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Friday, March 14th, 2008
6:56 am	General LJ question If I add told_tales or the poetry LJ, what was it exceptindreams I think, to my friends does that mean I can see theirs and they can see mine or only I can see theirs or only they can see mine? Thanks! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, February 15th, 2008
5:14 pm	Christine, Did you get my email(s) and phone messages on your birthday and after? (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 20th, 2007
11:43 pm	Congratulations Christine for graduating! I am so proud of all you have accomplished. I hope that I can do half as well as you have. I will hopefully see you at graduation tomorrow. What a wonderful amazing thing this is for you! This is such a huge accomplishment for you. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, April 9th, 2007
8:56 am	I think Greg was the one who said take time to get to know yourself. (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 19th, 2005
11:07 am	And everyone knows that handbaskets fly non-stop to Hell. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, March 10th, 2005
6:38 pm	English Genius You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 77% Expert! You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go! Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it! For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog: http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/. My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 66% on Beginner You scored higher than 73% on Intermediate You scored higher than 57% on Advanced You scored higher than 75% on Expert Link: The Commonly Confused Words Test written by shortredhead78 on Ok Cupid (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 8th, 2004
9:47 am	Erin, will you kindly tell me what you mean by your last post? Naturally I have some idea, but I would rather hear it from you than speculate on the basis of your cryptic words. (Comment on this)
Sunday, October 31st, 2004
4:39 pm	Erin are you ok? My phone died. I dropped it in horchata while I was talking to you, so 300 dollar phone (I got it for 70) dead, done. After much stress I have reverted to my old phone which is now working. Are you better? Cecily please watch out for taxis and other vehicles flying around your campus. I don't want to lose either of you. Love Katie (Comment on this)
Monday, September 27th, 2004
3:22 pm	I have been so busy lately that I haven't been reading or posting or checking email for weeks. But I read your post Cess that says you aren't worthy of him and I think that is crazy. What do you mean? Is there some persistent flaw you really see in yourself or are you (as I suspect) being absurd? What medium are you using to make this comparative judgement. And Erin what are you doing with boys that is stupid/is upsetting you? (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, July 16th, 2004
7:41 pm	I feel utterly wretched. And have felt so. For a while. I don't know what to do with myself. I want you to know about this essay contest. The prizes are insanely large. Here is an email from my professor, which is insulting but merely candid:Katie The essay competition below is incredibly lucrative but seems to be poorly organized insofar as this notice is being sent out only about three weeks in advance of the looming deadline. The twenty-seven prizes are fat and numerous, and I suspect there may not be a large pool of entries. If you find any of the three set topics (including one on Mel Gibson's Passion of Christ) piques your interest, consider entering should yr search for extra jobs not pan out and you find yourself with time on yr hands. My best guess is that snagging an award may require neither extensive research nor even a full 2500 words but chiefly a sharp mind, a decent idea, and the gift of gab (albeit perhaps somewhat better proofreading than yr earlier papers displayed--but then so will law school). Depending on the quality and length of anything you produced, after my return we could negotiate over whether it merited an Independent Study Credit. Prof. West Dear University of Pittsburgh Community: I would like to inform you of a great opportunity for students. It would be greatly appreciated if you can distribute this information to students through mailing lists, forums or other postings. Please let me know if there are additional offices or departments you feel I should contact or another method for reaching University of Pittsburgh students. Please let me know if you would like a copy of the announcement as a pdf file for you to print, post on bulletin boards or distribute to students. The interfaith initiative was started by Liz Goldhirsh, a 25-year-old magazine heiress (and Harvard Divinity School graduate student). Liz hopes to make this an annual contest and plans to extend it to include other faiths. She is driven by the belief that interfaith understanding and respect are more important today than ever before. Please reply to this message letting us know if you plan to distribute this information to students. I wish the best of luck to the students of University of Pittsburgh in this national competition. Regards, Nakeena Covington