Days Go By

Days continue to move. I continue to be sick. Ick! What I have learned from this latest bout with illness is that I am not a good patient. I took a test this morning. One of the realizations that I have come to is how much I enjoy academia, and how inconvenient this illness has become. The test went well, and I think I did ok-in general. I was not able to go to my class this afternoon however.

I spent the afternoon sleeping and watching the movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. I forgot until I was watching the movie how connected I feel to this tragedy in our nation's history. It is a great depiction from the side of the American Indian perspective. I feel that the great men of the Sioux Nation were fairly portrayed. Red Cloud and Sitting Bull were the two last "great" chiefs of this time.

After this post, I will be specifically addressing questions that I encounter from some reading in my classes.

Back Home

So, I am back in C-Ville. Life is continuing to progress and move beyond the here and now. I was a bit miffed with my life right now. I have no fantastic story about what a fabulous time at Triduum or Easter Sunday because I WAS SICK!!! ARGH!

Things to know:
I love movies! I have to see this new one called: The Namesake. It is the story about a man who gets bogged down by his own life and cannot see past his own needs until it would seem that he has ruined his relationship with his family.

Right now I am getting ready to watch once, which has been on my list for a while. Havea great evening. Keep it peaceful!

What does this all mean?

I am sitting in a coffee shop off Randolph Street in Chicago- close to the Lake and the Art Institute. There are all kinds of people that are moving in and out of this coffee shop enjoying a morning cup of coffee. I was thinking about how cool this atmosphere is, and at the same time how surreal. Does anybody work? Is everyone in school? Has our culture become so dependent on outside fuel(caffeine) for our bodies that business meetings, and deals are being brokered with a 16 oz. skinny mocha latte (make sure that it is fair trade-mine was direct trade...?).

I, myself was supposed to be meeting with my internship supervisor, but we had to cancel at the last minute. I have some basic questions, but more than anything I just wanted to meet a face associated with the program. As I am someone who is so decidedly relational, I have to have some face to put with a voice and name. I don't think that I would last long in corporate America.

Some questions/thoughts as I look at the reality of Holy Thursday:

*Today I celebrate the "traditional last supper" in the Christian tradition. I will be going to liturgy at some neighborhood parish in the south-side. I have always found this liturgy to be so moving, and intend to be moved today as well. I find it to be a profound experience when the Eucharist is moved from the tabernacle to a place of reservation, and then our church does not consecrate again until the Easter Vigil. What a statement!

*Bush is definitevely backing his position to have taken our nation into this war. What else could he do? Apologize to the families and friends of all those who have lost loved ones as a result of his greed? Probably not.
*Cheney doesn't care how many lives have been lost, and that 2/3 of Americans do not support or see any benefit to an American presence in Iraq.
*The war has lasted longer than the Civil War, WWI, and WWII. What a tragedy.

Please join me in a prayer for peace today.

Musings

I decided to set up my blog while I was with my friend Jennifer at her home in Chicago. My internship is located in Chicago- but will take me someplace else for the majority of my summer. I am with Jennifer for our spring break/Holy Week. The time so far has been wonderful, and exciting. Coming from rural Nebraska I have to say that I am in love with public transit. This sign is posted right outside Millenium Park- and embodies the day I spent with Jennifer and Jim! It was a great day.