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So I'm back in Louisville for a while. The semester went well, I got 4 As and 1 B. The B was in freaking Economic, and I got an 84 in the class, and the cutoff for an A was 85. I'm slightly frustrated about that one.
The Bengals lost, which also happens to be frustrating. However, Cincinnati is still in the 6 seed, if the playoffs started today. Bad news: they have to play Denver and Pittsburgh the final two games of the season. I think if they play well, they can win both. Will they play well? I hope so.
I got Guitar Hero II. I had told myself that I would buy it with birthday money, but I didn't get around to it, and I thought it would be better to hold off til after finals anyways, because that game gets distracting. Right, so I've been having fun with that.
I was thinking the other day about how being religious is hard work. For one, you have a whole set of texts to study your entire life. Pious people in the past have held themselves to the standard of memorizing every bit of scripture. Back in the day (and maybe even today) kids in rabbinical school had to memorize the entire Old Testament (Jewish bible) just to get into the last phase of training. That is so much work, its ridiculous. I don't hold myself to that standard, but I think its really important to have and understand the holy books of my religion, which takes quite a bit of effort and work. Also, you have to answer for your religion. If certain parts of your religion do really stupid and bad things (like say, say homosexuality is a scourge like some Baptists, or fly planes into buildings, like some Muslims) you have to explain why these people are stupid and should be counted against you. And still, some people lump you with the crazy, stupid sect of your religion. Also, you have to answer to the leaders of your religion, whom you may disagree with. This one is tough for me. I have a lot of things that I disagree with my leaders with (be it about politics, lifestyle, or other choices I make) and I have to live with the downtrodden stares of these people, even though I know I'm not doing anything wrong. At the same time, people who are not religious look at some of the things that I do and say "aren't you religious?" and I have to somehow convince these people that I am not compromising any beliefs, I simply hold different views than some people in my religion. Anyways, its a tough life. But hey, its definitely worth it.
Thats what I've been thinking about. I'll try to update more. You should check out the blog I write for over at ukdems.com.
The Bengals lost, which also happens to be frustrating. However, Cincinnati is still in the 6 seed, if the playoffs started today. Bad news: they have to play Denver and Pittsburgh the final two games of the season. I think if they play well, they can win both. Will they play well? I hope so.
I got Guitar Hero II. I had told myself that I would buy it with birthday money, but I didn't get around to it, and I thought it would be better to hold off til after finals anyways, because that game gets distracting. Right, so I've been having fun with that.
I was thinking the other day about how being religious is hard work. For one, you have a whole set of texts to study your entire life. Pious people in the past have held themselves to the standard of memorizing every bit of scripture. Back in the day (and maybe even today) kids in rabbinical school had to memorize the entire Old Testament (Jewish bible) just to get into the last phase of training. That is so much work, its ridiculous. I don't hold myself to that standard, but I think its really important to have and understand the holy books of my religion, which takes quite a bit of effort and work. Also, you have to answer for your religion. If certain parts of your religion do really stupid and bad things (like say, say homosexuality is a scourge like some Baptists, or fly planes into buildings, like some Muslims) you have to explain why these people are stupid and should be counted against you. And still, some people lump you with the crazy, stupid sect of your religion. Also, you have to answer to the leaders of your religion, whom you may disagree with. This one is tough for me. I have a lot of things that I disagree with my leaders with (be it about politics, lifestyle, or other choices I make) and I have to live with the downtrodden stares of these people, even though I know I'm not doing anything wrong. At the same time, people who are not religious look at some of the things that I do and say "aren't you religious?" and I have to somehow convince these people that I am not compromising any beliefs, I simply hold different views than some people in my religion. Anyways, its a tough life. But hey, its definitely worth it.
Thats what I've been thinking about. I'll try to update more. You should check out the blog I write for over at ukdems.com.