Since arriving in Vancouver in early August, I’ve been learning a few new languages. My Theology degree requires that I study Biblical Greek, which greets me each Monday and Wednesday morning at 8:00am by pulling down my pants and spanking me relentlessly with a large wooden spoon for 90 minutes until I cry for my mommy. [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Do you speak Canadian?
Posted in Canada on September 29, 2008 | 7 Comments »
JJ Through the Ages…
Posted in Awkward, Procrastination, Weird, tid bit on September 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I would like to thank the friendly folks at Yearbook Yourself for the perfect study break activity. And also my friend Beeea, whose pictures are equally as lovely.
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The Regent Retreat, categorically speaking…
Posted in Lists, Regent on September 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Best Moment of Familiarity: Retreating at Warm Beach Camp in Stanwood, WA! Apparently, our group is larger than any Vancouver conference/camp location can accommodate (?), so everyone heads south. Even though Warm Beach is neither Warm, nor a Beach…and even though the food is one small step up from licking the floor…it was lovely to [...]
Gleaners
Posted in Canada, Inspirational, TV, Weird on September 14, 2008 | 9 Comments »
One of the tackiest things about our apartment is the fact that our windows and patio look out over a parking lot and an alley. Granted, it’s a very clean alley. And on the other side of the alley, there is a small, bean-shaped swimming pool next to a neighboring apartment building, which sometimes makes [...]
Hi. I’m new here.
Posted in Awkward, Friends, Regent on September 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m sitting at one of those personal study desks in the Regent library…I think they call them carrels, or something? I have one more class this afternoon, and then I will have completed my first week of full-time seminary. One word: exhaustion.
Labor Day Weekend was fantastic. Actually, the Canadians call it “Labour Day” because they’re [...]
