So we've arrived in San Antonio for our second reception.
This morning they asked for volunteers to get bumped and we immediately said yes!
In return, we major banked... $1200 in flight money, and $60 in Food vouchers... that's the best bump I've ever done! and only for a 3 hour delay. Michelle and I figured that that equalled about $210/hr. Which is a great pay rate... and we only had to "consult" for 3 hours.
Ah if only that was my consultation fee... that would be amazin'!
Texas Wedding reception, SAN ANTONIO, AUG 22nd if you want to come, msg me. More info as it comes.
Finally the orthodox Catholics out there point out the the conservative Catholics that there is such a thing as stupid fun,
http://deacbench.blogspot.com/2009/05/vatican-paper-on-angels-demons-harmless.html
My final for advanced painting was a painting installation. It was highly successful and received rave reviews from my class and professor. I just wish it had been up for much longer than 8 hours after the 12 hours I worked on installation.
In a first, I've uploaded a video of the installation to youtube. But since I can't figure out how to link it easily, I've also uploaded it here on blogger...
After a long and interesting residency process, I have finally been awarded Instate in Vermont! YAY!
Now I can start paying off my debt that I've accrued this semester.
Representative Robert South, a freshman Democrat from a conservative district, said he reversed his position after 228 of his constituents reached out and urged him to support the override, compared with 198 who urged him to oppose it.
(NYTIMES)
"Obama's support among Catholics has eroded.
According to the Pew Research Center, the percentage of Americans who disapprove of Obama's job performance increased by nine points from February to March.
Among Catholics as a whole, his disapproval rating jumped 14 points. And among white, non-Hispanic Catholics, the figure doubled -- from 20 percent to 41 percent. "
I've got one thing to say. Why were you guys fooled by his rhetoric?
I just found out that my petition for changing the transfer level of two of my classes back to ISU was approved.
So as long as I pass my classes, I am qualified for graduation this semester!
The were transferring back as sophomore level, but now they've been approved as Junior level which means I'm golden!
The scouts are out testing our defenses and resolve.
The full frontal attack may be a year or so away.
Connecticut has a piece of legislation that would attempt to destroy the Church, which church? SPECIFICALLY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Obama has outlawed conscience in medical care, by removing a presidential conscience order that had protected conscientious objections from prosecutions.
Obama has overturned the stem-cell research funding for embryos, WHEN THERE ARE PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVES, deriving from adult stem cells which are proved to be equivalent scientifically and morally superior (you don't have to kill the adult and its relatively painless).
The Freedom of Choice Act has been announced as being reintroduced "sooner than later" by Democrats. Which does not do as it claims but actually outlaws the states' decisions against abortions.
Euthanasia is now getting protection, surprisingly by the democrats saying they want to help end abortion...
Obama is the president who has used the most biblical quotes and prayers (apparently) but even Satan quotes the bible, in well, the bible (in the 40 days of the desert, aka the first lent).
Christians need to wake up fast... the onslaught is coming. Don't expect there to be peace, don't be deluded. If these scouting actions are permitted by men of good will, like the NAZI's reclamation of the Rhineland was permitted, expect a WWII to follow within months.
So I'm in a Sculpture, painting and digital art class...
For sculpture, I've completed a rough copy of a DaVinci model and copied a Kitsch piece.
And today I've completed my podium for my pieces... one side is a fire place and the other is a traditional podium from a museum... both sides are joined by the "light" beneath.
The pieces will both fit on the mantle, one on either side or could fit on the "museum" side together. Suggesting that museums don't usually find it fitting to place both in their repertoire, but the average person would have no problem having both.
The sunset was beautiful today.
And this is my painting in progress.
A very good friend of mine pointed out that I should qualify my excitement over the excommunications being lifted, especially in light of the Antisemitism that exists amongst some of the group. So I wrote a short defense to him, which I think would be good to post.
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My excitement stems not from their ultraconservative nature or Bishop Williamson. In fact I find ultraconservativism quite distasteful. My excitement is the same that a brother would have, if his father finally told his crazy extremist brother, after several years, that he could come back. A divided family hurts. And it takes humility for the extremist brother to return, and stay home this time.
Plus not all the schismatic Lefebrites are crazy extremists. At least a few are just misguided souls who really could care less about idiocies like Williamson's statement. And there are numerous examples of God saving or being willing to save a whole group of people just for the sake of one just soul.
A third point is that salvation does not depend upon a view of human history. And I don't believe that there's a mandated excommunication in the Church Law books for an ignorant view of history.
And for the most part there will be no difference in the Church, as we already have an almost identical group inside the church called the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter. And I doubt any major concessions can ever be made to the Society of St. Pius X, aside from the recent lifting of excommunication. And the excommunication only ever pertained to those four Bishops due to their ordination without the Pope's consent. The rest of the SSPX have never been explicitly excommunicated, and if anyone was implicitly excommunicated, it was most likely only the priests and not the laity.
For me this is a matter of family mercy. Sometimes you put up with your stupid brother just because he's your stupid brother.
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Michelle's Aunt Cindy and Uncle Adam are giving us a week of their timeshare program, and we're using it in style. :-)
Oh and we were blessed by an amazing deal for our Invitations... after Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Michelle and I ran over to the paper store 10 minutes before it closed and got a 98.3% discount on each set of 50... originally averaging around 30$... we got them on clearance for a $1... but it was also a 50% off sale... so it was 50 cents each set of 50!
Sunday? I sold my first three paintings! They were sold to two beautiful women I know... and the third (not pictured is the sacred heart that matches the Our lady of Fatima)
Now I am confident enough to say that I'm a painter! I've satisfied all three of the things that make you a "Painter".
1.) Go to a residency (bonus: full fellowship)
2.) Have a Gallery Show
and
3.) Sell Paintings
Any one of the three suffices normally, but due to providence, I got two for "free"... so the third is what was really important for me to feel confident.
So I'm ending the $5 sale as of today... my shop is getting ready to go live (Please do not buy anything there yet!) And will be up in the next two days... it will accept paypal, google checkout and credit, as well as good hard cash/money orders/checks.
The end of the sale was supposed to coincide with the end of my show, but I delayed it hoping for more interest.
