Too many things not posted...

Ok, so I started writing innumerable blog posts, but they all ended in fail.
Story of my life: I've become this guy, http://xkcd.com/621/
(Per usual disclaimer: be aware that you could be offended if you browse further in XKCD.)

tl;dr version of the last...2 months: I didn't keep my promise to update the blog. But that's ok, because no one particularly cares. University is fun but...stress. Our house got yet another hole cut in it due to a workman "error." (My theory: we have a ghost that wants to get out, so he keeps making people cut holes in our walls. Why the sucker doesn't leave, I dunno.) The onions that were watching me have died. I trimmed my hair with non-disatrous results. I got swine flu. I survived swine flu. I said stupid things. I drank my weight in Starbucks.

I'd like to give a squee out to my English class.
We are awesome. My teacher is a grad student who is absolutely hilarious. Most story workshops culminate in the following sentence: "Yeah, your story just needs more death." Between that and the occasional hilarious "writing fail" (which can, alternatively, culminate in extreme frustration "Ur Bad Writing Iz Hurtin' Mah Soul")...such as the case where we recommended that the author just change the mother figure to a girlfriend. Worst part was, he wouldn't really have to change much. Freud chuckles evilly.
Ah, fiction class, where would my Monday nights be without you? Stream of consciousness is great an all, but "Up and coming up again Rick this time..." just doesn't smack of Joseph Conrad. And bowel =/= bowl. Just...yeah.
And I would post the quote of the semester, but I sense people would run away screaming, so I won't. Wise choices.

Also featured this last semester: Quandaries. Wow, my brain has been busily buzzing this whole fall fluctuating between a massively strong faith and a "Huh....oh bother" sort of faith. This actually excites me somewhat even though I'm still in a bit of some quandaries at the moment, but I think that whatever comes out of this, I'll be stronger. I'm *thinking* God can handle some questions and quandaries. I never wanted a blind shallow faith, and I think that this will help me get a deeper, more wide-eyed faith.

Also new: I'm being really bold about saying what I believe. Not so much in the prostlytizing department as much as: Well, here's what I think and feel to be very, very true. And people who I think I would disagree with aren't fleeing or condemning or anything. So I think the Lord is working a saweet balance between declaring truth and still being compassionate towards people. This makes me happy because as my awesome Eastern Civ professor stated: There are people way smarter than you or I who believe things that you might think ridiculous, so stop laughing...this has to make sense on some level. A very interesting tightrope to walk between saying: "OH THAT'S YOUR TRUTH AND THAT'S WONDERFUL!" and "YOU ARE GOING TO BURN IN HELL FOREVER AND EVER YOU SINNNNNAR; STAY AWAY FROM ME YOU FREAK!!!!!" There has to be a middle ground, but it is a middle ground in a minefield.
So, we're three weeks away from my first semester being over and I've already learned a ton. As agaonizing as it is, I am so glad I have taken Anthropology. It has not only challenged my own preconceptions, but also has provided me with new insights and arguments against certain dogmas (both mainstream and not). And my professor is quite possibly the nicest person on the planet. What other professor uses: "Elvis has left the building, and so have I" as a notification that he'll be out of town over Thanksgiving break.

On a less "I'm totally deep" note: NOMISTENTIAL CRISIS. ReddiWhip versus The Real Thing.

On one hand, The Real Thing tastes oh so much better and creamier.
On the other hand ReddiWhip comes in CANS so you can mainline it for two minutes straight while hearing that satistfying "SKRRRRRRRRFFFFFFFT"
On the other hand ReddiWhip comes in CANS...canned food...aerosol canned food...ew.
On the OTHER HAND Reddiwhip is convenient
On the OTHER HAND The Real Thing lets you use an awesome beater! *bzzzz*

I dunno.....