As an odd change of pace, I’ve been moderately busy this week. Not with the sort of schoolwork that can drag a person down, but with meaningful and enjoyable activities.

Tuesday night I had dinner with one of the families from the church I attend. It was awesome getting to eat home-cooked food, do some laundry, play a game, and talk. A nice change of pace from typical dorm life.

Today I went to LESTER (student leadership team) just like usual. After that, I had dinner over at Arby’s with Chase, Webb, Pat, and Double-J. Shortly after that, I went to church and attended an informational membership meeting. After that I got back here to my dorm and partook in some covert operations (i.e., I’ll tell you once the info has been declassified). And now I have every intention of curling up and reading a good book.

そうして、どうして。And how. (Makes little sense in English. Makes little sense in Japanese.

Categories: Life
Tags: Double-J

When I think “Take Home,” I think “hmm… what do I need to get out of my room before the end of the school year and haul home before spring break?” Apparently, “Take Home” is also a sort of terrible type of test some professors enjoy giving out to their students.

I got a test like that in my Early Christianity class. I was up till 2AM last night finishing it. I got just about five pages worth of writing. The biggest problem with such a test comes from difficulties in distinguishing between what the teacher wants to hear and actually answering the questions with a believable argument. The oddest part is when the teacher specifically requests students to “avoid… the use of purely religions theories (e.g. fulfillment of prophecy)” to explain the events and developments related to Jesus’ ministry and the catalyzation of Christianity as a religion distinct from Judaism. It’s not possible! Many of the differences initially began as theological, and then society began to recognize the difference between the teachings of Jesus and those of the other religious leaders of the time. Once they recognized these differences, “Christianity” as a distinct and definable social movement came to life. The theology is at the root! Jesus, viewed merely historically, is emptied of everything he claimed to be. “I have not come to abolish [the Law and the Prophets] but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17). And so he did.

Ok, I’m going to stop rambling now. Much of this is just an excess of information and ranting that’s been building up since last night.

Plotting, planning, and thinking about road tripping to Relient K’s CD release concert in Columbus, Ohio next Tuesday. Free copy of their new CD, “Two Lefts Don’t Make A Right, But Three Do” (?) with admission to the concert. Approximately 24 hours of round-trip driving time. And lots of caffeine. “It is not only possible… it is essential.” No guarantees on this yet, but I’m excited.

Categories: Life

I get the privelege… nay… the torture of attending the RHA meeting this week. Jake’s off in Chicago for an orientation meeting for the missions trip he’s taking to Japan this summer with the Navigators. Jake likes to refer to RHA meetings as time spent “gouging my eyes out.” Not the best sort of fun ever to be had. Add on top of that the fact that I managed to make it to the Union building half an hour early for the meeting, and it multiplies the fun. sigh

Coming up in the next few days are elections for ASUN. If you remember, early I considered running for president of this organization. Now, I’m thankful that I did not. There are much more important things I can send doing with my time rather then meddling in university politics. They may be profitable for a bit of education about how these things work, but essentially very little ever results from the grumblings of campus political organizations.

“Get uninvolved!” Or get involved with things that matter. Or change the things that don’t.

Update: Well… yes. RHA meetings are a waste of time. We managed to debate a lot and throw $1700 at a couple events targeted at merely a small percentage of the university dorm population. And the speaker of the house attacked CPRA’s representatives for not dispensing information that we didn’t have. i.e. I’m frustrated and glad I don’t have to go every week. To quote Jesse L…

jesse says:
yeah, thats why i spend my time in “involvement activities” that make a “difference”
jesse says:
napping, homework, and chillin

Categories: Life
Tags: ASUN, college, CPRA, Luebbe, quotes, RHA, UNL

I spent several hours this afternoon working on some junk for my lyrics database. (OT:Tyler says his teacher is a moron!) I finally got PHP::Pear working properly (the server admins got PEAR added to the include_path so it all works correctly now). So I converted all the files over to using PEAR for database abstraction. Took a while and there aren’t any noticeable benefits, but it might make things easier someday for editing the files. Hopefully sometime in the near future I’ll finish the last piece of the lyrics adder script so I can insert all my album info into the database and begin adding lyrics like crazy. It’ll still be a while.

Tonight I went over to Kauffman and hung out and talked to Jenny and Sonya. Jenny was doing her laundry, so we helped fold some of that up. How many different ways are there to fold socks? I either don’t fold them or else just fold two together. My mom folds up the top of the sock over its partner. Some people (e.g. Jenny) fold the socks all the way inside. Odd stuff. We progressed to slightly more exciting times with a game of Rummy. It’s a card game. I haven’t played it for many years. Initially, my Aunt Sue in California taught me how to play. That was on one of the family vacations we took to California every few years to visit my dad’s side of the family, including one of his sisters, her husband, and dad’s parents.

Jenny ended up winning the game. (Friend!) And now I’m back here in my room ready for sleep. お休みなさい。

Categories: Friends, Life, Tech
Tags: college, Jenny, Rummy, Tyler