End of Year One

Sorry to pull an Isaac here, but no one's posted for a while and it's our last day in the parish! well at least for a couple of months! i am stoked to see you all back at ND for the summer. i like to think that i have matured a bit over the past year but that's probably not true.

anyway, what are people's plans for the weeks between now and ND? for me, my mom is coming out to visit and we will take day trips around here (Bethany Beach, PHL Art Museum, National Shrine, getting a new summer suit for me) and then go to Niagara Falls. Following that, we are going to Chicago to visit my cousins and then I go to a wedding before heading back for 16 credits in 6 weeks! woohoo!!!

My Mentor is a Catechetical Bada$$

http://www.usccb.org/catecheticalsunday/liturgical-catechesis.shtml

yup. that's my boss being published by the USCCB

If I had a hail mary every time I thought of you i'd have a glorious mystery!

JJ Abrams is to Star Trek what the J-Cav is to Theology

I'll explain the title later in the review. Let me begin by saying that unlike Genevieve Jordan's mother; I did not grow up a Star Trek fan. Never watched the Original Series. Only watched a couple The Next Generation episodes and watched one of the movies that my cousin made me watch. I preferred Star Wars growing up. Ok now that we got that out of the way

I saw Star Trek last night instead of studying for the final...and wow. just wow. so worth it and effing awesome. it was an exhilarating epic that had a lot of heart, space battles, great comedic timing, romance, etc. etc. the cast was pitch perfect in their roles and each had a chance to shine. ladies, there's enough eye candy in this movie for you to go around (william shatner and leonard nimoy never looked this good). guys, you will love uhura...and the green alien girl if that's what your type is (i know it is for jonathan!). themes of fate, destiny, daddy issues, friendship, sacrifice, struggle, heroism-nothing less from the genius of J.J. Abrams (LOST) here.

So what does this have to do with J-Cav and theology? Well, there may be some of you out there who say, "Why would I watch Star Trek? It's about aliens and spaceships and stuff. I hate sci-fi. It's just for a bunch of geeks." Yes, but what Abrams has done here is create a Star Trek/sci-fi movie for people who are not Star Trek fans. In fact, the fact that he deviates from some of the canon of the original series is bound to piss some people off. Abrams had made it ACCESSIBLE to people. In all lack of bias, he made quite a thrilling and energetic ride. He didn't necessarily water it down or dumb it down, but has made it relevant and if i may say so, pastoral, to people of all backgrounds. Go check it out. Live Long and Prosper.

If you're not convinced...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/05/the-onion-star-trek-fans-blast-new-movie-for-being-fun-and-watchable-.html

Isaac in HD

My parish recently had a retreat for the youth and adults going on the youth mission trip to West Virginia. During this retreat, I was part of the band that played.
We have a HD video camera at my parish, and we use it for things like this. And so, connecting the dots...

I Am Free! A good song and one I thoroughly enjoyed playing. There are more clips from that night, if you want to watch.
Happy exegesis!

In the midst of this swine flu crisis, you may want to check out this very helpful website:

http://www.doihavepigflu.com/

Don't try this at home...

I got this in a forward today, and I just about peed my pants. Two possible headings:

"Critical Swine Flu Prevention Tip -- Don't Do THIS!"

or

"Look at what this brat started!!" (my censored version of the real one I heard today...)