I'm looking forward to this year at Brock University for a few reasons. One of them is to be taught by a good professor. I get the 'religious status' of every professor I have. Most start off with a quote from Nietzsche and it's easy enough to figure them out. But I've had a few great exceptions.One prof I had was Leonard Ferry, I don't know if I'm allowed to mention him … [Read more...]
Bulimia, Melodrama, and the new Talisman
You know your life is fucked up (to use the Anglo-Saxon tongue) when the thought comes to you "I wish I were bulimic". My carnal life is fed by two fires of overconsumption: lust and gluttony. Or what I like to call, the "uncool" sins. Drunkenness and Pride would probably be alot more fashionable. But by the grace of God I am what I am, to rip St. Paul's words out of … [Read more...]
Sadness, The Chartists, and Isaiah
Since last night, things have been going terrible. I feel like my breath was. Last night I ate cheddar flavoured chips and orange juice, and a hot dog, when I woke up, my breath was so terrible I could taste it. That’s how life feels right now. So what could I do? I tried reading some Christian books but it felt hypocritical because I was in sin. I had very little sleep (I was … [Read more...]
All Too inHuman & The Story of a Girl
If you don't feel like reading all this post just skip to the "BUT"We have our extended family visiting our house this week (all the Mennonite Brethren folks). I used to be able to talk with my uncles and aunts about theology and my future as a preacher. But now that I'm of the 'peculiar Roman Catholick religion' (as Rabbie Burns would've said - ), no one asks me about … [Read more...]
Music is a window
I've been inexplicably listening to the song called "Mondo 77" by Looper or "looper 77" by mondo or something here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc57lu5GC90It's kind of haunting to me. I listen to it and it remins me of the inverse of an experience I had in life.so 2 years ago almost to the day my friend Jenn and I were dropping a friend off at Heathrow airport in … [Read more...]