Pass Go. Collect $200. You win.

A week of beginnings and ends. Grandpa's birthday on 3/17. Resurrection of our Lord, who is the Christ (Amen) this sunday. And Grandma's funeral on Tuesday and Thursday. Holy week is over, and our hell week is beginning. I use that term loosely because, seriously, we've had a long time to process this. We're all in a better place. Grandma, Lucile Sawitzki, passed away on Dec. 8th. She was 86 years old. She gave me the money to buy my first guitar 6 years ago. I've never been the same since. I'll miss her.
This picture was taken two weeks before she passed. Please, spend time with your loved ones. I have no idea what kind of therapy I would be in if I didn't dedicate the time that created this picture. Check out my YouTube page for some videos I took that day.

So this week begins thusly: visitation in Southport on Monday, memorial at St. Peter's on Tuesday, fly to California on Wednesday, funeral in Santa Cruz on Thursday, drink heavily on Friday, fly home on Saturday, repent on Sunday. Busy busy busy.

Along with that, my Peace Corps lab results came in from my medical exam. All that's left is the HIV test that comes in this Wednesday. After that, I can submit all the medical results to D.C. and finally get my assignment. I'm leaving in August for Central Asia for business management Wanna come? I know you want to.

I gave my last class in 1st centuray Judaism today. I was teaching a series on the historical background of the Passion of Jesus so today, being the ultimate end of this passion, I finished with a discussion with the early church after his death. The whole thing, which took 5 weeks, was a huge success. People were suprised, enthralled, intrigued, enamored, fell ill, and were, overall, impressed with my teaching ability. I think I've found my calling. I could, quite literally, do this all day and not even blink an eye. Where I used to sink 13-20 hours into a single video game (ok several video games) in a single sitting, I now do that with biblical history.

Still looking for a job. I have a face-to-face interview tomorrow at 1:30pm. Wish me luck.


-Sean

Walk on Water Action!

Oh yeah! This'll be HUGE! Buy one today!

-Sean

Grandpa's 90th

He may be old. He may sleep alot. He may even be confined to a wheelchair. But I will be DAMNED if that's going to keep him from getting around. Son of a bitch that man wore me out! One big piece of cake and TWO bowls of mint chocolate chip ice cream kept that man wired for hours. He spent the next two hours dragging me around the whole facility. I made sure to appologize to the lady after we barged into her room and woke her up unexpectedly. "Sorry Ms. Olivia. Glad you aren't naked. He had too much sugar. Kthxbai!" Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Joel left early to pick up Claire from the airport and brough her by for a bit. And apparently, grandpa wanted Joel's gum more than he did the cake.




Here's the cake mom got him from Apple Annie's.

More photos here.

Man, it's been a while since I posted. More later I promise!

-Sean

Soooo busy....

Holy crap! I know it's been a while since my last post, but I can't even begin to tell you about the great things that have happened to me since then. So I'll give a quick overview of my current situation and post more later:

Got a part-time job working for CSLEPS at NC State. Very fun!

Doing home computer consultation for people at my local church.

Started a Lenton historical study at my church of Post-Exilic Judaism up to the death of Caligula around 36 BCE. I love it! One down four more to go!

Currenlty looking for more work. Drop me a line if you need any computer work done.

More later.


Sean


Yes, there really was a Queen of Jerusalem

An Amalgam of Sorts

I just can't seem to bring myself to make a post to a blog named "Grab a Pint" without a beer somewhere close by. Confidently placed to the right of my keyboard, six inches from the edge of the table, never far from reach. Army Rangers and their rifles don't have half this devotion to each other.

Happy birthday to Mike at Penny-Arcade! May your palette always be filled, and may your pen never run out of ink. But you know, if you need help they have pills now.

I just found out about David Wilcox five minutes ago. Where the hell have I been? Over 12 albums and I've never heard of him before. If you're like me and you haven't heard him yet, do yourself a favor.

My Peace Corps application is almost complete. I send my two essays off to my brother for review. Once those come back, it's off to be interviewed. I would be lying if I said I wasn't really to go. Put my ass on the next plane! There's an informational session at NC State campus tomorrow, so I'll be over there getting to know the recruiter who will interview me.

My never ending saga to survive the fsuductive Romance of the Three Kingdoms is in it's second chapter. Chapter one left the House of Shu completed, no dominated, nay PWN'D even. I left her lying there, so quiet and peaceful as I walked out the door. A rolling stone gathers no moss, baby. Next on the list, Wu. Maybe she'll make me give up the game. We'll see.

-SR

worst sense of the word

His eyes were glazed over

So I work in IT, right. I just spent the past two days at a site that should have been done in one because both of the vendors that were helping me pissed out before the job was done. I was left with my (insert vulgar noun here) hanging in the wind. Bah. Two whole days of babysitting grown men who were pointing fingers at each other. Come on guys! Shut up and get the job done! I say this now from the comfort of my own home with a pint in hand. The job was finally completed correctly, but oh the stories!

One of the vendors thought that our site needed so much care and attention that they pulled a man off of full disability to help out. This man was old, walked slowly, breathed heavily, and was pushing an oxygen tank. I shit you not. This man was about to die at my site. He even ran out of oxygen the first day. Part of me is actually glad they left early. I don't think the cops would've bought my explanation of the random dead body in my room.

So I'm back doing what I love, playing guitar, having a beer, and on the computer. I'll post some songs later.

Sean

St. Bastard

Test post

Sweet! First post on Sean's blog! I'm gunna go blog about this shit!