I was looking at schools I want to go to today (Boston College and St. Regis College) for my masters and Phd, and I began thinking about my ideal self, what I would most like to be, and in the spirit of narcisism I figured it out. Objects I've collected over the years seem to be charms meant for my ideal self. The first is my size large Capernwray T-Shirt The second is my … [Read more...]
J.R.R. Tolkien Quote on Eden that I Stole From another blog
" I do not now feel either ashamed or dubious of the Eden 'myth'. It has not, of course, the same kind of historicity as the NT, which are virtually contemporary documents, while Genesis is separated by we do not know how many sad exiled generations from the Fall, but certainly there was an Eden on this very unhappy earth. We all long for it, and we are constantly glimpsing it: … [Read more...]
Friday Night
Movie Review: The Blindside
Today I went to see this film with my mom while I should've been writing an essay. It was an amazing film, very heart-warming, sentimental, and most importantly, true.It was also fairly Christian which I was amazed could still exist in Hollywood, but a beautiful story about the triumph of love/charity over prejudice, apathy, and capitalism(?). It's about a family that adopted … [Read more...]