went to henley, getting better at rowing, done with andrew, and now i'm off to spain...

well first i must apologize because it's been practically forever since i last posted a blog. nonetheless, i can assure you that i have been saving up tons of important, exciting things to tell you all. because there is so much to say, i figured i would give you an easy to read bullet format:

1. last friday night of course, i went to formal. jeff, hilel, justin, were all in attendance, as well as jeff's girlfriend and justin's friend mary. it was good food, good fun, and good times.

2. on saturday, i met my cousins (basically aunt and uncle)- neil and louise. (they came to oxford for the weekend to collect their degrees from when they went here a long time ago). then i went back with them to henley and stayed with them at louise's parents' house in the country until sunday night. it was really fun and great to see them. i played some tennis with neil, some pool with neil and bryan (louise's dad), watched some rugbyhad some incredibly delicious home-cooked meals, and relaxed a lot. not to mention, we went to an awesome fireworks show on saturday night because it is a crazy national holiday on nov. 5 where they light tons of fireworks every year.
3. i am continuing to have tons of rowing practices and our boat is showing sweet improvement. hopefully we will be able to hold our own at the race in two weeks- the Christ Church Regatta!
4. my tutorials are continuing to go awesome. i have tons of work, but am managing to get it all done and smooze my tutors in the process. judith and i are thoroughly enjoying ourselves, and we have three weeks left. also, i am going to go to the countryside with her to see c.s. lewis' house...things with andrew have been going awesome, we just finished our last tutorial today! he said that i was a great student and enjoyable to work with. he gave me really high marks and said that i should seriously consider pursuing theology in grad school.
5. i have been in discussions with several professors at b.c. and they have all been really helpful in sorting out a senior thesis for me to work on next year at b.c. also, a couple of them have agreed to work with me. so, if there are any b.c. theology students reading this: i am going to do a thesis in the area of christian nonviolence/ peace and war ethics. i am trying to decide between: lisa cahill, steve pope, and ken himes. if any of you have strong opinions either way, please let me know. i welcome any and all suggestions.


6. i am leaving for spain in three hours!!! i am going to madrid for a night and then barcelona for two nights (salter is going to barcelona but not madrid). it should be pretty awesome, assuming all goes smoothly with flights and hostels and such.

*alright, i think that's it. oh, also, i miss you and love you all. a lot. seriously...i hope everything is well and i can't wait to hear from some of you hopefully soon and see others pretty soon as well. i know it's been forever since i've posted a blog, but it's also been forever since any of you have posted a comment...alright, talk to you soon. peace homies.
-j

p.s. stay tuned for pictures from spain next week.