Long time, no update, I know. For personal reasons, I'm not using LiveJournal anymore. Its hard for me not to blame myself. And LJ is too much of a vivid reminder of what happened in February. If you want to keep in touch with me, feel free to email me at ingerjm0@alumni.sewanee.edu.

I hope you all understand my decision. I look forward to hearing from you personally.

Jenna

A hilarious quote from Rev. Jim Turrell:

God loves you...bastard!

I'm comped!!!

I'm trying to figure out how spiders became the topic of Livejournal this week. At least two of my friends have had repetitive entries about spiders...

In other news, I comp tomorrow. I'm studying all day. Except for now. oops. For those of you who don't know what comping is, it means I get to take my comprehensive exam over 4 years of philosophy classes. I start at 9:05am in the library and go until about 1:30 or so. At least, they're short for philosophy. Still pretty overwhelming though.

I told David I would meet him for lunch right now. I'm not even dressed. oops...guess I should take care of that now. Adieu!

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Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come.
~Anne Lamott

I'm back in Sewanee.

Comps in a week and a half.

Oh shit...

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Hope is the dream of the waking man.
~Aristotle

My family is crazy. We just got finished playing Canasta, drinking 2 bottles of champagne, and eating lots of chips and salsa. No, we are not normal.

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Start every day with an inspiring thought.
~Unknown Author

So my family and I have spent the last few days in Wisconsin with my grandfather. My uncle Tim and his family was here until this morning, so it was good to see them. My aunt Dee and her kids are here longer than us, so we've been out shopping and that sort of thing. Uncle Brad and his family (or part of) are coming up tonight, then we leave sometime tomorrow. Being away from home for a bit has been nice, though I'm ready to get back to school now. Family's been seen, friends talked to, now Sewanee's calling me. Its weird being all the way up here and having no snow or winter weather. Sure, its colder than down there, but I could easily go outside in a sweater and be fine. I want snow! Oh well.

I guess thats it. Not too much more to say. I'm going back to my Sudoku and family.
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No hope quote for today; my selection is on my laptop :-(

Got my grades for the semester.

Programming: A
Music: A
Voice: A (she never gives As-hell yeah!)
Piano: A
Kierkegaard: B
Old Testament: B (why was I worried?? oh right-he didn't accept my paper late, and I wasn't ready for the exam. I guess that means that the exam went better than I expected, huh?)

GPA for the semester: 3.57

Its been my hardest semester, and somehow I made it through. Now, for comps and thesis, and I'll really be done. Thank God.

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When all misfortunes befell the human race, hope still remained.
~Soren Kierkegaard, Works of Love

One exam down. Too bad it was in my easiest class.

Left to do:
Exam today at 2:00pm (my hardest one)
Exam Tuesday at 9:00am
Paper to write (due yesterday, oops)
Thesis proposal to write

This, by far, has been my hardest semester. Thank God I have understanding professors and friends who make livable for me.

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The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
~Robert Green Ingersoll

*sigh* Its been great. Unfortunately, I missed the keynote speaker this morning, which I'll probably hit myself over the head for some days. Alas. I should probably leave now to go to the conference, but there's something about lying here doing nothing that appeals to me. Then again, the warm weather outside is drawing me too. Maybe even more. hm....

That said, Linux Network corporate party tonight, followed by Microsoft's :-) I'm sure to have fun. Then Thursday night, we're going to Busch Gardens...for free! It just keeps getting better. I don't want to leave. But I do miss the people back at Sewanee. New solution, they all come down here. good!

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The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
~Winston Churchill