kitewithfish

I've noticed lately a tendency for my posts here to get into the realm of Listy McListern, king of long lines of things to do. Which kind of sucks for you, my dear reader, but it's kind of what I'm able to allow myself at the moment without going into one of those really long tangents that take me away from my homework for too long. It gets lonely without me, you see.

Happenings!
-I have rediscovered xJournal, my lj client of choice. It's weird how you get attached to certain programs- With the new computer I find myself having to hunt down a lot of the freeware that made my old computer so comfy to use. This introduced a period of experimentation, in which I decided, in short order, that neither Phoenix nor iJournal are quite what I want, and that my tastes are rather particular.

-I finished and sent in to my dean an essay and application for a fellowship that I will probably not get, but it's so juicy that I have to try. The essay started out incredibly dry and ugly, but it was improved vastly by the help of my editing buddy, who I now owe some really awesome cookies. There is an art to write reflective and religious texts that is totally different than academic work. For one, you can use "I" and you have to tell a story about yourself at least a little. I used to be really good at this, and it while it came back quick, my first draft looked fairly awful compared to what I was able to get to.

-I visited the church of that woman pastor that I mentioned last time. It was small and cute, compared to what I've been seeing the last few months at SP-R. I did notice something that I'd forgotten I liked- my current church does a lot of experimenting with the liturgy. I hadn't realized how much I liked that until I left. The commute is also fairly awful. I am still going to go back at least once more, and the commute this time would be a lot easier since I know where I'm going, but it is more of a factor than I had initially considered.

-I finally got to the doctor, and her reasons for having to cancel put on a stress level a few orders of magnitude above my reason for stress. So, I went, and I have gotten a short course of antibiotics as my reward, and I shall be fine in a few days. In the meantime, the stress is making my stomach upset and embarrassingly gassy.

-I am reading Tillich and he makes a great deal of sense.

-I want a hug.