Saturday, September 27, 2008

Dante's Inferno

one of my friends from school is taking a class on Dante's Inferno and he told me about this website that tells which level of hell (according to Dante) you will be in. Apparently I will be in limbo... doesn't sound too bad really. Hanging with Socrates, Aristotle and some of the other great philosophers.

Here is the description of Limbo...

Charon ushers you across the river Acheron, and you find yourself upon the brink of grief's abysmal valley. You are in Limbo, a place of sorrow without torment. You encounter a seven-walled castle, and within those walls you find rolling fresh meadows illuminated by the light of reason, whereabout many shades dwell. These are the virtuous pagans, the great philosophers and authors, unbaptised children, and others unfit to enter the kingdom of heaven. You share company with Caesar, Homer, Virgil, Socrates, and Aristotle. There is no punishment here, and the atmosphere is peaceful, yet sad.

The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to the First Level of Hell - Limbo!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
LevelScore
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)Moderate
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)Very High
Level 2 (Lustful)Low
Level 3 (Gluttonous)Low
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)Very Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)Very Low
Level 7 (Violent)Moderate
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)Moderate
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)Very Low

Take the Dante's" Divine Comedy Inferno Test

For those of you that might be interesting in taking this test also... beware it asks some very personal questions... but remember... if you don't answer honestly you wont get an accurate description. I think its funny... and being a Philosophy major, its interesting to me also!

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Demolition Derby

On sunday, my sister and I decided to invite a bunch of our friends to go to the demolition derby at the Utah State fair. My sister and I have been working at the fair selling churros and apple fries for the last week, so it was fun to go and enjoy the fair. This was the first heat of the night and it was one of the worst crashes, but it was also one of the ones that ended the quickest. :)


These are also pictures of my friend beau (he is just a friend for those of you that like to jump to conclusions) and the other picture is of me and my friend lynnie from work! we had sooo much fun enjoying the navajo tacos and the funnel cakes all night long!







Friday, September 5, 2008

School....


So school started about 2 weeks ago and it is already kicking my butt! I am going to school 5 days a week which has proven to be a really tough adjustment for me! I am used to going to school 2 days a week... now that it is 5 days, it is even harder to get myself out the door.


I am really excited about the classes that I am taking! They are all making me realize how much I LOVE philosophy and that is really was a great major for me to choose. I am taking Ancient Greek Philosophy, which i love because it is the basis for a lot of what we believe today, including our system of government (in lu of the pending election). I am also taking Mind language reality, this class is really fun because of my teacher, I love her teaching style and her attitude about the subject. The next class is Justice and International affairs, my professor is from France (I am pretty sure that is the accent that I have become so used to) and he is very versed in his international affairs. He is fun to listen to, even though he goes off on his tangents every once in a while. The last class that I am taking in online. It is bioethics (which is the ethics involved in the health care industry), this class is interesting because my sister is in nursing school and one of my greatest friends is in PA school in Billings, MT. It is teaching me all of the things that they will deal with on a semi-daly basis. These classes are philosophy based and they are all so fun, but are requiring a very large amount of my free-time. I am going to have to go part-time at work if I am going to make it through next semester. It has already been hard enough to get school work done and i am not even working full-time hours right now!


Anyway... I just wanted to give everyone an update on school so that I dont have to repeat myself anymore. :) I am very excited to be at the U of U, I finally feel like I am working towards something, not stuck in the dead end that is SLCC. I hope everyone that is in school is awesome! and for everyone else have a great school-free fall!!!


ps I want to wish good luck to my cousin Mike... GOOD LUCK ON YOUR TEST! i know you will do amazing!!!!

My favortie little cousin (well second cousin)

This is a picture of me and bridgie! he is just adorable and i love him to pieces. He is always so happy and full of energy. And most of all he loves the outdoors, water and his amazing parents.

Jami and mike are his parents and they are some of the best parents i know, they spend so much quality time with bridger and his new little brother foster, who is adorable!!! I just wanted everyone to know how much i admire their cute little family and how i love when they come to visit us!