I went to a Catholic mass yesterday in honor of my grandmother. The first ten minutes went pretty well. It felt more like a 200 level literature course. The priest read a little bit from the bible and interpreted it in the context of today’s society. He discussing spiritual and material poverty, which I feel can apply to even an atheist like me. However, the mass turned into a ritual. I can’t comfortably fit into a group. Whether it’s music, partying, or prayer, I just can’t hand my body over to the flow. I would be a terrible Taoist.
I think the dislike of group activities is something that is going to cripple me for the rest of my life. For example, I’m taking two IT classes and I’ve been getting pretty good scores in both. My assignments in my desktop publishing class have been consecutively 100%. However, my average was bumped down to a 95% because I didn’t work with another student. Either way it translates to an A, but I think it’s something to pay attention to when a professor stresses group activity. I guess I’ll keep taking the five, though.
I was at Wal*Mart today and I went over to the technology section to peek at the Sony eReader thing. They had none left, and the display model was missing from the case. This was really lame.
Stage Fright 