William Morrison Communications 212-725-0265 ***Please Spread the Word*** U.S. College Students Encouraged to Submit Essays in National Writing Competition for Divine Cash Awards One Grand Prize of $25,000; One Award of $10,000; Ten Awards of $5,000; Fifteen Awards of $1,000 BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Young Boston philanthropist Elizabeth Goldhirsh has partnered with Baltimore's Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies to launch the $100,000 Reaching Common Ground student essay competition in an effort to improve Christian-Jewish ties in the wake of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. The competition offers young scholars unprecedented monetary prizes for religious-themed essays that illuminate the common origins and spiritual bonds of the two faiths. WHO CAN APPLY: Open to students 16-22 years of age. Entrants must be 16 - 22 by July 30, 2004, which is the final date for essay submission. WHAT SHOULD I WRITE: Contestants must write an original essay in response to one of three theological questions posed at www.ReachingCommonGround.com <http://www.reachingcommonground.com/>. Visit the website for specific topics and information on how to enter the competition. Essays should demonstrate original thinking, accuracy and literary merit. Most important, essays must possess depth of knowledge to clearly show the "common ground" shared by Christians and Jews. Essays must be no longer than 2,500 words and must be written in English. There is no entry fee. Official rules are posted at www.ReachingCommonGround.com <http://www.reachingcommonground.com/>. WHEN IS THE DEADLINE: All entries must be received by 11:59 pm on July 30, 2004. WHERE DO I SEND MY ENTRY: Entries may be submitted at www.Reaching <http://www.reaching/>CommonGround.com or by postal mail to ICJS, 1316 Park Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217. The essay competition will be administered and judged by The Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies. Winning essays will be published on the Reaching Common Ground website. 12 of the winners will be invited to become Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies Fellows in 2005. The ICJS mission is to address the contemporary challenges of religious pluralism by helping to shape a more productive relationship between Christians and Jews. To learn more about ICJS go to www.icjs.org <http://www.icjs.org/>. ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE DISCUSSION AND PROMOTE REACHING COMMON GROUND! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 27th, 2004
6:59 pm	Hello? (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 11th, 2003
12:52 am	I have finals this week. I am going to respond to certain things once this week is over. I have to do this. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 9th, 2003
11:01 am	Katie O’Malley Latin Writing The Nature of Punishment in the Roman Army In order to examine punishments in the Roman army, one can examine the punishments given to the soldiers who revolted, as described by Tacitus in chapters forty-four, forty-eight, and forty-nine in Annals Book I. In chapter forty-four, after the revolt in Germany the soldiers begged Germanicus to punish the guilty, pardon those who had erred, and lead them against the enemy. Germanicus responded that the soldiers must settle things for themselves. The soldiers responded by dragging the leaders of the mutiny in chains to Gaius Caetronius, who was the commander of the first legion. Then they brought the reus to stand on a platform in front of a mob of soldiers. If the soldiers called out that he was guilty, the reus was pitched forward into the crowd, waiting to slash him to death with their drawn swords. And the “soldiers rejoiced in the slaughter as if they were exonerating themselves” (Tacitus 1.44.3) Similarly, in chapter forty-eight, Germanicus sent a letter to Ceacina saying that “if they did not first apply punishment to the evil ones, he would apply indiscriminate slaughter” (Tacitus 1.48.1). So Caecina gathered those whom he found to be loyal and read them the letter. Then Caecina suggested they choose a time to attack the worst of the leaders of the mutiny. Thus they choose a time and attacked the unsuspecting men and slaughtered them in their tents. Chapter forty-nine goes on to further describe the slaughter. Both loyal men and mutineers were killed in the massacre. No commanders or tribunes were present to control them, so the men had total freedom to carry out their designs. Germanicus cried to see the destruction from the slaughter calling it “ a disaster not a remedy” (Tacitus 1.49.2). Afterwards the soldiers felt the urge to march against the enemy to atone for their frenzied behavior. Caesar accordingly sent twelve thousand men from the legions with twenty-six allied cohorts and eight cavalry squadrons, who had remained loyal, across the Rhine. This set an example that the veterans who were sent to Raetia soon followed. Then the general gathered all the centurions for the legions to judge. If the centurions were deemed to have good conduct they retained their rank, and if they were found to be cruel and greedy they were dismissed. The treatment of the commissioned officers of