It has been a while since my last post and I think that it is because I have been busy these last few days. I did finally submit my history paper on biblical interpretations Thursday night, so it felt good to have that done. Friday turned out to be a pretty good day. I did have my 8:00AM class Friday morning and it was interesting. We have been discussing the trinity and reading primary sources explaining the trinity. It is some pretty heavy stuff. We have also been reading more deeply in the Christological arguments that occurred in the 3rd Century. After class and after the Friday Eucharist, Jeff and I headed out to the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View for the Uproar Festival. This festival was comprised of a bunch of hard rock bands including my favorite band, Sevendust. Mountain view is just south of Palo Alto, so it was cool to drive around another part of the Bay Area that I have never been to before. It only took us about an hour to get over there and by the time we arrived the parking lots were already filling up rather quickly. This was an all day event, starting around 1:00 and running till about 11:00 that night. While I liked a lot of the bands that were performing, we really only came to see Sevendust.
We walked around a bit, listening to some of the other bands play, and looking at all the vendors selling their wares. Then about 4:00 Sevendust was getting ready to play, so Jeff and I made our way to the front of the crowd. There were two stages, one in a side parking lot and then the main stage in the amphitheater. The main stage bands were going to start until 5:00 or so. Sevendust came on and played a great thirty minutes set of songs. Sine we were up front I kept getting whacked in the neck and head by crowd surfers. It was not nearly as long as I would have liked but they always put on a good show. After they were done Jeff and I made our way over to one of the tents that was set up because Sevendust was going to do an autograph signing. In order to get a wristband to get in line, we each had to buy their latest CD which I already had but since this was the first time for me to meet the band there was no way I was going to pass this up. We stood in line for about thirty minutes or so, talking with others in line. Finally they showed up and the line made its way through with the band members signing one thing per person. I bought two t-shirts, one for Alec and one for Will, and Jeff and I got the shirts signed to both of them. After they finished the signing, some of the band members came out to take pictures. So both Jeff and I ended up getting some good pictures with Lajon, the lead singer and Morgan, the drummer. We then went out into the lawn and relaxed and heard a few of the other bands play. We then decided to call it a night and headed back to campus.
I woke up Saturday morning completely sore and barely able to move. So needless to say I did absolutely nothing on Saturday. I did read a little here and there throughout the day, but since it was my sabbath day I intentionally did nothing.
For church on Sunday morning I was planning on going to a parish in Oakland. I have been to several of the parishes in Berkeley and I was hoping to start making my rounds of the Oakland parishes, but that did not happen. I forgot to set my alarm, so I woke up to my phone ringing at 10:15. Will called to hear some of the details form the concert and express his excitement about the shirt. Needless to say I did not go to church Sunday...my bad. St. Paul's Oakland will still be there next week so I will check it out then. I spent the rest of the day reading for my Anglicanism class and studying for Greek. It was a typical Sunday.
Yesterday was also fairly busy as I met with my adviser in the morning and had class all afternoon and evening. Yet again a typical Monday. Later this week I will be house sitting for my adviser because he and his wife are heading to Oregon and they have two cats that need to be tended to. I am looking forward to getting of campus, live TV, and getting some long term projects done. I will be there into next week so it will be a nice break. Then next week is reading week which we do not have classes and there should be some fun activities going on as well. I will fill you all in as it happens.
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