Haaa, so today, when waking up, I was very tired, thought it was Monday, and went back to sleep. Little did I know it is actually Tuesday and not only did I miss my C.S. Lewis class, but I also missed the quiz on Miracles. Thankfully, when I e-mailed Dr. Schaefer to explain this (non-senior) blunder, he was very understanding and I'll be able to retake it Thursday.
However, sadly . . . very sadly, I didn't realize it was Tuesday until I had gone up to HAL and to a class that doesn't exist on Tuesdays. Oh man, I need more sleep.
And in local news, the men's pants have been return shipped. Farewell random pair of pants.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
All in Moderation
Too much of a good thing is too much of a good thing.
Too much studying = an A, which I did not get on my Logic exam. Methinks I need to go back, review the rules, and work on homework a lot this week. And figure out what went wrong on the test. The next one I will be prepared for!
In other news, nothing much happened this weekend and this week is looking somewhat normally dull as well. Mayhap I shall come up with some good conversation topics for Thursday evening dinner group!
Also, I have to get a job! I've known it's been coming for a while but gosh. One little hour-long conference about the Praxis and getting certified and suddenly my blood pressure is a little higher. Luckily, this week, besides the midterm Thursday, should be relatively non-eventful in terms of projects. Which after last week's fiasco on Thursday and Friday is wonderful. Like curling up with a warm book under a blanket that just came out of the dryer on a cold January day. With a mug of tea of course.
Also, apparently my new name is 'the Abbymeister', or so exclaimed Dr. Trammell today when I went in to work.
Too much studying = an A, which I did not get on my Logic exam. Methinks I need to go back, review the rules, and work on homework a lot this week. And figure out what went wrong on the test. The next one I will be prepared for!
In other news, nothing much happened this weekend and this week is looking somewhat normally dull as well. Mayhap I shall come up with some good conversation topics for Thursday evening dinner group!
Also, I have to get a job! I've known it's been coming for a while but gosh. One little hour-long conference about the Praxis and getting certified and suddenly my blood pressure is a little higher. Luckily, this week, besides the midterm Thursday, should be relatively non-eventful in terms of projects. Which after last week's fiasco on Thursday and Friday is wonderful. Like curling up with a warm book under a blanket that just came out of the dryer on a cold January day. With a mug of tea of course.
Also, apparently my new name is 'the Abbymeister', or so exclaimed Dr. Trammell today when I went in to work.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
The beat goes on...
Sorry for skipping a day already! Maybe I'm not as dedicated as I felt on Wednesday when the blog was all exciting and new again... I am going to try though!
Thursday was busy, busy, busy. As I wrote before, the presentation in C&I went great, then I had a great nap followed by a great dinner with great friends; then things stopped being great. Right after dinner I had to run up to HAL for a Symbolic Logic review session, which I had to leave halfway through to go to a great lecture on Dante. Dr. Esolen (who is a renowned scholar on Dante) came to speak and was very entertaining. I had no idea of some of the symbloism in the Divine Comedy.
For instance, Satan, who is encased in ice from the waist down (and subsequently chewing on Brutus, Casius, and Judas with his three mouths) is constantly flapping his wings. In other words, he is denying the power of God by figuratively saying, "I will rise of my own power." However, this action, ironically, causes the gale that causes the ice to form that hold himself and the other traitors in the lowest level of hell. Dr. Esolen also quoted George Macdonald, "I am my own are the lonliest words ever uttered," which now that I have thought about it is so true. In today's society, especially American society, all we do is concentrate on the individual. How can we not when it is what is pushed into our minds by advertisers and others, "You deserve this, you are the one that is working hard, you, you you." It is important to look back on history and realize that we are not individuals so much as a part of a whole. In our post-cultural society, there is no common factor that binds us together any longer. It is a voluntary submission to God and acknowledgement that we are not in fact our own that can do this - freedom must unite us because we do not recieve our freedom from ourselves. It is this contingency and dependence on one another that can make us free in love, humility, and gratitude.
Enough 'preaching', that is just something that I thought was so amazing and wonderful of a revelation to me that I had to share.
Last night was One Acts, and it was very funny. I particularly liked one called, "English Made Simple," the little grammar freak in me enjoyed it lots and lots. Then followed dessert down at the apartments (mmm ice cream) and watching some of the extras to LOTR. I was very happy. Now mac & cheese calls as does some Dancing with the Stars!
Thursday was busy, busy, busy. As I wrote before, the presentation in C&I went great, then I had a great nap followed by a great dinner with great friends; then things stopped being great. Right after dinner I had to run up to HAL for a Symbolic Logic review session, which I had to leave halfway through to go to a great lecture on Dante. Dr. Esolen (who is a renowned scholar on Dante) came to speak and was very entertaining. I had no idea of some of the symbloism in the Divine Comedy.
