The marathon day.

My class schedule runs like this:

Greek: MWF 8-1PM
Foundations: W 6:30-10PM

The foundations class, however, only meets three times in the entire quarter. And of course, today is one of those Wednesdays. So, what does that mean? Today, I have class from 8AM til 1PM, and again from 6:30PM til 10PM. It is 3:21PM right now, and I'm at the school library at one of the computer stations typing this blog because I don't want to do my homework right now... and because I have 5 1/2 hours of wait time between classes. Why not drive home? Because A) I get more work done when I'm not at home (as my blogging now clearly indicates) and B) I'm running low of gasoline right now, and I don't want to fill up another tank (basically, I'm cheap).

What have I done so far in the last 2 1/2 hours? I finished my Greek homework, went poo poo, caught up on my emails, and now, I've blogged about my exploits on this Fuller campus today. Hooray for me.

So, I go to the grocery store to buy those small circular batteries from my external microphone. You know those batteries that were used to power the LCD Donkey Kong games. I search and search for them but to no avail. I ask one of the friendly Albertson's workers and he points me in the right direction. I find the correct size, pick up the nifty package, and upon further inspection, I see these words:

Energizer
EZChange
Hearing Aid Batteries
Size 675

Hearing aid batteries. Apparently, they are no longer known as Donkey Kong batteries, but hearing aid batteries. And yes, I felt a little strange at the check out counter buying them.

First day of school.

No pencil case. No Sesame Street lunchbox. No school bus. But today I went to school. Greek. Nothing but Greek. What have I accomplished in my first day of learning the Greek language? First, I learned that I'm not just going to learn Greek, but Koine Greek (a dead form of the language). Second, I learned how to read the stuff. I just don't know what it is that I'm saying. Aside from words like Christos, logos, and agapao, I have no idea what I'm babbling when I'm reading Greek. Oh, and because I'm just starting to read the language, I'm reading slow... what does that mean? According to Alinna, it means that I sound like Dory speaking whale. "Annnnnthrooooooooopooossss." That's Greek or whale for "man".

Good food. Good ocean time. Great time with a special visitor. Just what the doctor ordered!

I'm online!

Getting organized.

My room is finally starting to look like a room, and not something that just got hit by Hurricane Ivan. Furniture is assembled an in place. Just have a few pictures to put up on the wall and I should be good to go. Pictures of the place to be posted on my Yahoo! pictures site later.

It just hit me not too long ago that I'm going to school. I knew all along that I was going to Pasadena to go to Fuller, but I guess it never really dawned on me that I was going to school here. That I was going to read books, write papers, and think (a dangerous pastime). What I thought I was going to do here, I do not know. Go clubbing with future and present day pastors?

As part of new student orientation, a number of us from the School of Theology went to an academic advising seminar. When the people in charge saw how many people were entering into the School of Theology, they announced that we were going to have to go to the biggest lecture hall on campus. We walk in, and there are seats for no more than 120 students. Small is good. Small is very good.

I'm here.

I'm in SoCal. Right now, I'm at a computer terminal in the South Pasadena library because I don't have internet in the house. Yes, this is the reason why BCS rankings did not change yesterday. No worries. I should be back online on Friday the 24th to read all the interesting things you all did as recorded on your blogs. It better be good!

Quick recap. I'm rooming with Ben Nie. His blog's listed in the BCS rankings for now. We're living in a duplex in Alhambra. I'll post the address at the bottom of this post. Come visit! I've been going to new student orientation at Fuller Theological Seminary. Classes will start this coming Monday the 27th. Tomorrow, I'll be registering for classes. Tentatively, I'll be taking a Foundations for Ministry class (1 unit) and an intensive Greek language class (12 units). I've come to the conclusion that I like small private colleges. Here, I'm not merely an 8 digit ID number. I have a name. And that's nice.

2506 Birch St.
Alhambra, CA 91801

You can still be a FOB.

Today at church, I was talking to a guy from the Japanese division, and he was talking about how great it is to travel the world by ship. According to him, it's so much better to travel to Japan by sea than it is to travel by air. Let's break it down shall we?

Time
Air: 10 hours.
Sea: 10 days.
Advantage: Air

Entertainment
Air: Movies, tetris, complimentary cards, 13 music channels, airplane magazines.
Sea: The book you bring, piano.
Advantage: Air

Food
Air: Do I really need to say anything?
Sea: 10 days worth of food... remember?
Advantage: Sea

Price
Air: About $700.
Sea: Apparently, more than air. But most of that is due to the 10 days of meals thing.
Advantage: Air

Overall
Advantage: Air

I'll admit that it might be cool to go to arrive at Tokyo harbor in a ship and pretend that I'm illegal... once. After my my very careful analysis using only the best possible methods, I've come to the conclusion that while I may ship stuff sea mail (because I'm cheap), I am not likely to ship myself on a ship.

I just realized I didn't post some important info...

I'll be moving down to Southern Cal on September 18th. It's a Saturday. I'll be moving into a duplex in Alhambra with my friend Ben from El Cerrito High. Woo. My Gaucho pride is running high. That was sarcasm. I just now realized that it's kinda hard to detect on a blog. Oh, and for those who are wondering... Gauchos are Argentinian cowboys.

I'll be starting at Fuller on September 27th. It's a Monday. Craziness. I'm going back to school. I'm going back to school... school... school. Yeah, I don't think LL Cool J's gonna do a remix on that one.

The weekend of eating out.

Went to eat dinner with the family on Friday.

We went to eat at an Italian place in San Francisco called Il Fornaio. It was good. I'd recommend it. One thing, the bathroom.... Now, I'm not a short man. Neither am I a tall one. Quite average actually. I walk into the Il Fornaio bathroom, go to the urinal stall, and as usual there are two. One for adults, and one for kids. The adult one is taller than the kid one. I ended up choosing the kid one. I could've chosen the adult one, but I was a bit afraid. I was afraid that I might have to go up on tip toes to do my business. I felt a tad bit demeaned.

Went to eat Dim Sum for lunch and tapas for dinner with Alinna on Saturday.

The tapas place was very tasty. Zarzuela on Union and Hyde in the city. She's been talking about the place forever and we finally went. It lived up to the hype. It didn't disappoint. Good food. Good atmosphere. Great service. Felt slightly underdressed in my aloha shirt, cargo pants, and flip-flops. But it was alright... my partner in crime felt equally underdressed. And besides, we had a good time.

Went to eat sushi in Davis for lunch on Sunday.

I forget the place's name, but we ate sushi buffet. Crazy. After service on Sunday, we were talking about getting something to eat. Brandon suggests getting lunch in Davis. So what do we do? We make the hour and 15 minute drive out to Davis, of course. Would you expect anything less?

Blogger's changing all over the place. Now, there's a profile feature. Or maybe it's been there for a while and I never really noticed. Does anybody know what the profile's used for? Is it supposed to be posted on the blog page like a Xanga? I mean there's a spot for a photo and everything.

Traffic to this site's increased dramatically recently. I can only attribute this to a combination of two things. 1) The BCS. 2) My shameless advertising of the site at Canaan's youth camp.

As for the BCS, a couple of things. Karen's posted the first BCS color commentary on her blog. Found it incredibly amusing. Oh, and I noticed that my bookmarked list of friends' blog sites has ballooned way passed what it used to be. In the beginning, I used to struggle to find enough people to round out a top 25 list. Now? 86 and counting.... Granted, not all of them post regularly. But still, the sheer number of new bloggers out there is staggering.

My brother got his license! This is cause for celebration. Woo. I'm done.