So Much for "Tomorrow or Shortly After"
Okay, tomorrow, it'll be two weeks since I posted to my blog, so I'm going to start off by apologizing. I'm sorry I haven't gotten anything up!! I'll try to get things covered here and get into a regular posting schedule.
To SarahChloe77: Thanks for commenting on my blog, and it was good to meet you now that I've been back to Poplar Heights. I liked your comment on the music, too... I think I'd agree that Five Iron rocks the llama.
To shannonkish: Thanks for the comment. Thanks also for the invitation! I would love to visit the Vineyard, as soon as I can get a ride there (since I don't have a car). I looked at the VCF website, and I'd be really interested in going there for a service. Thanks very much.
Okay, so for the update on my life...
Over the first weekend since I've posted (again, I'm sorry), I visited Christ Community Church with Landon. I enjoyed the way they handled the hymns for worship music, and I thought the Sunday School after the service was really good. It was also a small fellowship, which I like. (On a nearly irrelevant note, the sanctuary was also decorated in a sort of Irish manner, with Celtic crosses and knots in the stained glass windows, Celtic fonts in the wall hangings, and lots of green, which I thought was kind of cool.) There was a bit, though, that seemed a little bit overly liturgical. I have nothing against having a pre-written prayer in a service, but when the appropriate response is printed in the bulletin for the congregation to repeat in unison ten times, it strikes me as not being genuine and rubs me the wrong way.
Classes have continued to go well. I got some of my short essays for Written Comp back with good marks on them, so I'm happy. This week, we had another freshman seminar for CLU, this time on a Monday morning, in which one of the speakers discussed "Learning in War-time" from Lewis' The Weight of Glory. It was really interesting, though really long. I still love history, and after my last Algebra class, I ran into the professor, who told me he thought I'd do well on the coming test, which was a nice shot of confidence. We've picked essays for Interdisciplinary Studies now, and I delivered my first short informative speech in the last session of Public Communication (I went with a personal experience speech and spoke on preparing for short-term missions, since we just had GO Week), which I think went really well.
Speaking of GO Week, I put my application for GO Trips in the first day they were available. I was asked to indicate my top 4 choices, so my top choice is Romania (personal evangelism with the Roma in Braila over spring break), but I may end up going to Egypt, Thailand, or Turkey over the winter term instead. The second week of October, preparations kick off, so I should know where I'm going by then.
Last week's LIFE group was pretty uneventful; the plan was for our group to play Tag at Wal-Mart, but since several members couldn't make it, we instead had a little party/discussion group in the pavillion between the Hurt and Watters complexes. Andy got his stereo and told us all to get a CD so we could play a favorite song. I grabbed Five Iron Frenzy's "The End Is Near" and played "On Distant Shores," which everybody else in the group liked, too. Oddly enough, the next day, Dr. Malone decided to end Written Comp by playing a Five Iron Frenzy song to the class. I'm still not sure exactly why he did (I think he just liked the song, and had the excuse to play it, since he had played something off an Andrew Peterson CD to illustrate a point he was trying to make earlier in the class), but I enjoyed it.
Speaking of Andrew Peterson, he's playing a concert at Bubba's Bagels on Friday. I've been a fan of his since he opened for Caedmon's Call at the Spring Thing, and I just bought his CD when I was getting my textbooks. I got a ticket today, so that'll be fun.
I'm staying involved in the Cardinal & Cream. I was the only freshman who came to Production Night last week, so I got an assignment (on student retention rates, for the News section) for the second issue while I was there, which I turned in today, since I just got the necessary statistic from the dean of students. The first issue made its debut last Thursday, with an article written by a freshman on the front page of every section (including mine on the job market for students in Life & Style). Thankfully, those articles turned out well. I should have stayed later, though... reading the paper, it seems the copy editors needed some help. Of course, there are always problems to be worked out with the first issue, so this second one should be better. I'll be at production night again.
