One down, one to go.

Well, the history paper that I had been working on for the duration of yesterday, and into this morning, was turned in today. It was a short sigh of relief, though, because I have a Catechetics paper due tomorrow. The assignment is a Catechesis of a topic, which is basically the premise, essentials, and scriptural basis for an important Catholic teaching. They are a test of my ability to synthesize materials, which will be helpful for creating lesson plans later in life. I'm doing my Catechesis on Reconciliation, which has been a blast for me so far, but I don't have a whole lot done.

My roommate has made much progress in the Shadow of the Colossus game, which has been playing in my room almost continuously since it arrived. It really is a cool and innovative game, and I think the feel of it captures what it would be like to fight an ancient giant.

In other news, besides the load of work I have had this week, the weather has been lovely. All of the plants are budding or flowering, and the leaves on the trees are growing each day. I can no longer see down to the Ohio River out my window any more because of all of the green forming on the trees. The team I joined for ultimate Frisbee unfortunately had to forfeit all of its games because there was one person who wasn't official on the team yet who played in one of our games. Oh well...


It is still Easter, so things have been very joyous here, and I hope to do some more celebrating after all of my work is done.

Until next time, I hope your days are blessed with love and joy!

Its still Easter...


Well, my roomate has finally returned. He's been playing Shadow of the Colossus pretty much since he got back. His birthday was while he was home, and he also got a new nerf gun which pretty much rocks. (It shoots glow in the dark darts)

I've been working on my history paper, I'm doing it on the Chosin Reservoir Campaign from the Korean War. I really enjoy my class, but this paper has been very hard for me to do. I don't know how I'm going to finish all of my work, but hopefully it will get done.

I really need to go take a shower... so I think I will.

Until next time- you stay classy

Christ has Risen! Alleluia!


Well, I spent this break at school, and I think it was an excellent decision. I very much enjoyed the events throughought the weekend, and the Easter Vigil was one of the coolest experiences that I have had here.

I saw the Passion on Thursday, and it was the first time I had ever seen the film. It is so powerful, and I love how the language is not English, I think it adds a whole other dimention to the movie. It's really easy when watching the movie to think of how that's actually how things took place, how Jesus actually took such a heart beating even before he was nailed to a cross. I think anyone who has seen the movie has been impacted by it. I know that one of the hardest parts for me was when Mary goes to Jesus when he falls. I was watching the movie with about 15 girls from the SOL houshold, and I think everyone was weeping, or at least leaking a bit.

The Easter Vigil was one of the most joyous occasions that I have ever been to. The point in the mass after the first 7 readings that cover salvation history was well done and powerful. It started with a trumpet playing the melody to the Gloria while the Fieldhouse was still dark, and then the lights came on and the cover was pulled off of the cross, showing a beautiful arrangement of flowers where Jesus was. The music was so beautiful, and I think everyone was moved inside.

I enjoyed a lovely Easter Brunch this morning with my family and my sister's household. I ate all kinds of delicious foods!

We went and saw a movie after Brunch, an apparant Sherwood tradition after major holidays. We saw "The Wild," which pretty much turned out to be a dud. The movie was very pretty and graphically well done, but the storyline, characters, and voices didn't really do anything for me. The storyline didn't really go anywhere, and to top it off, you could see where the story was going from the moment the movie started. I would probably give it a 3 out of 10, being that I have seen worse, and definately expect a lot more from Disney.

Well, that's all for this post, sorry that I havn't been keeping up, come back periodically, and click the ads on the page if you would like to support the "help Ken have money to take Laura out on a date" fund.

God Bless

Tired no more

Well, it was really nice to be able to sleep in today. I havn't gotten very much sleep for the past week it seems, and today is the first day in a while that I have gotten more than 7 hours of sleep. Most of the days were spent up late working on a paper or studying.

Yesterday, I woke up early to participate in Immersion Day, a day when all the Catechetics majors get together and listen to talks from excellent speakers from all over the US. I went to the talks on teaching high school, and they were very good. Overall, the experience was rewarding.

Later in the evening, I watched The Mummy with my lovely girlfriend Laura. It was a pretty sweet movie. I loved the balance between suspense and anti-suspense which insured that all of the cursed people would die, but which took about half an hour. Special effects were amazing and the story was well written and acted. It was one of the best action movies I have seen in a while. The sets in the movie are awesome, and I really felt like all of the scenery was believable.

My roomate has been gone all weekend, leaving me with ample opportunities to hang out with Laura. We played an old-school game, Mickey's World of Illusion, in which we worked together to defeat the forces of evil. We finally beat it today, which was so very exciting. This was the first time that Laura had beaten a full length video game! She is now addited. She proceeded to try out Aladin, another favorite.

Well, that's all for this post, untill next time- you stay classy, world...