the Roman army who were found guilty was radically different from the treatment of common soldiers. This exemplifies the disparity created by class in the Roman army. If a soldier had money and was of an upper class, he would be an officer and enjoy strong protections . However, the common soldier’s lot was much different. One of the reasons given for the revolts was the cruelty of the centurions, who had license to treat their soldiers any way they pleased. The soldiers complained of the unmerited whipping, the necessity of bribing the centurions to spare themselves horrible tasks, the terms of service extended beyond the contract, and the overall cruelty and avarice of the centurions. The common soldier in the Roman army was probably just like a slave, with no choice in what he did. The soldiers were unquestionably very abused; they were whipped for no reason and kept on for longer than their terms of service. It was surprising that the soldiers were the ones to punish the other soldiers. Usually the officers and centurions were the ones to punish soldiers. This bespeaks a change in the usual ordering of things, which was probably a result of the revolt’s disruption of the normal discipline of the Roman army. The image that can be gleaned from Tacitus is that usually the Roman army is a like a smoothly functioning machine in its operations. It seems that Tacitus believes that the revolts were marked deviations from normal conditions because of the way he describes the revolts with great horror, and the way he describes Germanicus’ reaction to the slaughter. The Romans had a different system of punishment than the modern-day United States. In Rome, if a man was accused as a reus, he was guilty until proven innocent; whereas, in the United States one is innocent until proven guilty. Furthermore, in the United States, there is a centralized judicial system, which consists of judges who swear to be impartial and which guarantees every defendant a lawyer, even if the defendant cannot pay. In Rome, the highest ranking commanders of the army typically acted as judges and meted out punishments of their choosing to the accused, who did not have a lawyer or any guarantee of a fair trial. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 7th, 2003
8:11 pm	I now have 3 pages done and a sentence. I spent a lot of time reading through sources though. And it needs to be a minimum of 6 pages and I am not done going through all the thinkers yet so all should continue to go well. I hope. (Comment on this)
4:20 pm	Ok Here Goes I am going to start working on my presocratic philosophy paper which is due tomorrow now. I will work for at least two hours before I take a break. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 28th, 2003
9:59 pm	Why do some words come up yellow in LJ? Like mollify does in my last post? (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 25th, 2003
12:38 pm	Hating this I hate this. I couldn't make myself study for that French test, I am going to skip my 1 oclock class today in order to finish my Latin paper that I could have had done before but didn't. I wrote a page of it this morning. But I am just so sick of it all, I hate being here, I hate seeing Lou, like last night when I saw him at the release reading of the lit. mag. it was horrible; he came over to talk to me like nothing had happened. I want to get out of this city. I want to go home to Boston, I want to get away from this scene. I don't want to see him, I don't want to be strong, I don't want to have to continue going through the motions of being a good student, dumbly deafly doing what I need to do and can do to get A's. I want to stop it all and just cry. I might not go to my 2:30 either. It is a beautiful day but I don't think that that is helping my mood at all. It just fills me with more unutterable loathing (Frederick Douglass) for all these motions that I am going through. I could easily get an A in this Latin Writing class, but I just want to not do it at all. Thoughts of dropping it skitter across my mind. That has to do with my teacher as well, it is like he has a preconceived idea of what he wants to read, and if I don't write that he gets on my case. Either he tells me I am reading into things too much or that I am not doing enough analysis (but he didn't say the word analyze in that assignment) I can't win! And then he asked me if I ever did any analysis in high school! I am excellent at English, I was a god-damn Class English Student! I did brilliantly on my 2 English APs and on my SATs. How dare he ask me a condescending question like that when he did NOT even say "analyze this" or anything equivalent! I HATE THIS. I want to get out of here. I am so sick with this horrible loathing of most everything, at least everything important and necessary like academics. And I am supposed to be this motivated, intellectually curious, outstanding student! I want to cry, I want it to stop and go away! I am so miserable. I am afraid that I will never really be happy too. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 24th, 2003
