JPII, We love you!

This Wednesday marks the three-year anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II. Today, an article on Yahoo! News was written about the possibility of soon-to-be-sainthood for the virtuous, loving, and now deceased Vicar of Christ.

Sayula, Jalisco, MEXICO.

“Before all of you fall asleep, will you be able to help us in case of an emergency? Thank you.” –Flight Attendant to 6 elderly sleeping in seats for the wing side emergency exits.

March 14. Departure JFK to ATL. ATL to GDL. 6am.

And to Thee I Do Wed…

A few weeks ago in my Cultural Anthropology class, my professor started her lecture with a question: What is marriage? The forty- something students in the classroom stared blankly at her, texted, or looked away to escape her eye contact which was filled with sheer disappointment after about a minute or two of silence. Finally someone blurted “LOVE. Marriage is when you’re in love.”

Viva Mexico

In a few hours I will board a flight to Mexico, where I will be spending 10 days. Through Mission Youth Network I will participate in Holy Week Missions 2008 near Guadalajara.

Livin’ in Graffiti Artist’s Paradise

After watching the NYTimes online video of street artists “bombing” Berlin [otherwise known as art vandalism in other countries] I was inspired to share it with all of you.

“…the truth so cold it could freeze my pen…”–My Favorite Mutiny by The Coup.

On February 26, Yahoo!News posted an online article that illegal immigrants are “far less likely than the average U.S.-born citizen to commit crime in California, the most populous state in the United States, according to a report issued late on Monday.” The entirety of the article was to persuade readers that illegal immigrants are not the ones causing crime in the state of California, which might as well be the rest of our country. For lack of a better term, DUH!