Had a full but good day today.
Woke up and thought I had overslept, but then realised that it was really an hour earlier, so I went back to bed and overslept for real.
Then I did my laundry, and went to volunteer for MassEquality for a few hours, calling people and asking them to let their representatives know they support gay marriage. I called 67 people- 3 said they'd call, three said no, and I left messages for the rest. phew.
Then I went and had a study group for Public Affairs (though I must say my study buddy was most unhelpful, and ended up just copying my notes)
Then mass @ the Paulist center. That place is so amazing... every time I set foot in there I feel like I'm at home and totally welcome. And the center is so focused on social justice for the poor. I cry a little every week I go there 'cause I'm just so amazed at the capacity for good in the world.
I'll leave you with a hymn we sang, one of my favorites.
Deep within,
I will plant my law.
Not on stone,
But in your heart.
Follow me,
I shall lead you home.
You shall be my own,
And I shall be your God.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Friday, October 27, 2006
Just now dropping the first ball...
I just realized that I completely spaced out in Lala land today and missed the alumni tour training I signed up for. I have no idea what I was thinking; I knew it was today, I was planning to go... then I just forgot. I guess this is pretty good, since it's almost November and that's the first thing I've forgotten. But still. For me, this sucks.
Must be more careful in future.
I'm tired. I need to go brush my teeth.
Allow me to leave you with a few words on life, courtosey of my dear friend R.W. Emerson:
"Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.
That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person has exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton? Every great man is a unique. The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that part he could not borrow. Shakspeare will never be made by the study of Shakspeare. Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.
There is at this moment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias, or trowel of the Egyptians, or the pen of Moses, or Dante, but different from all these. Not possibly will the soul all rich, all eloquent, with thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if you can hear what these patriarchs say, surely you can reply to them in the same pitch of voice; for the ear and the tongue are two organs of one nature. Abide in the simple and noble regions of thy life, obey thy heart, and thou shalt reproduce the Foreworld again. "
Goodnight!
Must be more careful in future.
I'm tired. I need to go brush my teeth.
Allow me to leave you with a few words on life, courtosey of my dear friend R.W. Emerson:
"Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.
That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person has exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton? Every great man is a unique. The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that part he could not borrow. Shakspeare will never be made by the study of Shakspeare. Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.
There is at this moment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias, or trowel of the Egyptians, or the pen of Moses, or Dante, but different from all these. Not possibly will the soul all rich, all eloquent, with thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if you can hear what these patriarchs say, surely you can reply to them in the same pitch of voice; for the ear and the tongue are two organs of one nature. Abide in the simple and noble regions of thy life, obey thy heart, and thou shalt reproduce the Foreworld again. "
Goodnight!
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Skool
Hey all...
At school... in the library, killing some time before I go to meet my student shadow (she's coming to class with me- so exciting! heh). Not much going on here... the semester is going blessedly swiftly. Mom is out- she leaves Friday. Sunday I'm going to volunteer with MassEquality.
My rise, so swift- My life, so wildly exciting.
By the by, what's the deal with artichokes?
At school... in the library, killing some time before I go to meet my student shadow (she's coming to class with me- so exciting! heh). Not much going on here... the semester is going blessedly swiftly. Mom is out- she leaves Friday. Sunday I'm going to volunteer with MassEquality.
My rise, so swift- My life, so wildly exciting.
By the by, what's the deal with artichokes?
Thursday, October 19, 2006
So, what did you learn in school today?
I learned how to write a press release! (sort of).
I also learned how when you start a group project with five people, and then one drops out and another does absolutely nothing, you end up with three people slaving away on a project meant for five people to work on.
And I miss sooooo many people (but I knew that already).
I'm finally getting to bed before midnight. That's a first in a long time.
People I'm thinking about right now: Juliette, Emily, all three Jessicas, Rich, my mom, Grandma S, Leslie, Shelly and a guy named Rich Melton I went to Vista with a long time ago... I wonder if he's on facebook.
Anyways. Goodnight.
I also learned how when you start a group project with five people, and then one drops out and another does absolutely nothing, you end up with three people slaving away on a project meant for five people to work on.
And I miss sooooo many people (but I knew that already).
I'm finally getting to bed before midnight. That's a first in a long time.
People I'm thinking about right now: Juliette, Emily, all three Jessicas, Rich, my mom, Grandma S, Leslie, Shelly and a guy named Rich Melton I went to Vista with a long time ago... I wonder if he's on facebook.
Anyways. Goodnight.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
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