For instance, Satan, who is encased in ice from the waist down (and subsequently chewing on Brutus, Casius, and Judas with his three mouths) is constantly flapping his wings. In other words, he is denying the power of God by figuratively saying, "I will rise of my own power." However, this action, ironically, causes the gale that causes the ice to form that hold himself and the other traitors in the lowest level of hell. Dr. Esolen also quoted George Macdonald, "I am my own are the lonliest words ever uttered," which now that I have thought about it is so true. In today's society, especially American society, all we do is concentrate on the individual. How can we not when it is what is pushed into our minds by advertisers and others, "You deserve this, you are the one that is working hard, you, you you." It is important to look back on history and realize that we are not individuals so much as a part of a whole. In our post-cultural society, there is no common factor that binds us together any longer. It is a voluntary submission to God and acknowledgement that we are not in fact our own that can do this - freedom must unite us because we do not recieve our freedom from ourselves. It is this contingency and dependence on one another that can make us free in love, humility, and gratitude.
Enough 'preaching', that is just something that I thought was so amazing and wonderful of a revelation to me that I had to share.
Last night was One Acts, and it was very funny. I particularly liked one called, "English Made Simple," the little grammar freak in me enjoyed it lots and lots. Then followed dessert down at the apartments (mmm ice cream) and watching some of the extras to LOTR. I was very happy. Now mac & cheese calls as does some Dancing with the Stars!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Awesome Day!
So today is pretty much just a really great day!
First, I had a presentation in C&I which I have been really stressing over; I even had dreams about it this past weekend! Even during the presentation I was thinking in the back of my mind, "This isn't interesting. I'm doing a bad job on this lesson. Oh gosh, why did I just say that? Am I making sense at all??" It turns out I did a great job (so say my peer reviews from my classmates and my professor). I had a conference-feedback session with Dr. Stephens right after class and he was so enthusastic and encouraging. It's nice to know I won't be a bad student teacher. So the presentation is over and after a little studying I'm feeling a bit more confident about my Symbolic Logic test tomorrow. I will have a study session with my prof tonight which will hopefully help a LOT.
In funny news of the day, I was picked to be the reciever of an acting interpretation of a love poem from Cyrano de Bergerac, which we just finished watching/studying. I swooned at the end for effect since all I had to do was stand in front of the class and listen to the poem. Applause and laughter followed. Also because it was kind of awkward; but, Dr. Leon is just like that and after having her for 4 years of French, it takes a lot to really shock you in her class.
First, I had a presentation in C&I which I have been really stressing over; I even had dreams about it this past weekend! Even during the presentation I was thinking in the back of my mind, "This isn't interesting. I'm doing a bad job on this lesson. Oh gosh, why did I just say that? Am I making sense at all??" It turns out I did a great job (so say my peer reviews from my classmates and my professor). I had a conference-feedback session with Dr. Stephens right after class and he was so enthusastic and encouraging. It's nice to know I won't be a bad student teacher. So the presentation is over and after a little studying I'm feeling a bit more confident about my Symbolic Logic test tomorrow. I will have a study session with my prof tonight which will hopefully help a LOT.
In funny news of the day, I was picked to be the reciever of an acting interpretation of a love poem from Cyrano de Bergerac, which we just finished watching/studying. I swooned at the end for effect since all I had to do was stand in front of the class and listen to the poem. Applause and laughter followed. Also because it was kind of awkward; but, Dr. Leon is just like that and after having her for 4 years of French, it takes a lot to really shock you in her class.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Finally
And we're back! And by we, I mean me... thanks to the 'support' aka persuasion of some people who still want to be updated on my (now) relatively boring life at GCC. Hopefully my posts will remain somewhat regular and interesting to read now that I'm back in the US.
Funniest thing to happen today: I recieved a pair of 38-28 men's khaki pants in the mail (which I did not order; I figured that would be obvious, but just in case there's any doubt...). I didn't even know they made pants for people that short and round! Now I have to hike on down to the post office and return them. Silly.
On a more serious note I've recently been learning how I need to give up every aspect of my life to Christ. It's a tough decision and definitely frightening, but my devotions and people God has been putting into my path are constantly re-emphasizing this message. Just last night I read from C.S. Lewis,
Funniest thing to happen today: I recieved a pair of 38-28 men's khaki pants in the mail (which I did not order; I figured that would be obvious, but just in case there's any doubt...). I didn't even know they made pants for people that short and round! Now I have to hike on down to the post office and return them. Silly.
On a more serious note I've recently been learning how I need to give up every aspect of my life to Christ. It's a tough decision and definitely frightening, but my devotions and people God has been putting into my path are constantly re-emphasizing this message. Just last night I read from C.S. Lewis,
"Now we cannot. . . .discover our failure to keep
God's law except by trying our very hardest (and then failing). Unless we try,
whatever we say there will always be at the back of our minds the idea that if
we try harder next time we shall succeed in being completely good. Thus, in one
sense, the road back to God is a road of moral effort, of trying harder and
harder. But in another sense it is not trying that is ever going to bring us
home. All this trying leads up to the vital moment at which you turn to God as
say, 'You must do this. I can't.'" (Mere Christianity)
How important this lesson is, and how difficult to learn! I have been trying and trying to learn this consciously for the past year now, but it was just through this reading last night that I was finally able to acknowledge what I had known, but not known all along - I must surrender completely; no holding onto the tiny thoughts in the back of my mind any longer.
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