lent starts tomorrow.

I wonder what I’ll give up. Any guesses?

to be learned in grad classes longer than 1.5 hours:

anytime that a break is offered by the teacher, YOU TAKE IT.

ESPECIALLY IN 8 HOUR CLASSES.

ALWAYS TAKE A BREAK.

&%*$&’n idiots.

/rant on

there’ve been some confusion that I’ve run into about how the nazi’s were based in christianity, the aryans being a christian sect and the swastika was a perverted cross.

no. there’s a large difference. Aryans were a people/language group of the indo-europeans, and it was these that Hitler thought that the germans were descended from.

ArIans were a sect of early christianity that followed the ideas of Arius, who thought that Christ was of a finite nature, not at one with God, not of divine nature at all, since Christ was created. Of course he was excommunicated for this.

As for the swastika, this was an ancient symbol used in hinduism and buddhism, and while it MAY look like a perverted cross, it did not originate with Hitler’s wish to show a cross. Per the Encyclopedia Britannica:

“In Nazi Germany the swastika (German: Hakenkreuz), with its oblique arms turned clockwise, became the national symbol. In 1910 a poet and nationalist ideologist Guido von List had suggested the swastika as a symbol for all anti-Semitic organizations; and when the National Socialist Party was formed in 1919–20, it adopted it. On Sept. 15, 1935, the black swastika on a white circle with a red background became the national flag of Germany. This use of the swastika ended in World War II with the German surrender in May 1945, though the swastika is still favoured by neo-Nazi groups.”

Much as some people may mistakenly attribute nazi germany and its symbols to christianity, there’s very little tie in.

/rant off

has approved my grad app provided I turn in a “Curricumlum Vitae” of their requirements. which, as I have noticed, is NOT a curriculum vitae.

so no probs there.

they’ve assigned a grad rep, a Dr. Mark Lawrence, for my oral defense.

man, things are getting closer and closer.

they’ve put wireless internet access into one of the halls here, perhaps all of them.

not a whole lot of notes are going to happen.

not really. it was raining this morning. but the temperature is about 70 degrees, so I’m not going to complain.

I’m still ill, but feeling a whole lot better. I’ve still got a cough and congestion, but man…the headaches gone.

until class that is.

of course, by that time, I am planning on having medicated myself to the point where it doesn’t matter much anymore.

2 tablets of dayquil are enough to make sure that Froyd don’t talk no sense.

which really isn’t that different from any other day.

Memo

To: People and germs who purposefully infected Sean Froyd.
From:Sean Froyd

Subject: You’ll all pay.

This is a memo notifying any germs and/or people(like my parents) who have given me this sickness that it won’t kill me. It was a good try, to be sure, but the body of Sean Froyd is nigh impregnable to diseases.

You will be hunted down and eradicated, as soon as the coughing/sore throat/congested nose decide to give up.

Thank you.

to sunny california. Roughly 20 hours later than I had originally wanted to leave bemidji, but such is life.

and I’ve got first class out there.

Envy me, ye masses!

which puts me in an odd position. I don’t support a government instituted smoking ban at all. given the choice, I’d drink at a smoke-free establishment, giving free market laws of supply and demand their head to see hwo things would fall out.

but man, I hate smoke in bars. It exacerbated my already sore throat.

and I’ll tell you, I had 2 beers last night at Keg. No more. I had some pop in between those beers(as I was driving) and one after them. I think the last beer I had was at 11:30. Left at 1.

and guess what? I had a good time. And I’ve still got money in my wallet.

a two drink limit in bars, methinks, is a good plan to live by.

but smoke-free bars.

%*^$&@.

heck of a day to try and drive to the cities.

I’ve already received the mandatory call from my mother entailing the conversation “You’re not going to drive down in this are you? They’re predicting 12 inches!”

and my reply of “they might be wrong, we’ll see.”

But since the flight doesn’t leave until 9PM tomorrow, it might not be a bad idea to wait until morning to drive out. Although I’d really like to spend some time with peeps in the cities. Ah well.

illegal copiers in every street in every town.

yeah. um. uff da.

are misnamed. They aren’t created from EVERYTHING.

but they’re pretty good nonetheless. I’d suggest getting one from the union at some point in your life.

man, I hope my pianist never dies in the middle of a performance.

GET YOUR MINDS OUT OF THE GUTTER!!!

anyone need to go to the cities tomorrow, and doesn’t mind about not getting back until thursday?

Let me know.

also let me know if there are any places I should visit on the way down.

Besides the biggest ball of twin in minnesota. I’m not going to get to that yet. That’s my reward for getting the MA at BSU.