tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:58:44 +0000it's a meblog. about me. and what's going on in my life.http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (schaffner)Blogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-2095954664493531223Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:54:00 +00002007-02-17T21:02:47.035ZThe fifteenth of november.I had mentioned a long while ago that i was going to be setting up a new blog over yonder at wordpress. well, today is the day. update your links and head on over to my new blog.thanks for the good times blogger. you were my first blog. i won't forget you and the memories we shared.http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2007/02/remember-remember.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-4232716543998222960Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:41:00 +00002007-02-08T18:54:21.897ZOr Sobbing from the Stern Scolding of my Smaller Sister?You decide.Either way, it snowed here in Oxford today and i have this need to share the pics i took.Although i took these pictures in color, i'm pretty sure that black and white photographs make one look like his photos are better than they are, and exudes an artistic snobbery that really just can't be beat.http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2007/02/bit-by-blogging-bug.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-4704051274177741440Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:13:00 +00002007-02-07T00:24:51.269ZThere is perhaps nothing so excessively male as peeing outside. Standing there with the wind in your face while you drown flowers and write your name in the dirt. Nothing quite like it.Unfortunately, this queen-mum led civilization over here in england supresses all things male. This is why british men have accents, drink tea, and apologize when you walk into them.However, in the town of oxford http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-am-male-hear-me-roar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-5733208685122746887Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:33:00 +00002007-02-02T21:42:27.402ZThis post could go either of two ways.I could complain about how much rent i pay for the rather poor surroundings i find myself in. (i pay more per month for a room than my parents do for an entire house.)Or i could talk about the movie 'Rent.'I'll choose the latter.So there's this website that has all sorts of free movies you can stream. Sometimes i turn on a movie while i'm studying or when i'mhttp://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2007/02/rent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-1222850504466342042Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:42:00 +00002007-01-18T22:54:17.956ZYour Body - You are beginning your second trimester. If you haven't already, you may be craving certain foods. Hunger is another one of the symptoms. You should eat a little more than usual. You should begin gaining a few pounds this month.Your Body - You look radiant. The fatigued feeling may diminish. You may feel a little bloated this month. Constipation is also one of the symptoms. Drink morehttp://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-second-trimester.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-4673582017366832271Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:55:00 +00002007-01-12T22:44:03.176ZUpon arriving back in the fair country of England, which the sun chooses to never grace with its presence (thank the Lord!), i checked my mail. Much to my surprise, i was greeted with a message from church history.These four men- Sts. Adrian, Amand, Martin, and Vincent--Saints of Beer, Brewers and Barkeepers, Wine, and Vintners respectively--told me i must combat the sin of teetotalism creepinghttp://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2007/01/mission-of-saints-in-picture-format-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-7016950271440914661Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:11:00 +00002007-01-05T00:15:13.848ZIt's been a while since i last blogged. Maybe you were as ready for a break as i was. Either way, i like to think i'm about to strike a happy medium as far as blogging is concerned. A whole lot less than the month of november, a bit more than the month of december. You know, blog every once in a while. Just to keep you all updated on my life.and i think i'll stop there. don't want to pull a http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2007/01/been-long-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-5576677653063724099Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:58:00 +00002006-11-30T23:59:51.353Zthank God almighty i am free at last.it's over.http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/free-at-last-free-at-last.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-3227922610932984047Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:47:00 +00002006-11-29T23:59:39.466Znot much to say, long day. bike's in the shop. i have a sinking feeling that i have a german test tomorrow, and i really don't know german. i've only got two more days of class, a meeting with my supervisor which will probably result in me looking like an idiot, and one more day of arabic. can't say much else, gotta post by midnight.g'night.http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/stuff.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-4974041203494269495Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:26:00 +00002006-11-28T23:45:23.566Z2 days until i can stop blogging everyday.3 days until the term ends.9 days before i fly home.i'm looking forward to heading back to the desert to spend the winter holidays.http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/countdown.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-564569443112827642Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:41:00 +00002006-11-27T21:43:07.559ZI got to use the word 'warlordism' today.how cool is that?http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-new-vocabulary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-6073200632438304952Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:37:00 +00002006-11-26T21:56:36.765ZTo be honest, i'm almost spent. I've been staring at these texts for the last however many hours there are between the time i woke up and now( minus the time i spent doing laundry, which is a horrible way to avoid work), and i'm finding it difficult to see how they address the essay topic.The problem is, Hodgson had a way with inventing words that other people never seemed to have gotten around http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/youre-sly-fox-mr-m-g-s-i-have-too-many_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-4925440811701069491Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:43:00 +00002006-11-26T09:47:35.219ZI've let you, the reader, down.And im sorry for that.But more importantly, I forfeited my chance at mass prize winnings by not making time to blog yesterday.I'm