I was also called today with an assignment for the third issue! I'll be writing for Life & Style again, on student sleep habits and insomnia.
I've been occupied recently with review-studying. I have two tests tomorrow, one in history and one in algebra. Though I think I'll do pretty well, I could use all the help I can get in math (pray for me around 1:40!), and Brett wanted to get together with me and another one of his friends to compare history notes. I've also just been a sounding-board for a friend of mine (who shall remain nameless in the event that roommates stumble upon this blog) to vent about one of his roommates, so I've spent a good amount of time in the last few days walking and commiserating with him. He's actually a lot of fun to talk to, even when he just needs to blow off steam.
This weekend, I went white-water rafting on the Ocoee River, which is out to the east of Chattanooga (I was actually in a different time zone for the better part of the weekend). There was a group of 21, which divided into several rafts (only four or five were on a raft). Three of the four guys in our room (Jonathan, Derek, and I) went, and we all had a good time. We went over a Class 5 rapid in a stretch of river that was actually used for kayaking in the Atlanta Olympics. The guide in my raft, too, was up for a lot of adventure, so he tried a few things the other guides wouldn't. (For example, you're not supposed to go through both the swirling "holes" of the Class 5 until someone else has gotten ashore nearby to have a rope ready to pull people out in the event of an accident... and we went through both of them even though he was they guy with the rope who had to get there first. We also went down one rapid spinning, and even managed to dump everyone except the guide out of the boat just for the sake of saying we surfed one of the shallows.) That was a GREAT trip.
I've finally seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail! A group of us had a movie-watching party after the girls made some homemade pizza. That was a lot of fun.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend the Scholarship Banquet with President Bush the Elder. Apparently, there were a limited number of tickets available to students and they went REALLY fast, so I wasn't able to get one. I do know, however, that the university raised a record amount of money, so that's good.
Okay, is anything else coming up? The first weekend of October is Family Weekend -- and Mom and Mimi are coming!! I'm excited to see them, especially since Mimi missed out on seeing Union when I moved in.
I think that's it for playing catch-up. If I think of anything else, I'll post it... in less time than this post took, I promise.
To SarahChloe77: Thanks for commenting on my blog, and it was good to meet you now that I've been back to Poplar Heights. I liked your comment on the music, too... I think I'd agree that Five Iron rocks the llama.
To shannonkish: Thanks for the comment. Thanks also for the invitation! I would love to visit the Vineyard, as soon as I can get a ride there (since I don't have a car). I looked at the VCF website, and I'd be really interested in going there for a service. Thanks very much.
Okay, so for the update on my life...
Over the first weekend since I've posted (again, I'm sorry), I visited Christ Community Church with Landon. I enjoyed the way they handled the hymns for worship music, and I thought the Sunday School after the service was really good. It was also a small fellowship, which I like. (On a nearly irrelevant note, the sanctuary was also decorated in a sort of Irish manner, with Celtic crosses and knots in the stained glass windows, Celtic fonts in the wall hangings, and lots of green, which I thought was kind of cool.) There was a bit, though, that seemed a little bit overly liturgical. I have nothing against having a pre-written prayer in a service, but when the appropriate response is printed in the bulletin for the congregation to repeat in unison ten times, it strikes me as not being genuine and rubs me the wrong way.
Classes have continued to go well. I got some of my short essays for Written Comp back with good marks on them, so I'm happy. This week, we had another freshman seminar for CLU, this time on a Monday morning, in which one of the speakers discussed "Learning in War-time" from Lewis' The Weight of Glory. It was really interesting, though really long. I still love history, and after my last Algebra class, I ran into the professor, who told me he thought I'd do well on the coming test, which was a nice shot of confidence. We've picked essays for Interdisciplinary Studies now, and I delivered my first short informative speech in the last session of Public Communication (I went with a personal experience speech and spoke on preparing for short-term missions, since we just had GO Week), which I think went really well.
