The "Buzz"

Yes, got the mohawk last night after blonde dye-ing. Yeah, the water is weird here, so instead of full blonde like last time (same brand), it's blondish brown with some natural red. Gotta bleach again today before the Carolina Blue gets added. Check here and facebook for pics as they become available.

Chapel Thrill

On friday, i had a meeting with Edna about a directed study this summer and it went quite well. Looks like i will very likely be doing PBB this summer. i went to OT section and then Chuckie took me to the train station.
i was working on a project while i waited on the hour-late train to CH, and using my Bible. When i boarded the train, one guy my age asked me about it and we talked for a minute. Then a professor leaned over the seat and asked to borrow it. Turns out, he is a prof at Greensboro College, on sabbatical, and working as a Fellow at the Holocaust museum in DC. He used my Bible to add a few lines to the book he's working on (so basically i've co-authored published work, so look for our book this fall) on Antisemitism. We had a great talk on religion and theology for a few hours and then a guy, a couple years younger than i, joined us and we talked about mostly music and guitars. The professor jammed on his guitar for a bit, all BB King-style. All of this was much appreciated, as the train left an hour late from the station and got me into CH nearly 3 hours overdue. Ashley picked me up and we had dinner with Kelley and Brice.

Ashley and i went to Greensboro on Saturday to pick up some dogs for animal rescue and delivered them to Durham for the first leg of their very long journey north. Then we had lunch with her mother and brother and his girl friend. Ashley worked on her online finals and i crashed for a few hours. We did mom's amazing chocolate milkshakes and watched some movies.
Today was the last church service for Ashley's church and so we attended. It was a great service, but as to be expected, everyone was quite emotional. They were all incredibly friendly and welcoming and i have a lot of faith that they will all go do amazing things. i drove back here in my car and worked on my project. i've got a good caffeine high going tonight. i'll be exhausted tomorrow, but no regrets. Another GREAT weekend.

Also: Carolina Blue Hair Dye has arrived

Whatsa happenin'

My Dell has decided it cannot be booted up for more than 5 minutes without going all "blue screen of doom" so i shall be back on the IBM for awhile. i'll have to call the Dell folks. My YAV phone interview didn't feel great on saturday, but we shall see. Ashley and i had a great day. The 3 Chopt youth did a GREAT job for youth Sunday. We then went to Avenue 805 for brunch with Aunt Judy and Uncle Paul, which was a really fun time. We ended up going over to Murray's and hangin out with some really cool kids from his neighborhood. One girl cornrowed my hair (pictures to come soon) and we had a drum circle goin. We did Zorba's for dinner and she left around 9. All in all, a perfect, but not terribly productive weekend.

Bzzzz

So i've been a busy bee all week with school and projects and work, so no chance to write. So here's the buzz... Still working in the library here on campus. My pastoral care prof couldn't sign on to work with me this summer for a directed study, so i am likely working with Edna, our dean of students and my spiritual formation prof. She's fantastic. i'm throwing around the idea of calling my directed study something along the lines of: Leadership in Youth Vocational Exploration... or something like that. Basically, i would be spending the summer helping these youth discern what "call" means for them and what vocation or what life goals this is guiding them towards. Ashley is here to visit me and to see her best friend here in Richmond this weekend, so we got to spend the day together around Union and then over to McCarthur to hit up Dott's for burgers and tuna melts. We also stopped by Carytown Books and Once Upon a Vine before heading to Cary Street, where we hit the yarn shop, the indy music store, the costume shop, the vintage clothing store, and the surprise... the Chocolate shop. We met her friend Kyle for dinner at Sticky Rice for Thai and did ice cream by the Byrd and shot pool and watched Little Miss Sunshine. Today she'll be seeing more of Richmond with her bud Kyle and we'll all watch the UNC game tonight. We're going to go to 3 Chopt Pres in the morning for youth Sunday and then Ashley and i will be having lunch with my aunt Judy and uncle Paul who will be in town. Keeping in mind time constraints, she and i may go to Murray's house to play drums with the inner city kids and get my hair corn rowed.

Long time

Yeah, so i haven't blogged in days. Things are great. School is keeping me much too busy, and the semester is only beginning. It's going to get much worse. The new Norah Jones CD is amazingly good, but i also recommend Rock Swing, the CD of big Rock N Roll hits done big band swing style. It's been an interesting week. Heard from a few old friends and a few old flames. But life just keeps moving, and things are good in both areas for now. Doing a little house cleaning in the wallet and in the heart. Need a haircut fairly badly. It's long enough to lay flat on its own and naturally part, so not even a fro. i'm babbling. It's late. Goodnight folks.

Stooperbowl

Yeah, so the rain made a very uninteresting match up a lot of fun. Great food, and i got to play with the baby Ethan and hangman with little Becka. i love how kids plan what they wanna be. She wants to be a fashion designer and make shoes and clothes with diamonds and quarters on them. Wow. Either that or she wants to e principal... or a baby sitter... or an artist. COOL KID! i miss being that open and excited. Kids rock.

Spontinaity is the spice of life...

So, it's friday night, maybe 2am, and i'm on the phone with Ashley. Tom looks at me and says, "what are you doing here? Go to Chapel Hill." So i says, "ok, takin your keys, see ya saturday night." i got CH around 5:30am (checked on the PCM kitchen) and Ashley and i hung out till lunch and hit up Franklin Street Pizza and Pasta, which i had missed dearly. Also saw Katie Cole!!! We then took advantage of the nice weather and meandered the campus of our alma mater (yes, that's what it is now) and took tons of pictures. Also wandered the arboretum. i then crashed for two hours because i hadn't slept at all friday night and Ashley finished up her paper and actually did half my laundry. Yay for people with their own washers and dryers! We did dinner (she makes one mean pasta alfredo and basil dish) and then i took off back to Union. Pretty much the best day ever. Wish i had gotten to see a few folks on the Hill, but it was entirely too spontaneous and my phone died about 5 minutes after i hit the road for NC, so i wasn't really able to hit anyone up. Maybe next trip. Sleep time!

This amazing day brought to you almost entirely by Tom Harley, my personal hero.

There's no business like snow business

Yeah, it only snows when i am working. i keep getting to see it snowing outside, but it almost only happens when i am at work or sometimes in class. i never get to go out in it, just see it. i've been in a good mood all week, but i haven't had my head on straight. i blame angel fairies. i've gone to the wrong classroom for class, missed my usual Battlestar episode, and misplaced a whole pizza. Oh well. i'm excited about my classes and i love my YoCo's i get to work with. So yes, ending, on a happy note today.