Less Gushy journal entry

Meeting Robert George

Well...today was an unusually good day. Why? Because - I got to meet one of my favorite favorite favorite scholars ever!!!! If I could have composed a list of people to come and speak at Trinity, first on my list would have been Pope Benedict, and second would have been Robert George, the Constitutional Law scholar and Natural law theorist from Princeton University. Well - Robert George came today! Praise God for that. What a gift. I am going to sound so goofy, but for the first time in my life, I was star struck. So now the goofyness begins

I was lucky enough to get out of a class with mandatory attendance to go to the lecture. Then...in addition to that, I wandered in early because I had run out of things to do, and who should be there but Robert George himself. The professor from UT that he was with asked me, "Are you here for the lecture?" and I was like "Yes." Then he introduced me to Robert George, and we talked for like 10 minutes! It was incredible, because I have read this guys stuff and watched Dr. Crockett use it to great effect in our Classical Political theory class, and now, I got to meet the guy in person and talk to him about God and Catholicism. I also got to talk to him about my interest in Princeton and my hope to get a PhD there in political theory. He got my name and email address and said he would be in contact with me about a conference for young Catholics. Afterwards, he signed a picture that my friends made of him where they superimposed his face over Tim Duncan's and he signed my book. Yes! Well I guess I am going to stop gushing now. I included a picture of him, FYI.

Well, it's been much more than a year since I wrote my last xanga entry, but I am going to try and write again. I think having a xanga is a good thing, even if no one reads it, because it is an easy way for me to journal. I don't know how long this resolution will last - I have a short attention span for diary-ish things, and I get caught up in life to the point where I fail to write down my reflections.

Yesterday night I wrote an essay. This essay was really difficult for me, because I had to express my career ambitions, formative experiences and ideas, interests, etc. in 1000 words and in such a way that made a scholarship committee to give me money. After that essay, I think I will go to bed early tonight! Anyways, my classes today were all enjoyable, but I could tell I was not very sharp. I kept forgetting names for places and things. Time to get down to business. I hope my brain catches up super soon. I liked my Latin American Politics class; it seems promising, and the format is such that it's relaxed yet informative. This is a huge relief; I sure hope this semester is not as awful as the last in terms of work load, but God's will be done. My Advertising class seems good, too. It requires a lot of quick creativity (aka quick wit) something I totally lack! So I ought to stumble around in there a lot.

I am happy at Trinity because my friends are here. It's been so good to see everyone. Lucky to be here. I miss my family, though, because I've got such a great home and we have so much fun there. I am blessed that I have two wonderful worlds to be a part of.

I've been wanting to ballroom dance desperately!!!! I did it for an entire year, and I guess it's finally bothering me that I stopped. I miss it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's been on my mind.

I think I'd better go to bed. I am winding down with Everybody Loves Raymond, the only TV show I can consistently watch.

Xanga

Wow! This is my first post on my Xanga! I wonder if someday anyone will read what I write...