Quote of the Day #1: “The intention of the Holy Spirit is to teach us how one goes to heaven and not how heaven goes.” — Galileo Galilei, on why the Bible does not explain the scientific world

Quote of the Day #2: “A failure of imagination is not an insight into necessity.” — Matthew Day, my Science & Religion professor, remarking that just because we cannot think of a possibility beyond the accepted norm does not mean that one does not exist

I haven’t got much for you today, just a couple of birthdays to celebrate. First, a happy belated birthday to the lovely Scout Hanes who turned 21 yesterday. And second, my roommate Scott P Moriak is celebrating his 23rd birthday today (but he’s still deciding whether or not he cares).

Quote of the Day: “Yeah, you can be both. We call them bipolar.” — Professor Jason Stoner, my Organizational Behavior professor, as to whether someone can have both a Type A and Type B personality

I’m sick of school right now. Which is odd because in reality I should only be sick of one class: Religion & Science. We had another pop quiz in there yesterday. I did better than last time, but that’s not saying a whole lot. But that class is bringing down my attitude across the board. And there’s no reason for it. In all three of my other classes I’m currently pulling an A (albeit with only a few grades). It sounds strange, but I can’t wait for my first test in there. It’ll pull up my grade (hopefully) and these quizzes won’t feel so important.

(more…)

Why is it cold in Florida? Yesterday morning it was 21 degrees; this morning only improved to 27. Mostly I hate the wind, but the whole thing isn’t fun. I should have gone to school somewhere on the equator.

Did you hear the Oscar nods? I am so happy that neither Passion of the Christ nor Fahrenheit 911 got nominated for anything. It would have been such a mess. If Passion had been nominated for Best Picture but didn’t win you’d be hearing it from nutty Christians for a long time. Now I admit to being a Christian and to being nutty, but this is a whole different thing I’m talking about (I’m assuming you understand what I mean). As it is you’ll hear them complain about not getting a nomination, but I think that’s better than losing.

(more…)

These past few days have been kind of strange. Even for me.

Thursday began with a Spanish test and a Religion & Science pop quiz (I so called it). Continued on like usual with a meeting with Dave and Nav Night. And it ended with a trip to the local hookah bar. I shared this adventure with Sweet Joe, one of his friends, James, Liz and Mandi. James and I picked grape-flavored tobacco, which was probably the only lame part of the whole experience. Other than that it was lots of fun. I left feeling very relaxed and a little buzzed. I didn’t even know this place existed until that night. That won’t be my last trip there.

(more…)

Quote of the Day: “I’m sorry, but that book just has no value.” — The sales attendant at the FSU Bookstore, telling me that a book made especially for FSU finance classes was not being bought back. Incidentally, Bill’s Bookstore bought it back for $21.

Alright, so while every other Nav here at FSU will be filling their blog with stories of the ski trip I will be telling you how happy I am to have not gone. Did I miss out on a lot of fun? Sure. Would I have liked to have spent a weekend with my friends? Of course. Does my dislike of snow outweigh both of those things? You better believe it. Plus think of it this way. I was just in Connecticut, where I could have gone skiing to my heart’s content if I had wanted to. I’m not going to go on a ski trip now when it’s going to cost me an arm and a leg to do it.

(more…)