… was to cross the road. This was back in Sri Lanka, on May 1st, 2005, and I was walking across Colombo to get to school in the afternoon. To my great dismay, a very angry, loud, and long formation of Communist protesters was blocking my path at an intersection. I don’t mean the lame [...]
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The First Time I Marched in a Protest…
Posted in Cool Stuff on October 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
iConfess
Posted in Cool Stuff, General Life, Religion on February 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you go to his Youtube channel, you’ll see that this dancing dude is in fact an ordained catholic priest. My first confession was on June 6th, 2008. I had been going to Sunday mass for a few months, and was slowly warming up to the idea of becoming confirmed as a Catholic – both [...]
A Psalm of Michelle
Posted in Cool Stuff, Religion on February 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Last weekend my girlfriend and I watched the ill-fated 2009 NBC series Kings. It is a loose depiction of the Old Testament stories surrounding King Saul and the future King David, set in a modern nation similar to the present-day United States. One scene that I gained a new appreciation for recently centers on Princess [...]
A look back at Fes, courtesy of U2
Posted in Cool Stuff on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The music video to ‘Magnificent’, one of U2′s newer songs. Fes (one of the old, royal cities of Morocco) really does look like this! Great song, in addition to providing some nice Monday nostalgia for studying abroad in 2007.
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