The grass is greener on north campus

Brown University

Hymns

I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining every day
Still praying as I onward bound
Lord, Plant my feet on higher ground.
Lord, lift me up and let me stand,
By faith on Heaven’s table land
A higher plane than I have found
Lord plant my feet on higher ground.

My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts and rise and fears dismay
Through some may dwell where these abound
My prayer my aim is higher ground

Lord, lift me up and let me stand,
By faith on Heaven’s table land
A higher plane than I have found
Lord plant my feet on higher ground.

I want to live above the world
Though Satan’s darts at me are hurled
For faith has caught the joyful sound
The song of saints on higher ground.

Lord, lift me up and let me stand,
By faith on Heaven’s table land
A higher plane than I have found
Lord plant my feet on higher ground.

I want to scale the utmost height
And catch a gleam of glory bright
But still I’ll pray till heaven I’ve found
Lord, lead me on to higher ground.

Lord, lift me up and let me stand,
By faith on Heaven’s table land
A higher plane than I have found
Lord plant my feet on higher ground.

Study Break

School for Scoundrels was impressive. Nathan is in town, maybe the guys will go down for indian food tomorrow. I should be dead asleep at this hour, especially with an 8am tomorrow...for economics of all classes. Who would ever wants to wake up to economics?

Today I considered whether it would be beneficial to begin preparing for the LSAT. My gpa is not so pretty and I'll really need to ace the LSAT. Should I begin now and just pace myself?
Becca once said something like, "don't play games, but you still must be strategic." Perhaps I've over applied what she said, but its helped me think through a few complicated situations.

spring break

Spring Break, thats when you see the light at the end of the tunnel. We get a week off and then return to put the finishing touches on another year of college. Now past the 3/4's mark, the weather is starting to brighten up, and life seems more interesting....or maybe I just haven't gotten over the spring break high.

As the weekend rolls around...

I'm glad my roommate is still alive. We were painting with oil based paints in the basement, and he decided to have a glass of milk. We had poured some paint thinner into a cup to keep our brushes from drying out, but Paul got the two cups mixed up and accidentally took a drink of the paint thinner! I looked up just as he hurled the paint thinner out of his mouth; fortunately none was swallowed. We called poison control just to be safe, and Paul was told to brush his teeth, throw away the toothbrush, and eat some ice cream.

That whole painting ordeal was quite an experience. Completely spontaneous, the idea emerged after looking at some of Alex's artwork, and our ensuing conversation about how the mind works when we're in that artistic, creative mood.

I keep thinking back to the Wall Street Journal article, "entrepreneurship 101." Why wouldn't UGA want a similar program? Heck, I'll do the legwork. http://www.collegejournal.com/careerpaths/findcareerpath/20070320-spors.html?refresh=on

Parva Leves Capiunt Animas

I'm not sure why this picture fascinates me so much. Perhaps subtle symmetry is enticing?

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Vague and insignificant forms of speech, and abuse of language have so long passed for mysteries of science; and hard and misapplied words, with little or no meaning, have, by prescription, such a right to be mistaken for deep learning and height of speculation, that it will not be easy to persuade either those who speak or those who hear them, that they are but the covers of ignorance, and hindrance of true knowledge.

~John Locke, 1960

Einstein Quote of the Week

Although I am a typical loner in daily life, my consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has preserved me from feeling isolated. The most beautiful and deepest experience a man can have is the sense of the mysterious. It is the underlying principle of religion as well as all serious endeavour in art and science. He who never had this experience seems to me, if not dead, then at least blind. To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is something that our mind cannot grasp and whose beauty and sublimity reaches us only indirectly and as a feeble reflection, this is religiousness. In this sense I am religious. To me it suffices to wonder at these secrets and to attempt humbly to grasp with my mind a mere image of the lofty structure of all that is there.

~Albert Einstein, circa 1932.

Panoramania

First time in NYC. Staten Island Ferry was awesome, and free. I left my heart on that boat, but more on that later...perhaps. Photo stitching is the new passion of my photographic endeavours. If a picture is worth a 1000 words, how valuable is a panoramic? Awesome panoramics are found at a Berkeley hosted site; best way to see the world for free? http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/worldwidepanorama/wwp/index.html

Thats my plug for the day. Enjoy ; )