9:43 am	I have a French test at 11. I haven't started studying for it. At all. I couldn't make myself do it last night. I did Latin instead. I hate French or at least this class. Maybe I am resisting it because I feel like I can't succeed. God knows how I will do on this test. Also I would like to talk to you guys about the Adam situation. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 17th, 2003
12:07 pm	Concerned Erin are you ok? We haven't heard from you for a while and we were wondering if everything was ok. Please post or call and let us know, what has been going on. Love, Cess and Katie (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 19th, 2003
12:03 am	I have done so much work in the past couple days. I did the 2 french things paper and paragraph for Monday as I wrote before. I wrote that English paper Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. It was supposed to be 7-8 pages but my teacher said that I could go over. When I was on page 10 and not finished yet I thought, hey wait is this double spaced? Nope, so I accidentally wrote a 17 page paper instead, but it is all very good. I had a really dense and rather difficult article so that was why. By the way I tell that for its comedic value, I am not looking for any criticism and no I will not cut it down. It snowed Monday so the class meets tomorrow and I am going to hand it in then along with everyone else probably. I stayed up till past 1:30am studying for my Presocratic Philosophy final last night. To my roommate's snotty, bitchy comment "I hope you aren't just starting your work now, I'd hate to think you've become such a procrastinator" I was so offended and mad, but of course I dissembled and answered lightly "oh no, certainly not" and when I saw her in the bathroom a few minutes later I said, "I was at the library studying that whole time" which I was. And earlier that day, Monday, I had been writing my English paper. Then I woke up early Tuesday, today, to write my 3-4 page latin paper, which only took 45 minutes and I worked on translating latin for the rest of the time till 11am at which time I have French, and I worked on it almost straight through lunch (although I did eat, I perhaps shouldn't eat as much as I do seeing as I hardly exercise here and will soon become even more heavy)then I went and took my presocratic philosophy midterm. I was able to identify all 8 of the excerpts although I only needed to discuss 5 which I did. I just hope I did it well enough, I can't wait to get it back. My professor said sometime next week which means Tuesday or Thursday hopefully Tuesday. Then I rushed to the bank to deposit an out of state check, then I went straight to Abnormal Psych, then straight to latin, and I asked my teacher how I am doing because he evaluates us based on class performance, and he said I am doing A work. So I have a french test tomorrow which I will study for in the morning and I will go check on citations for my paper, by consulting my MLA book and perhaps the Writing Center, I am curious as to what it is like there and might ask someone's opinion as to whether or not I should remove one paragraph. I felt pretty light and relieved tonight because it seems one french test is much less than everything I have been doing, with all those papers. Yet still I can not relax, even with Lou and Sean and Christine as we planned our spring break climbing trip tonight. I have a headache, as I do every night before I go to bed, and I think it is stress although it might be dehydration, I always drink water each night, and it never goes away. I see Mary, my therapist tomorrow. Another thing, Monday night I had such trouble focusing on what I was reading, I would just daze and become lost in my thoughts. I had to hold my finger along the edge of the page as a reference point to go at any kind of pace. I must have once been able to read faster than this, and I definitely have been able to read faster without needing the aid of my finger! I don't know what is wrong with me. But importantly, all the work is getting done to be passed in when it is due. And that is the one essential thing that needs to happen at this point in my life. The one thing or perhaps one of the few things that sustains me in hope is that I sometimes enjoy thinking about this upcoming summer and what I will do. I have so many great plans and ideas. I want to make a list and a timeframe and get specific information. I will post it if you are interested sometime after I write it. But right now and for a while I have been really tired, but I wanted to give you an update. The Lou update will come later. It would take more time and more difficult thought. Hopefully now I will be able to attain sweet unconsciousness over the desultory and thus sickening typing of my bitchy fucked up loser roommate who didn't have a high enough GPA to qualify as a recruit for sororities. And she is bitchy to me about work sub 2? Talk to the fucking 3.89 bitch. It made/makes me so mad. I shouldn't think about it anymore, it will activate my sympathetic nervous system and I already have enough trouble falling asleep. Trouble waking up too. Ironic. But I have been asking my mom to call me in the mornings lately since it has been essential I get up early (earlier than usual, I do go to class) to finish/do work that I couldn't the night before. Hopefully she will remember to call me at 8am tomorrow. Goodnight. (Comment on this)