hello friends! just a reminder to check out my blog about my journey here in africa.
http://buinafrica.blogspot.com
25 May 2009
17 May 2009
okay...switch over folks
alright...i leave for africa in a little while, so i'm going to ask those of you (like 4 people) who follow my blog to switch your sights over for the next 3 weeks to my new blog that will chronicle my time in africa. thanks!
http://buinafrica.blogspot.com
http://buinafrica.blogspot.com
16 May 2009
graduation
today is belmont's graduation. it is strange to think that one year from today a huge number of my friends will be graduating, and i will sitting in the bleachers watching them pass by. there is no part of me that regrets the fact that it will take me 4 1/2 years to complete my degree. yet there is a part of me that regrets the fact that it is not taking some of my friends that long.
but today is a happy occasion as all of my new roommates are granted their diplomas. it is funny to me that a large portion of my friends, much like in high school, are older than me. some graduated last year, but most of those older friends will graduate today. it is harder to believe that brandon, blake, jamie, and james (the new roommates...minus james who is getting married tomorrow) are all getting ready to head into the "real" world. even harder to wrap my mind around is the forthcoming lack of seeing certain people in the SOR lounge on a regular basis.
i am actually fairly good with change. in fact, i welcome it on most occasions. but graduations (less often my own than others seeing as the only one i've ever had left me elated to be free of sphs) have a tendency to leave me a bit sad. it's like hermione says in the less-than-sub-standard goblet of fire movie adaptation, "everything is going to change now, isn't it?" well, everything is going to change now...as it does each semester. people finish their college education and are thrown in myriad directions. it is my most sincere prayer that all of these people would find prosperity and joy in the journeys that have ahead of them.
but today is a happy occasion as all of my new roommates are granted their diplomas. it is funny to me that a large portion of my friends, much like in high school, are older than me. some graduated last year, but most of those older friends will graduate today. it is harder to believe that brandon, blake, jamie, and james (the new roommates...minus james who is getting married tomorrow) are all getting ready to head into the "real" world. even harder to wrap my mind around is the forthcoming lack of seeing certain people in the SOR lounge on a regular basis.
i am actually fairly good with change. in fact, i welcome it on most occasions. but graduations (less often my own than others seeing as the only one i've ever had left me elated to be free of sphs) have a tendency to leave me a bit sad. it's like hermione says in the less-than-sub-standard goblet of fire movie adaptation, "everything is going to change now, isn't it?" well, everything is going to change now...as it does each semester. people finish their college education and are thrown in myriad directions. it is my most sincere prayer that all of these people would find prosperity and joy in the journeys that have ahead of them.
10 May 2009
africa blog
hey folks. i leave for africa on sunday, may 17th, and since belmont isn't hosting a blog for us this year (as far as i know), i've set up my own. check it out: http://buinafrica.blogspot.com/
03 May 2009
changing things up
so i promise i'm not copying my friend ann by changing the look of my blog, or by changing the theme color to green...i just happened to have decided to make this change.
there is actually reasoning behind it. belmont has been caught up in this whole going green thing for some time now. i'll be the first to admit that it seems a bit forced at times and a little too publicity-driven at other times (i mean, come on, our grass is one of the greenest things about our university and that doesn't exactly speak toward our water conservation efforts). however, my recent forays into the environmentally friendly landscape have offered new insights on how i see the world.
so much, in fact, that i have joined up with the new belmont community garden wherein i will have a plot for growing things like tomatoes (which i don't eat but will grow while wearing a funny hat so i can give them to people...steel magnolia reference), rosemerry, mint, beans, etc. i'm unbelievably excited about this opportunity. i'm also taking eco-justice and faith this fall with one of my favorite professors who happens to be the head of the belmont go-green initiative. one of our texts for this class will be the green bible. i'm a fair bit thrilled at the prospect of taking this class and growing in a deeper understanding of how my belief in god should inform my view of god's creation.
so i now have a visually green blog. it's quite honestly mostly an aesthetic choice. the whole black motif was getting depressing, and i needed a change of scenery. that's all i have for now, but expect to see many updates (or, dare i say it, another blog altogether) about my growing (small pun intended) awareness of the natural world around me.
there is actually reasoning behind it. belmont has been caught up in this whole going green thing for some time now. i'll be the first to admit that it seems a bit forced at times and a little too publicity-driven at other times (i mean, come on, our grass is one of the greenest things about our university and that doesn't exactly speak toward our water conservation efforts). however, my recent forays into the environmentally friendly landscape have offered new insights on how i see the world.
so much, in fact, that i have joined up with the new belmont community garden wherein i will have a plot for growing things like tomatoes (which i don't eat but will grow while wearing a funny hat so i can give them to people...steel magnolia reference), rosemerry, mint, beans, etc. i'm unbelievably excited about this opportunity. i'm also taking eco-justice and faith this fall with one of my favorite professors who happens to be the head of the belmont go-green initiative. one of our texts for this class will be the green bible. i'm a fair bit thrilled at the prospect of taking this class and growing in a deeper understanding of how my belief in god should inform my view of god's creation.
so i now have a visually green blog. it's quite honestly mostly an aesthetic choice. the whole black motif was getting depressing, and i needed a change of scenery. that's all i have for now, but expect to see many updates (or, dare i say it, another blog altogether) about my growing (small pun intended) awareness of the natural world around me.
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