not of this world

finals are upon me. just indulging in one last procrastination opportunity before i return to latin. there’s a lot to review but feel pretty good about it all. spent the afternoon talking with shane and chiara (and snuggling botilde - i think there’s an h in there somewhere…) about the divine ideas, source criticism, the relation between event and word in scripture, sidetracking here and there, eating fresh baked cookies in between. we thought that just talking over things would be a good way to review. we have quite a few classmates who are cramming cramming, writing exhaustive outlines of the material - there’s this one guy who keeps saying “i just want to know what i need to spit back out.” that’s fine i guess if you’re studying statistics or something, but i can’t go there with theology, though of course there are always some things you need to commit to memory. during midterms when we were talking over things in a group he rushedly suggested, “let’s just figure out what we need to say and leave it at that.” i offered that many of the things we had studied could be held together fairly simply if you just keep in mind the principles involved with the different philosophies underlying the theological developments we had been following. i got a blank stare, and then just a repeat of his desire to have a set of responses to memorize. again, i have to thank TAC for instilling the habit of searching out the principles and working from there, it simplifies a lot of the bs people shuffle around it seems to me.

trogdor will be taking his first flight on thursday. per the vet’s advice we tried out the tranquilizer thingy she prescribed him to see how he reacted. being doped up suits him, he stumbled around a lot with a big, goofy, panty smile on his face, it was ridiculously cute.

next monday will be making my profession here as a third order camaldolese benedictine, sort of my christmas present to myself. been thinking about it for a while and preparing for the last year, reading and working on developing a consistent prayer rule to order the day around the right center. i need all the help i can get in that regard : )

and randomly last but not least, am going to be hosting a screening here at amu of obsession — highly recommend everyone check it out and consider hosting one in your area as well. it takes very little on your part, they send someone to set it all up and speak afterwards. Islamicism is and is going to continue to be one of the most important issues facing this country in particular and western civilization in general. it’s not a pretty issue, but it’s just going to get worse the more we put our heads in the sand and refuse to listen to what they are saying themselves to themselves, in their own media and in their own schools. for those who haven’t been following this it will be truly shocking.

and it’s a great stocking stuffer! the kids will love it!

okay, back to latin.