sorry.http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/there-goes-all-my-efforts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-4238519412735558443Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:55:00 +00002006-11-24T23:57:04.508Zsix minutes.Robert Ferguson from my old university is visiting. He's living in Scotland for now. He's here for the weekend so i took him around to see some of Oxford.Well, i'm really tired now, goodnight.http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/almost-didnt-make-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-1146097332506560024Thu, 23 Nov 2006 22:35:00 +00002006-11-23T23:12:54.599ZMaybe its part of our prehistoric roots, or part of our affinity to mystery, or maybe it's just the fact that Abe Lincoln was indecisive.Regardless of this, thanksgiving doesn't have a date to call its own. I was gonna make a joke about it being single and hooking up with the other dateless holiday, easter, but that would have been cheesy...and i just succesfully pulled it off while http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/there-was-going-to-be-reference-to-teen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-7050497149901066483Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:52:00 +00002006-11-22T17:08:04.323ZYesterday I gave a rather grim picture of my vocational future. Today I hope to augment that dark reality with some rather hopeful thoughts.Reasons why I'll get a job-1. I can ask if you want fries with that in 5 languages.2. If you can figure out how to finish a degree from a university that has the poor organizational skills of oxford, you can pretty much do anything.3. They always need people http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/im-vocation-seekers-pipe-dream.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-8839874130848994028Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:41:00 +00002006-11-21T21:01:40.956ZI was eating dinner last night with another guy from my program and we began to realize the grim outlook for our future. It's often easy to get a bit idealistic whilst studying in the surroundings of Oxford, where all the people with Ph.D's in your field actually have jobs, but luckily I've been endowed with a healthy dose of cynicism to counter these affects.Reason 1. We're studying history. Youhttp://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/why-ill-never-hold-job.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-4633407786607295375Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:52:00 +00002006-11-20T10:56:12.622ZI think it's a bad sign that I didn't remember how old I was today. I was clearly convinced I was 21 until I did the math and realized I'm 22. I don't completely trust my math skills though, so i'm not entirely convinced.I imagine this only gets worse.http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/that-one-disease-where-you-forget.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-5446009395295489406Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:53:00 +00002006-11-19T18:24:01.307ZAs you know, i was away this weekend (thank you to the little sister for posting for me, even though she has yet to learn how to copy and paste). This was my first chance to actually see some of England. When I arrived in London I got straight on a bus and fell asleep until i arrived in Oxford and haven't been out of the city until this weekend. So now, almost two months into my stay here I http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/weekend-away.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-2782407544483327673Sat, 18 Nov 2006 06:33:00 +00002006-11-18T06:41:17.727ZRyan has me (his coolest little sister) posting for him, all so that he can stay in the running for free stuff if he blogs everyday. See he was going away for the weekend with the church he goes to and was not going to have internet access. So he asked me if I would post for him if he sent me an e-mail and I could just cut and paste it in here. However I have to post it at a certain time so that http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/away_18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-1526485238610251502Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:42:00 +00002006-11-17T13:46:19.874ZToday was the first day I experienced England like it had always been in my imagination. Sheets and sheets of rain, non stop, running off your forehead and into you eyes, coming at you sideways while the wind tries to sweep you off your bike. And cold. Cold so you couldn't feel your hands but you knew you were squeezing the brakes, your body being pricked by millions of needles as you thaw out http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/im-meltingfreezing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-3634412242883387869Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:00:00 +00002006-11-16T20:29:40.901ZI grew sad when my ipod told me it no longer wanted to work, lazy bum. Now i know why it was a bad idea to delete all the music off my computer.I read way too many books and wrote the worst essay i've ever written in my life. Except for that one where i compared Mother Theresa to Hitler. Most people are too conservative for revisionist history of that caliber. I visited a castle i never knew washttp://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-week-in-pictures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-6204667866343151884Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:00:00 +00002006-11-15T22:02:15.867ZIt's quite special to know that someone found my blog by googling, "brad pitt's farting habits," and then "adolf hitler's farting problem."i don't think you'll find another blog that can address the pertinent issues of our day quite like this one.http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-love-google.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-2000896428323586678Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:56:00 +00002006-11-15T17:06:45.392ZI'm in a predicament.As you all know (if you've a memory just slightly longer than a fish's), i've sold my soul to the blogging world for the month of November and signed my name in blood, promising to write a post a day for its entirety (primarily for free stuff, but also to entertain you, the trusty reader)."Wherein lies the problem?", you might ask.The problem is that i will be going away for http://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/blasted-internet-and-its-affinity-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19969795.post-6524103629072260496Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:39:00 +00002006-11-15T10:06:55.245ZTonight i was able to attend a lecture by Richard Dawkins, which ended up being selected readings from his new book, 'The God Delusion.' Richard Dawkins is a biology professor here at Oxford University who spends much of his free time campaigning for atheism. He has written numerous books and is a outspoken advocate of the absurdity and harm of religion. To get a better understanding of who he ishttp://bloggingishard.blogspot.com/2006/11/memes-genes-and-cosmic-scene.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (schaffner)3