My Greek class runs from 8AM to 1PM. In between, from 10 til 11, we have an hour long break. Today, I went down to the school cafeteria which has probably the best breakfast deal on the face of the earth: One egg, potatoes, toast, 2 pieces of sausage, and some fruit for $2.25.

Anyway, today, I see some classmates, and so I sit with them. The topic on the table is relationships... except they talk about marriage proposals, what the first few years of marriage is like, plans on getting married, etc.. Me? I was completely silent. Not so much that I had nothing to say, as much as it was that I was stunned. It was just one of those moments (and I've had many) when I realized that I'm not in undergrad anymore. I'm not 19 anymore. You'd figure that not being around super-competitive pre-meddies all the time would remind me.

I also found out that a classmate of mine got married after seven years of being friends. That is... they were platonic friends for 7 years, and then one day they decided to get married. I read about people like them. Now I know some.

Slowly, ever so slowly, it's starting to feel like home, here.

By the way, much to my surprise, I rocked the Greek midterm. Throw a toga and some philosophy on me, and I'll really be Greek. Hop-pa!

LA drivers.

Just a few days back, I stopped behind an SUV at a signal on Valley, a four lane road. I'm sitting there listening to my music when the SUV's driver door opens. And then the driver gets out of his car. This is a four lane road... a busy road with crazy Asian drivers all over the place. And he gets out of his car, and onto the road... the asphalt. Not an island separating the lanes. But just plain asphalt. And why would he do such a crazy thing? He gets out of his car, takes off his jacket, folds it, reaches across the driver's seat to the passenger's seat, places his neatly folded jacket on the passenger's seat, gets back in his car, and closes his door.

Granted, he made it back into his car before the light changed color, but who does that?

Studying for my first midterm in a while. It's an interesting feeling. Well, at least I'm ready for this one. I'm on top of this class... oh yeah. Pow, big ol' punch in the face of Greek.

What the... it's raining right now! This may be the first time I've witnessed rain in LA.

NOTICE: I'll be driving to NorCal on October 29th. I'll be driving back to SoCal on October 31st. I have three spots in the car. Anyone need a ride?

Ben and I have taken up a little friendly rivalry.

We started playing NBA Street on PS2 against each other. I took Game 1 and I haven't looked back since. Of course, we've only been playing since yesterday. Then again, the tally as of the end of today is 15-11. Yes, that's 15 games to 11 games. And yes, we've played 26 games since yesterday. Through all the screaming and yelling, mostly on my part, we're having a good time. But then, I might be biased because of the current outcome.

The second week of classes

Has it really only been a week of school? I don't know what it is, maybe it's the 5 hours of Greek per session, maybe it's the hours of studying outside of class, maybe it's just being in LA, I don't know, but this last week has felt like at least a month... and apparently my Greek classmates feel it too.

I'm doing well in my classes but I started thinking (with Seri), "Is it bad to just settle for a B in Jesus school?" I mean I want to do well, don't get me wrong. I just find added pressure to get A's in seminary. I mean, would it be unworshipful to get something less especially in this context? And besides, how would you feel if you found out that your pastor got C's in exegesis and ethics?

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!