This Week In Ghetto...

Just thought I'd give you all a snapshot of my week thus far...


Monday

Wake up, roll out of bed, and start running. Light and Life staff meeting from 7:30 to 8:30, then straight to work at the Admissions Office until 10:00. Old Testament doesn't start until 10:50, so I take the 50 minute gap and start reading the book A Case For Peace by Alan Dershowitz... book analysis paper due on Thursday. Go to Old Testament, learn some sweet crud about The Writings, go to Philosophy, turn in Nietzsche reading questions, learn more about said philosopher, got to Creative Writing and peer review our stories, then go meet with academic advisor regarding scholarships. Spend the rest of the afternoon reading A Case For Peace, then go play Ultimate Frisbee for intramurals followed immediately by dinner with the Ghetto Ultimate Frisbee Team. Go shopping at Savers for props for the youth group set, get back around 9, spend the rest of the night reading, go to bed.


Tuesday

Wake up, roll out of bed, and start running. Breakfast at 7:30, then try to stay alert while reading in the Library until 9:25 when public Speaking starts. After class, chapel from 10:50 to 11:40. I have "lunch duty," so I meet up with the day's Preview Students after Chapel and chill with them in the Caf, exchanging various pleasantries and answering any questions. Read as much as possible between lunch and my 1:40 Middle East class, where I learn about Britain's conquest of the Suez, Egypt, and most of North Africa. Waited around for the Student Government meeting to start, only to realize that I had the wrong schedule and meetings resume next week. Go back home and continue reading, then meet up with Trash Club a little late. From there, I head to a D-Group meeting, then to Stiz Tiz. Since everyone in our stairwell has given their story already, we had a "Feats of Strength" contest, during which I successfully beat one of my roommates in wrestling but ended up with a really badly rugburned knee. Nurse my wounds while reading until bed.


Wednesday

Wake up, roll out of bed, stumble on some dirty laundry, and start running. Eat breakfast at 7:30, then go to work at the Admissions Office from 8:00 to 10:00, at which time I take some Previews on a campus tour, then head to Old Testament at 10:50. Then Philosophy. Then Creative Writing, where a few classmates and I decided to ditch given that were once again peer editing and it was 70 degrees outside. Spent the class time starting my essay on A Case For Peace, then went to the WOW committee meeting from 3:00 to 4:00 (We finally got postcards to mail to registered students!). After WOW I grabbed an old-school typewriter and made the familiar 15 minute walk to church, set up the stage (using said typewriter, an overhead projector, a rickety old chair, and a retro leather jacket on one side, then a laptop, gaming chair, digital projector, and North Face jacket on the other.) Facilitated a game of good-old-fashioned whiffleball, the hosted my Junior High Boys' small group until 8:45, when I headed back to school to work more on my essay. Met with a friend in the library and worked on my essay, then headed back to the Ghetto around 12 and went to bed.


Today

Woke up, rolled out of bed, climbed over the mountain of dirty laundry, and started running. Finished my essay before 9:25 Public Speaking, then sat through some debates and went to Chapel. Excellent Chapel... it was Easter Communion so I had a blast. Came back to the Ghetto afterwards and hung out with Scooter and Cam (under the pretense of proofreading my essay,) until 1:40 when I went to Middle East class. I proudly turned in my essay, then learned more about Britain's Imperialism and Turkish Nationalism. Afterwards, I had a brief reprieve in the good weather as I stood victorious over A Case For Peace, then came back home and helped clean up for the night. At 8:00 I went to eat at Chili's with Dan the Man, Scooter, and Logan. By 9:30 we met up with a bunch of other Ghetto guys, some Cockpit guys, and a few La Plata guys for the revered Gallon Challenge. I plopped in a butt-ton of purple food coloring into my jug, and had at it. Managed to get about 7/8ths of it down and not vomit.. others weren't so lucky. The ground directly beneath our third-floor balcony is now colored with many splatters of food-dyed milk barf. Good times. Afterwards, urinated for the longest time in history, then sat down at my computer and tried to think of what to write.



Thanks for Reading,

-Daniel K