the end of summer

i just ordered a regular brewed coffee and then was offered "any drink" because the brewed coffee machine was having some technical difficulties. in summary, I got a cappuccino for $1.40. this is almost as good as the time I got a free latte.

I have been a little more exciting than I had been for a while the past few weeks. let me explain.

new house!

I came down to san diego with no place to live but now I have one. chris found a 3 bedroom place that is closer to some parts of campus than some of the dorms are. the convenience factor is crazy compared to the long bus ride that I became accustomed to last year. 5 minute walk to campus. 5 minute walk to blacks. 5 minute bus ride to downtown la jolla. and really close to friends. 

austin road trip

I had been looking forward to this all summer. la to grand canyon to austin and austin city limits music festival. 

grand canyon national park

Carlsbad Caverns 

Austin City Limits 

austin is a really cool city and I'm sure I will go back someday. I am envious of its live music scene. thanks mary!

(p.s. for some reason blogger is giving me a hard time with this blog. thus, the paragraph hyperlinks. sorry.)

on the road

to santa cruz/valley people: my apologies if I didn't say goodbye to you 

to san diego: I am looking forward to seeing you

I'm making the long drive down the 101 tomorrow and will be in san diego hopefully by the late afternoon/early evening. call me!

seriously?

I am not jumping on the Sarah Palin critic bandwagon but I read this in the paper today and was unimpressed.

By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer Wed Sep 3, 7:23 PM ET

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on a "task that is from God."

In an address last June, the Republican vice presidential candidate also urged ministry students to pray for a plan to build a $30 billion natural gas pipeline in the state, calling it "God's will."

Palin asked the students to pray for the troops in Iraq, and noted that her eldest son, Track, was expected to be deployed there.

"Our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God," she said. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that plan is God's plan."

I'm not going to say Palin in Wrong because who am I to say what is and isn't God's will. And I'm not going to critisize her for being for the Iraq War. But to call it God's will, thats the part that is getting to me.

And its things like this that form the stereotype of the 'Religious Right' or whatever. I think its ridiculous for a candidate to use God to further their political agenda. and I don't understand voting Republican just because you believe in God. but the truth is that this is a major factor at the polls. people set in their ways.