educational
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As you may have figured, it’s been a while since I’ve written a blog. Well, the truth is, I was abducted by aliens, a mind wipe was done, and I forgot I even had a blog. This is either an exaggeration or a metaphor. Aliens could be professors because they are out of this world,… Read more
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I am pursuing my master’s degree in humanities from California State University, Northridge. However, there is a woman in my cohort who is far more interesting than anyone else in the class; an Ifa priest named Theresa Fair. She gives unceasingly to her community and is studying humanities to better help her community. In the… Read more
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This week marks the saddest day in any warfare that has ever occured–the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There really isn’t much to say. Hiroshima was bombed August 6, 1945. 70,000-100,000 people died instantly. Children, parents, innocent people who just enjoyed the cherry blossoms. By the end of the year, 200,000 people in total… Read more
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Some people are able to volunteer in many capacities–nursing homes, camps, homeless shelters, religious organzations, hospitals, classrooms, community gardens, and the list goes on. The person who volunteered because they were required to do so or volunteered to do so because they wanted to both chose to put themselves in that position, yet why do… Read more
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I know that Juneteenth was yesterday on June 19th, but I had to fill in for someone at the last minute so I didn’t have time to write anything. However, I had been working on four different flyers to put up around my apartment building, since the most they were able to do to celebrate… Read more
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For some unknown reason, I was not granted entrance to the master’s program in philosophy at the graduate school I did attend. I was told how to get my transcripts if I wanted to pursue my degree elsewhere. Basically I was expelled, even though I made the grade they asked me to. (FYI: Even a… Read more
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My apologies for shoving two weeks of Advent into one, but I have not just been a little under weather but rather crushed by the weather, so I have to combine both. Please forgive me for just copying most and pasting most of the information from AI; I pray AI is not giving us FI… Read more
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I would like to add an image for you about physical pain, but when I looked around none of them could describe it as well as this: I was recently diagnosed with pneumonia but that’s not a big deal; it seems like I get pneumonia every year. My chest hurts, I take antibiotics, I substitute… Read more
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That is a saint. However, before he was a saint he was the Bishop of Myra. His came from a wealthy family and his parents died when he was young, God told him to sell everything and give it to the poor and he did just that. “Under the Roman Emperor Diocletian, who ruthlessly persecuted Christians,… Read more
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Each year, on 1 December, the world commemorates World AIDS Day. People around the world unite to show support for people living with HIV and to remember those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses. World AIDS Day is an opportunity for every community and individual to honor the more than 32 million people who have… Read more
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