Today contained one of those moments that makes me step back, pause, realize my blessings, and thank God.
Midmorning, I was sitting at my desk when someone knocked on my room door. It was Kara, who lives across the hallway.
"Can you do me a favor," she asked Being the helpful person that I am, I got up and followed her into her room where she laid on the floor curled up in a ball. She pointed to her laundry bin full of clothes.
"Will you dump that on me?" she asked, "They just came out of the dryer."
I just sort of looked at her for a minute. What sort of crazed person would actually do that?! Then I started laughing, delicious laughter. The answer, of course, is only the best kind of crazed people that I get to live with!
Thank you God for the simple things like laughter, Kara, and warm laundry.
~Jojo
Well, Lent has officially started. Join us on our 40 day journey without meat (for me) or ketchup (for Jojo). We're actually not quite sure which is harder, since we're both a fan of both. It will be 40 days of sacrifice and seeking God, and I can't wait to see where it takes us!
All I can say is that hopefully I will (and I think I will!) be more dedicated to my Lenten journey than I am to cleaning my room. I had a pile of clothes, sheets, books and other miscellaneous other items heaped in the chair at the foot of my bed. Needing a place for my lovely suitemates to sit, I dumped the pile on my bed. Now, realizing that it's 12:30 and I should actually go to bed, I realized that I should also probably put all of it away. Or I could just dump it all back into the chair. So I did. :)
Such is the life of the college student...
~Tana
Today is a day of laughter. Who cares about unwritten papers, unread Aeneids, or unformulated lab worksheets?
I do declare that yesterday did not contain enough laughing, so today shall be a day of laughter and general joy. After all, its Mardi Gras! Shrove Tuesday! Fat Tuesday! So eat all of your pancakes, donuts, beignets, and paczkis and be merry. And drink some coffee too, for it is delicious stuff. Find random things to laugh about and rejoice in the day, for each day is beautiful, no matter what the weather, the exams, or the food. It is not that we cannot be happy and full of laughter tomorrow, but tomorrow is a day of reflection, of embarking on a forty day spiritual improvement. Joy should be involved too, but quiet joy in striving for holiness.
But today, be obnoxiously happy. :)
~Jojo
Best part of having a blog? An excuse to ignore homework. :) Our parents will forgive us because we are sharing the knowledge that we have learned. Like, what exactly is an essay, and why bloggers are the essayists of the 21st century.
An essay is an inconsistent text, with many digressions, unorganized and wandering, from a personal point of view. It's purpose is to bring pleasure or humor. They are skeptical, anti-academic, anti-Ciceronian and personal. However, they do have a respect for truth.
Basically, an essay is an excuse for people to hear themselves talk. Or, in a blogger's case, type. Not all are like that (read Virginia Woolf or G.K. Chesterton for some examples), but the majority are. We will try to bring pleasure and humor, not digress too much, and respect the truth. We will also try to say some things that may actually be relevant to your lives.
We won't tell you every intimate detail of our daily lives. We won't pass on every funny story. We won't even write about every genius epiphany we have regarding knowledge, God and truth. But, we will post when we can, share what we feel you will enjoy and tell you some things that we're learning on our "Quest for What Lasts." (Thanks to Belmont Abbey Orientation)
~Tana and Jojo
Step One: Create Blog. It only took us three weeks to actually get from deciding to become bloggers to actually making this thing. We were spurred onward by our discussion in Rhetoric class today with the mentioning that bloggers are the essayists of the 21st century.
Step Two: ACTUALLY create blog. That part took about 20 minutes....there are a jillion choices for this template and background and everything else. People underestimate how many colors and fonts and tabs that are involved in this process....don't be surprised if the look changes over the next few weeks.
Step Three: Post. That's what we're doing now. Our main purpose for blogging was to keep us from telling the same story over and over again to everyone. Of course, that will probably still happen, but now we have a way to actually keep the story straight. :) So, for everyone who needs to know (or doesn't) this is Tana and Jojo.You get to read (or not) about our lives, loves and random ramblings. And anything else we may share on our quest for truth. Although we mostly just said that to sound cool. This is just our lives, people.
