Other Blogs

I just wanted to put a link in here for Eric's blog and my mom's blog. I think these are not very well read blogs because generally, the past few months (almost a year for mom's) they have not had many posts. However, both have started posting again recently and hopefully will continue to do so. I, despite being tremendously busy lately, am also not very exciting so when I'm not doing school work I am on the computer. That means I check blogs frequently, so I know when people post. It is very exciting for me when people post, and I hope they continue to do so. I know everyone is really busy and it can be hard to find time to blog, but it is a nice way for me (and I hope others) to keep track of what is going on in people's lives. And to maybe let people know what is going on in my own life, even though generally only school is.

Since that is the main thing in my life right now, that is what I will talk about. School started 2 weeks ago and even though I only have 3 real classes I am crazy busy. Mostly with my senior honors project. We have a draft due Friday, but I finished as much as I was able to and turned it in today. Without the bibliography. Smooth move on my part. I'm going to email her and ask if she wants it. I already turned in a preliminary bibliography last semester so it might not be that big of a deal. I only turned in the Catholic teaching on sexual ethics part of, with the intro to my study. I'm still working on data analysis so I couldn't really turn in any results. Despite that fact, I turned in 30 pages. It is one long paper, and even though the draft is turned in, I obviously have a lot left to write. Plus, I have to present everything so I have to take care of that, and finish writing my paper, get it critiqued, and then re-write the whole thing so I can turn it in by April 1st. On the bright side, one of my committee members is already encouraging me to get it published. It's very exciting work and the results I'm seeing are really interesting. Like I said, I'm still working on analysis so I can't really write about anything final yet but it looks like Catholic and non-Catholics are similar in their sexual behavior but less similar in their attitudes. Interesting...If anyone wants to, I would love to have more people at my presentation on March 13th. It's at noon on my campus. Just let me know if you want to come and I will get you more information. Like I said, it would be great to have people there to hear my results and to support me. Plus it should be very interesting.

The three classes that I do have this semester (although technically it's 4 if you count my gym class) are hard. They are a ton of work and on some difficult topics. I'm taking Quest for God in Contemporary Experience, Studies in World Religions, and Contemporary Ethical Theory. The theology classes are really looking at different ideas and versions and perspectives of God, and really questioning how we look at God and how God can fit in our world. They are very complex and thought-provoking, and like I said, a lot of work. All my classes are writing intensive too, which also means reading intensive. But they are all higher level classes in my majors, which means not only do I find them really interesting but they are taught at a high level of though and really in-depth, and the students in the class are expected to be at a certain level. I really like that, and I think it's going to make my last semester at St. Kate's really enjoyable and meaningful. Now my gym class, on the other hand, is just to fulfill the stupid requirement. I'm taking Aerobics with Soul: The African Experience, which is a new kind of aerobics based on African culture and dance, so it's really different and sometimes a little strange. It is a good workout though, which I was worried about at first, so I don't really care how weird it is. I just wanted to be in a class that I would get good exercise in, since I'm paying a lot for it.

Like I said, that's what's going on in my life right now. Not very exciting (except for the honors project, but even that is mostly just a lot of work at this point) but it's my life!


My Morty becomes this big shot on T.V... He was selling electronics, right? On our 20th wedding anniversary it hits midlife crisis major. He starts working out, he, he grows a moustache, he gets an earring. I said, "Morty, Morty, what are you? A pirate? what's next? A parrot?" And all of a sudden I'm a big drag. I'm holding him back because I won't go rollerblading.