i'm so glad that i'll never fit in
That whole thing i was talking about yesterday? Incredibly more difficult when i thought. It's amaazing how much your willpower can diminish when you're actually in a person's presence. Oh well.
Today i was walking to the clinic where i work; normally i just take the sidewalk down limestone. This time, however, i decided to follow the stone pavement along its incline and tread the length of the 4-foot wall that separates the sidewalk from the grass. The wall's ledge is at least a foot wide, so it's not like i was tightroping or anything. But still, it felt more precarious than usual, yet also more enjoyable. I was listening to incubus' 'aqueous transmission' on the iPod and walking perfectly to the beat, marveling at the world from my newfound perspective. And right before i reached the end, i realized that that's the way i want to live my life. The best things, i find, tend to make me a little uncomfortable (at least at first), but they are so much more rewarding than just playing it safe all the time.
In other news, today consisted of an ELI meeting, Spanish, a psych lab meeting, lunch (where i lost one of my best earrings and luckily found it about ten feet away), the clinic to work on a case study (my boss let me ride along with her to chik-fil-a so we could talk about it!), a tour of Eastern State Mental Hospital (second oldest mental hospital in America), Greek tours with SG, and an Honors Film in the library. Kinda productive, i'd say.
Are you ready for chapter 4 ('Shifts') ? You'd better be, baby.
Some of the Christians in Portland talk about Reed College as if it is hades. They say the students at Reed are pagans, heathens in heart. Reed was recently selected by the Princeton Review as the college where students are most likely to ignore God. It is ture. It is a godless place., known for existential experimentation of all sorts. there are no rules at Reed, and many of the students there have issues with authority. Reed students, however, are also brilliant. Loren Pope, former education editor for the New York Times, calls Reed "the most intellectual college in the country." Reed receives more awards and fellowships, per capita, than any other American college and has entertained more than thirty Rhodes scholars.
For a time, my friend Ross and I got together once each week to talk about life and the Old Testament. ross used to teach Old Testament at a local seminary. Sometimes Ross would talk about his son, Michael, who was a student at Reed. During the year Ross and I were getting together to talk about the Old Testament; I had heard Michael was not doing well. Ross told me Michael had gotten his girlfriend pregnant and the girl was not allowing him to see the child. He was pretty heartbroken about it.
During his senior year at Reed, Ross' son died by suicide. He jumped from a cliff on the Oregon coast.
Today i was walking to the clinic where i work; normally i just take the sidewalk down limestone. This time, however, i decided to follow the stone pavement along its incline and tread the length of the 4-foot wall that separates the sidewalk from the grass. The wall's ledge is at least a foot wide, so it's not like i was tightroping or anything. But still, it felt more precarious than usual, yet also more enjoyable. I was listening to incubus' 'aqueous transmission' on the iPod and walking perfectly to the beat, marveling at the world from my newfound perspective. And right before i reached the end, i realized that that's the way i want to live my life. The best things, i find, tend to make me a little uncomfortable (at least at first), but they are so much more rewarding than just playing it safe all the time.
In other news, today consisted of an ELI meeting, Spanish, a psych lab meeting, lunch (where i lost one of my best earrings and luckily found it about ten feet away), the clinic to work on a case study (my boss let me ride along with her to chik-fil-a so we could talk about it!), a tour of Eastern State Mental Hospital (second oldest mental hospital in America), Greek tours with SG, and an Honors Film in the library. Kinda productive, i'd say.
Are you ready for chapter 4 ('Shifts') ? You'd better be, baby.
Some of the Christians in Portland talk about Reed College as if it is hades. They say the students at Reed are pagans, heathens in heart. Reed was recently selected by the Princeton Review as the college where students are most likely to ignore God. It is ture. It is a godless place., known for existential experimentation of all sorts. there are no rules at Reed, and many of the students there have issues with authority. Reed students, however, are also brilliant. Loren Pope, former education editor for the New York Times, calls Reed "the most intellectual college in the country." Reed receives more awards and fellowships, per capita, than any other American college and has entertained more than thirty Rhodes scholars.
For a time, my friend Ross and I got together once each week to talk about life and the Old Testament. ross used to teach Old Testament at a local seminary. Sometimes Ross would talk about his son, Michael, who was a student at Reed. During the year Ross and I were getting together to talk about the Old Testament; I had heard Michael was not doing well. Ross told me Michael had gotten his girlfriend pregnant and the girl was not allowing him to see the child. He was pretty heartbroken about it.
During his senior year at Reed, Ross' son died by suicide. He jumped from a cliff on the Oregon coast.