I realized when I looked at my blog to see when the last substantive thing I had written was, that it had been almost a month ago, which is a testament to the busyness of the past month. School is going well. It's keeping me busy and my friends are keeping me grounded. It's good times. I realized tonight that we have a little over a month before the end of the semester. I have my plane ticket and it will definitely be exciting to go home, relax, and see my family and friends back that way. In recent news I went to New Orleans/ Baton Rouge with some friends a couple weekends ago. We spent two hours searching for a hotel, hung out on Bourbon Street(interesting times indeed), had lunch with Anna, saw a naked guy in the street near LSU, chilled on the quad, went to the LSU -Auburn game and had an all around awesome weekend. I went to a Blues Travelers concert with Clark...that was so much fun. I've never seen anyone play harmonica that way. Then, I spent most of the week sick...yay! I missed the costume ball, but next year...next year Gadget! Clark's birthday was fun. We went and had Philly Connection for lunch and just hung out. It was fun. Living together Clark and I see each other all the time but we don't get to hang out much. Friday, Brandon came in and was here for the weekend. It was so much fun to have him back. We had a party for Clark, Trevor, and Jimmy at Josh's on Friday. It was so much fun! We got to hang out and play rock band. There were so many people there! Saturday night we all went out to a Mexican restaurant here in town that holds some pretty special memories for me. It was the first place I ate at in Tally when I moved here in the fall of 08. Sunday was a crazy busy day with church, praying for one of the old interns, lunch, and a few different meetings. Yesterday, I had two exams. I think they went rather well. :) Last night I watched the Saints win in a game that was down to the wire. I'm not normally a fan of the NFL but that was a great game! 7-0!!
As far as football goes FSU has won their last two games which is good news because the season wasn't looking so good there for a while. Oregon beat USC this past weekend! I love the fact that USC can't seem to win a game in Oregon! LSU is still handling their business which is fine but soon they'll be playing my Bulldogs...and yeah I'm afraid to watch. This weekend they're in Bama..should be a good game. Indiana almost beat #4 Iowa this past weekend. That would have been so unbelievably sweet. Tech almost won their game...they lost by one So in quick recap here are their records: Florida State: 4-4, Louisiana Tech: 3-5,#9 LSU: 7-1, Indiana: 4-5, #8 Oregon: 7-1, Oregon State: 5-3, and Washington: 3-5. Notre Dame played Wazzou this week and slaughtered them. Normally this would make me happy but it's Notre Dame!!! As it stands we're looking at a UT-UF national championship. If that's the case then Hook 'em Horns!
The RCC welcomes Anglicans This is a news story that has been of intense interest to me as of late. I'm taking a Christian Tradition class which has added to the knowledge that I already had about Catholic-Protestant divisions. The divisions between the Anglican and Catholic communions have always been a bit perplexing. As far as the everyday workings and the laity would be concerned the churches, in service and belief, are very similar. Why did they split in the first place? It was the classic control problem. Who has it? The Pope or the King. They disagreed, Leo wouldn't grant the divorce, and Henry packed up his marbles and went home. With all the instability in the Episcopalian Church in the US(i.e. women and gay people in the ministry) the RCC offers a stability that goes back to St. Peter. There are those in the ECUSA that for years have been willing to put aside their differences with the RCC and come back into the fold. Now, Benedict has made that easier. I think it's a really great step for those who choose to make it. It'll be interesting to see what comes of this.
Here are some pictures and video from the last little while. Enjoy!
( Pictures and Videos )Thanks for reading. Hopefully it won't be quite as long before I update again.
Grace and Peace