Systems Check

End of semesters are kind of like birthdays for older people.

Sure there is the excitement that comes with breaking free of a year's (or semester's) worth of work and beginning anew (not to mention getting a well earned break). But there also is the rather boggling and numbing realization that you don't have too many of them left.

I'm finishing the first semester of my junior year. I've crossed the halfway point. I have only three semesters left.

So what have I got to show for the five semester I've already completed?

Well, here's a list (in no particular order):


--I can tell you what inaugurated eschatology means.
--I've worked for The Washington Times.
--My hair has sat on top of my head an average of a half an inch longer than when I lived in Oregon.
--I say say things like "sick," "legit" and "the 5."
--Flip flops have become an essential piece of footwear.
--I now sit in the desk of the editors I worked under my first two years.
--I have tattoos on both my calves.
--I've lived on the east coast.
--Six GYRADS, multiple coffee/lunch demi-dates, no girlfriend.
--Two broken computers.
--Appreciation of the hyperstatic union :)
--Six roommates, three different dorm rooms and my first apartment (yay).
--A heck of a lot of bylines.
--My first flat tire (in the middle of nowhere, mind you).
--A couple legit friends that better not leave my life.
--Realized the inspiration behind the Beach Boys' California Girls song.
--Dreams that aren't defined by state lines.
--Too many memories to remember; too many people that have made their mark on my life; and a realization that life lived now is the best kind.


:)

--mjf

Shoutout

Dr. Corey (president of Biola) spoke at our Friday chapel about how the university is responding to the rough financial times. Listen to the 10th minute of this video...

http://offices.biola.edu/president/economy/chapel/