Speaking of GO Week, I put my application for GO Trips in the first day they were available. I was asked to indicate my top 4 choices, so my top choice is Romania (personal evangelism with the Roma in Braila over spring break), but I may end up going to Egypt, Thailand, or Turkey over the winter term instead. The second week of October, preparations kick off, so I should know where I'm going by then.
Last week's LIFE group was pretty uneventful; the plan was for our group to play Tag at Wal-Mart, but since several members couldn't make it, we instead had a little party/discussion group in the pavillion between the Hurt and Watters complexes. Andy got his stereo and told us all to get a CD so we could play a favorite song. I grabbed Five Iron Frenzy's "The End Is Near" and played "On Distant Shores," which everybody else in the group liked, too. Oddly enough, the next day, Dr. Malone decided to end Written Comp by playing a Five Iron Frenzy song to the class. I'm still not sure exactly why he did (I think he just liked the song, and had the excuse to play it, since he had played something off an Andrew Peterson CD to illustrate a point he was trying to make earlier in the class), but I enjoyed it.
Speaking of Andrew Peterson, he's playing a concert at Bubba's Bagels on Friday. I've been a fan of his since he opened for Caedmon's Call at the Spring Thing, and I just bought his CD when I was getting my textbooks. I got a ticket today, so that'll be fun.
I'm staying involved in the Cardinal & Cream. I was the only freshman who came to Production Night last week, so I got an assignment (on student retention rates, for the News section) for the second issue while I was there, which I turned in today, since I just got the necessary statistic from the dean of students. The first issue made its debut last Thursday, with an article written by a freshman on the front page of every section (including mine on the job market for students in Life & Style). Thankfully, those articles turned out well. I should have stayed later, though... reading the paper, it seems the copy editors needed some help. Of course, there are always problems to be worked out with the first issue, so this second one should be better. I'll be at production night again.
I was also called today with an assignment for the third issue! I'll be writing for Life & Style again, on student sleep habits and insomnia.
I've been occupied recently with review-studying. I have two tests tomorrow, one in history and one in algebra. Though I think I'll do pretty well, I could use all the help I can get in math (pray for me around 1:40!), and Brett wanted to get together with me and another one of his friends to compare history notes. I've also just been a sounding-board for a friend of mine (who shall remain nameless in the event that roommates stumble upon this blog) to vent about one of his roommates, so I've spent a good amount of time in the last few days walking and commiserating with him. He's actually a lot of fun to talk to, even when he just needs to blow off steam.
This weekend, I went white-water rafting on the Ocoee River, which is out to the east of Chattanooga (I was actually in a different time zone for the better part of the weekend). There was a group of 21, which divided into several rafts (only four or five were on a raft). Three of the four guys in our room (Jonathan, Derek, and I) went, and we all had a good time. We went over a Class 5 rapid in a stretch of river that was actually used for kayaking in the Atlanta Olympics. The guide in my raft, too, was up for a lot of adventure, so he tried a few things the other guides wouldn't. (For example, you're not supposed to go through both the swirling "holes" of the Class 5 until someone else has gotten ashore nearby to have a rope ready to pull people out in the event of an accident... and we went through both of them even though he was they guy with the rope who had to get there first. We also went down one rapid spinning, and even managed to dump everyone except the guide out of the boat just for the sake of saying we surfed one of the shallows.) That was a GREAT trip.
I've finally seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail! A group of us had a movie-watching party after the girls made some homemade pizza. That was a lot of fun.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend the Scholarship Banquet with President Bush the Elder. Apparently, there were a limited number of tickets available to students and they went REALLY fast, so I wasn't able to get one. I do know, however, that the university raised a record amount of money, so that's good.
Okay, is anything else coming up? The first weekend of October is Family Weekend -- and Mom and Mimi are coming!! I'm excited to see them, especially since Mimi missed out on seeing Union when I moved in.
I think that's it for playing catch-up. If I think of anything else, I'll post it... in less time than this post took, I promise.
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