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December 17, 2007: Finals so far.
I thought I would use this small amount of free time to update the site
for the first time in 6 days. So far, I have taken four of my five
finals, and they have all gone well. My last one is on Wednesday
morning, and I am not looking forward to it. Thats pretty much it.
Happy birthday Dad, but since its so close to Christmas, thats when
you'll get your gift.
2 more days,
-Jes
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December 11, 2007: Christmas Dinner :)
Tonight was Christmas dinner in the
dining hall. It was delicious, and really the only news-worthy item in
the last two days. There was prime rib, mashed potatoes, sweet corn,
swordfish, and apple supreme pie. It rained all day today, which was
less than enjoyable. Had it been a little bit colder, it would have
snowed all day, but it didn't. My final days of classes were yesterday
and today, which was nice. Tonight I had a review session for Gov.,
which was followed by a short reception with the professor. On a
similar note, a group of friends and I went to chat with our Theology
professor. We spent 2 hours at his office, and it was really neat to
just chat with him. Now I've got 2 days before my first final, and I'm
looking forward to the slightly easier schedule.
Starting to
study,
-Jes |
December 9, 2007: Another Lazy Sunday
Once again, Sunday meant a day that
seems to just slip by. I have
actually had a relatively unproductive weekend as I head into two days
of reviews before finals start on Friday. Last night's dance was fun.
It was nice to head accross campus to the Mendoza College of Business
and dance in the great hall of the main building. High point of today
was watching the Packers spank the Raiders this afternoon. As I write
this, I'm watching the Pats/Steelers game hoping the Steelers can pull
off the upset.
-Jes |
December 7, 2007: Miss ND
Yesterday's update didn't happen
because of one of the biggest events on campus, the Miss ND pageant
hosted by the men of O'Neill. It was a lot of fun as the beautiful
ladies of Notre Dame vied for this great honor. In the end, with the
poise of Miss South Carolina, Miss Howard Hall won the crown. Before
the pageant, many of the men of O'Neill had dinner at the South Dining
Hall, taking up nearly of quarter of the dining room. Today felt like
the last day of classes, even though we still have class until Tuesday.
Since everything on Monday and Tuesday is going to be review, I'm not
to worried about this feeling of being into study time. We had a pizza
party in Section 1A tonight to celebrate our Grace Cup victory, and we
watched the women's soccer semi-final between ND and FSU.
Unfortunately, the Lady Irish lost, but they played strong like they
had all season, and we here in O'Neill are still proud of them. On a
happier note, tonight the Freshman Class is throwing a Christmas party
at Reckers from 1 AM to 3 AM, which I am going to. Tomorrow night there
will probably be no update due to "SnO'Neill" the O'Neill Christmas
formal. I'll have a recap of that and of the rest of the weekend on
Sunday afternoon or evening.
Wishing you the best,
-Jes |
December 5, 2007: Way Over Due Update
Yikes, I just realized that I have
fallen way behind on updates. Since Sunday, a number of things have
happened. I'll start with Tuesday, because nothing of great importance
happened on Monday. On Tuesday morning I got to sign up sor my classes
for next semester. I was a little worried that the classes I wanted
weren't going to be available, because I had a late registration time,
but I actually wound up getting everything I wanted and really good
times for everything too. I guess the only real news from Monday was
that I had a chorale rehearsal when we started to learn our (somewhat
unusual) Christmas music for our concert on next Wednesday. We
continued working on that tonight at rehearsal. After rehearsal I went
to work, like I do every Wednesday. Pretty run of the mill start to the
week with the exception of registration. On a side note, congrats to
the RAMS swim team on their blow-out win over Clinton last night.
GO RAMS!
-Jes |
December 2, 2007: Grace Cup Champions
Today was a great day for section 1A of
O'Neill Hall. We brought the Grace Cup back to its rightful home. The
Grace Cup goes to the winner of the annual football game between
O'Neill Hall and Keough Hall, and it is named for Grace Hall, the hall
that O'Neill and Keough came from. The teams for the game are
determined by games between the sections of each hall. On a cold, wet
and muddy afternoon O'Neill section 1A, my home section, pulled out a
5-3 win. The rest of the day was relatively uneventful, and ended with
mass as usual.
-Jes |
December 1, 2007: Winter Storm
Today marks the beginning of a new
month, which means an e-mail went out this morning. It also means that
I started listening to Christmas music on my MP3 player. After working
until 4 AM last night, I slept until after 11 this morning. When I
finally woke up, I just didn't feel like doing anything before our
second performance of "Messiah" tonight. While I was trying to convince
myself to actually start moving, I noticed that it was snowing/icing
outside, which led to a less than fun walk to the performing arts
center in my tux. Tonight's performance actually went even better than
last night, and was a great way to end our fall season. After I got
back to my room I watched more of the debachle that is college football
as the number one and two teams in the nation lost again. At least
Hawai'i managed to finish their season undefeated and should be headed
to a BCS bowl.
-Jes |
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