do on top of all the fun to be had!

I've finally hit that point where everything is a "last time that...", or "one of the last times that...". It's weird, but also very normal. Like I'm ready for it, but it's so different that I'm like "what? You mean that after college people don't stand outside of dining halls and bombard you with fliers for concerts and benefits and speakers? ( Read more... )

Perfectly broken in jeans, 1st time wearing my falling apart Birkenstocks this spring, C.A.R.E. tee, bright sun keeping me too warm for my jacket, soothing breeze that makes me just cool enough to want the jacket anyway, brown Bolivian messenger bag tossed over my shoulder containing the neccessities of life, and my new comfy ear buds playing Gin ( Read more... )

There is a loud bird singing outside my window and I can't for the life of me find it, even with my new exciting binoculars! Gah! Goodness, I've never actually felt the urge to go birdwatching in my LIFE until this moment. I wish I had made it to lab last week... =(