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May 16, 2004
The Brothers Montgomery
So today was a really unique day. What made it so unique was that I was able to finish my homework by -- gasp -- shortly after 3pm this afternoon. I can't remember a weekend where I was done with all my homework by 3pm on Sunday, so it felt really good. I spent the first part of my care-free afternoon watching the Timberwolves-Kings game, only to see the Wolves lose a very testy game to the Kings 104-87. It would've been nice to close out the Kings today in Sacto, but at least Game 7 is gonna be at Target Center on Wednesday night. I think I'm gonna try to get some people together to watch that, it should be a great basketball game.
Once the game was done, I headed over to Alumni Hall to see the Festival of Dionysos. It was originally supposed to be in the Arb, but it was moved inside due to the threat of rain. Anyways, the Festival of Dionysos is an event that the Classics department here at Gustavus puts on once every two years, where students put on short Greek and Roman plays (or modernized variations of them). There were also three judges, to decide which were the top three plays, and award prizes to the cast of each. Anyways, the best play by far was an adaptation of a comedy by Plautus that was called "The Brothers Montgomery." I knew a few members of the cast of that one, including Tasha, Michelle and Kaija. It was an absolute riot! They all had masks on, and they modernized the play so that it was basically making fun of St Olaf, it was great!
After we found out that Tasha's group won 1st place for the Montgomery play, and that her other group also won 3rd place for another play at the festival, she and I headed over to GYO's annual Points of Light service (well, the last part of it anyway). I haven't been able to make very many GYO (Gustavus Youth Outreach, one of the Christian groups here on campus) events this semester, so I was glad I at least made this one, the last of the year.
And then tonight I also went to the Evening Eucharist service at the Chapel with Erin &Javen. Brian Beckstrom from the Office of Church Relations was the speaker tonight. I always enjoy talking and listening to Brian, he's a really cool guy. He was my Admissions counselor when I was a prospie too! Anyways, a student organization on campus, SFA (Student Faith Advocates), has been trying to get a weekly service started here on campus that's a bit more contemporary than the very traditional (and too rigid, I feel) Lutheran service every Sunday morning. So last Sunday night and tonight they put on this service, Evening Eucharist, as an experiment in conjunction with the Chaplain's office, to see if it would be feasible to have a semi-contemporary service every Sunday evening, in addition to the traditional service in the morning. I wasn't able to go last week, but the response both weeks has been extremely positive. I really liked it tonight, and I hope that it becomes a regular event next year here at Gustavus. It's definitely something that I'd try to go to on a regular basis.
Only three days of class left! Let the countdown (and finals apprehension) begin!
Posted by Jared at May 16, 2004 11:58 PM