Happy 100th, T.S....
Aloha Cousins-I had a cup of Kona coffee this morning and am feeling especially Hawaiian. I think I'll contact the Ko'Olina to let them know that I'm interested in a timeshare.
Much has happened since I last posted. Orientation started on Friday night and is still going. It was like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. "Now, if you'll come over here, we'll explain the cafeteria in 32 simple steps. Got it? Good, now I know most of your classmates do not speak English or any language that sounds familiar to you (like Syriac), but why don't you turn and introduce yourselves? Good. Now, here at PTS, we don't use male-dominated language in our speech with each other or our writing. So, ones, please refrain from calling God "he, him, his, etc." And please refer to each other in gender-neutral terms. Like this: "Hello, one, how is one today? Ah, good. Did one have a pleasant weekend with one's other one?" Okay, that about wraps it up. Oh, one more thing. Please have your thesis topic (that is due in May) ready for faculty approval when you come on Monday for faculty advisement. Now, do you all know how to get home?"
I have faculty advisement at 9:30 this morning, and a tour of the library at 1:30. Those are all of the orientation events for today, then tomorrow is chock-full of health-care coverage seminars and presentations on how sexual harrassment can really get you off track in your program at seminary.
Yesterday Margaret and I took the day and went into NYC. We arrived at Penn Station at about 1:45 and walked north on 7th avenue. At about 7th and West 41st street we saw confetti streaming from windows up above us and a stage in the middle of the street. We later learned that we were about an hour shy of celebrating Times Square's 100th birthday and seeing an event called "Broadway on Broadway," which highlights the musicals that are playing right now. We wandered over to St. Patrick's cathedral and roamed its aisles for about 20 minutes, before heading out to Rockefeller plaza. There they had a fake tennis court with a 40 foot screen playing live coverage of the U.S. Open for people to sit and watch. Next we took the subway down to the West Village and got some of the world's most famous cupcakes. I was skeptical, but I have to admit, they were delicious. We caught an early evening train and were back by 7:30 last night.
That is all for now. We hope everyone is doing well. I have to go come up with a thesis topic now. Relax, I'm just kidding. You hope.
Mahalo.
posted by John and Mag @ 8:26 AM
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