5 Days to the End of the Quarter!!!!

And I kicked some hiney on my first exam today, and found out that I've already completed my research language requirement ala my German so I don't have to take any of those classes any more!!

6 Days to the End of the Quarter!!!!

And my first exam is tomorrow! Yay!

7 Days to the End of the Quarter!!!!

Game On!

Things that have come up since I went on hiatus:

• Why are people amazed that there is a religious studies section at OSU that allows you to focus on the Bible. I recently got this question, "Can you do it without all that 'Liberal' stuff?" I answered, "Yeah, you can, but I'm a bit liberal myself, so we all get along." I told Jaime this and she came back with, "What do you mean by liberal?" Then it occured to me--What do they mean by liberal? That I disagree with them or that I disagree with the Bible? By liberal, do they mean that I focus on caring for the poor, needy and outcast of society at the expense of alleged personal righteousness? Like Jesus, right, who was called a drunkard and a sinner, because he kept such good company? If you mean liberal like that, then yeah I'm a liberal. That might smack too much of sarcasm...oh well. Why is liberal a bad word anyway?
• How can Christians vote for the Democrats, don't they just want to do the job that the Church should be doing anyway? This question kinda' sat in my craw for awhile. I used to think that way, but just gave up on turning my back on the poor. I couldn't get the Church to do anything, but I felt like I at least had a voice in the government, that could vote and say, poverty is wrong and we need to take care of it. But thinking about this question, I realize that it's making a distinction that I don't make personally anymore, and maybe that's why it's so hard for me to answer. That is, isn't any endeavor taken up by Christians (a distinction that I'm not quick to make; cf my Good Samaritan post) in any arena, a church related endeavor? Or in another way, isn't anything that seeks to alleviate poverty following Jesus' way and thus a Christian endeavor regardless of the environment within which it occurs?
• On a new blog I'm checking in on was a link to this test. This was to see how bad of a christian you really are (bad is good in this case). This is for some fundi-organization. I scored a 15, placing me in the socialist world view, and thus a bad christian! Yay! I knew I had it in me. *sniff*
• I really like George Clinton and the P-funk all stars. I would like to say that my parents were all cool and introduced me to the Parliament Funk, but no, I wouldn't become aware of them until I saw the movie PCU...I need to see that movie again.
• While looking for the clip of George Clinton in PCU, I found this instead:

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Not that I've been terribly consistent, but I'm going to be stopping for awhile. An official sabbatical from here for a spell. Too much school and disorganized thoughts to get down on digital paper. I'll be visiting with y'all on your blogs, and those in town hopefully more in person. Peace.

Happy November!

I don't know exactly why it's a happy November, but I can't think of any reason to not have a happy November, so...happy November! This would disapoint my apolitical father, but go-out-and-vote-on-tuesday-for-christ's-sake! Especially if you're planning on voting Democratic, if you're planning on voting Republican...I think the polls open on Wednesday. If you're a Canadian citizen, sorry it's against the law for you to vote in America.

I think this is a bum rap for those of you outside the U.S. I mean come on, everything we do has a global impact. I think the entire world should be given like at least a 1/2 vote toward the Presidency...it's only fair. How often do we dictate who dictates other countries? They should be able to dictate who gets to dictate their dictators, don't you think?

I'm watching 24 season 4, and I love how it paints the Presidents as these uber-honest good people. Even when they get their hands dirty in something like the last one, he's still a good and noble person at heart. They love America and they try to promote this idea that the ends justify the means no matter what. Yay for people like Jack Bauer who can kill innocent people in a second in order to further his cause...the USA! God bless the USA!