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I’m so over classes.

In more important news, an article that Chris wrote is doing really well on Digg.com. I’m making friends in the comment section. Haha!

Thailand preparations are going very well. I’m hoping to take a class on welding as an elective. Hopefully it will fit into my schedule of Chemistry for Engineers and Construction and Engineering Management. Yes, I am a liberal arts major. No, that has never stopped me before.

Like I said, Mission Maasai’s “fundraiser” went unbelievably well. I wrote a letter to Pres. Clough about it. It follows:

I want to thank you for your support for Mission Maasai. We truly believe that we can make a difference and that tonight’s concert will prove that. I was discussing with a friend how our generation is so complacent. We watch the news and comment on how sad it is that people are living in such extreme poverty and then change the channel to MTV. We’ve shown that we want reality television and expensive clothing, and we ignore what really matters. We don’t have a cause or a passion, and we forget that if we actually try we can make a difference in people’s lives. As an International Affairs major, I learn daily how the world can be changed, and that even the smallest grassroots organizations can make an impact, not just on policies and poverty, but on how people view their ability to make a difference as well. I love that we have been able to raise the money that we have so far, and that so many people have supported our efforts. I assume that you have heard that this is not merely a one time fundraising event, but that we have a long term goal to help the Maasai of Kenya. In 7-8 months, when the rains have hopefully returned, we plan on replenishing their livestock, and after that, educating them in order to help them to combat future droughts. The Maasai donated a herd of cattle to the United States after 9/11; it seems like a small gesture to us, but those cattle are their livelihood and sacred as well. The women made and sold jewelry to send support to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and they developed their own organization, Wave of Hope, to continue to help our flood victims. A small tribe of nomadic people in Kenya has been doing all they can to help the wealthiest country in the world. I believe that it is time that we help them in return. We are so grateful for your support for this cause. I hope that you will be able to make it to the event tonight. It will be amazing to see how Georgia Tech’s student body responds to their chance to make a difference and dramatically change the lives of people around the world.

It’s not a cause. Cleaning up the park is a cause. This is an emergency.

I think that it pretty much sums up our little revolution, speaking of which, we made hard core T-shirts last night. Kara always has amazing ideas.

I need to buy the full version of flickr, but I’ll wait until I get paid. Until then, you can see some of my Mission Maasai concert photos.

Like I said, I’m over classes. It’s not just classes, though; I’ve become complacent with school. Complacent may not be the best word though, because I still agonize over every grade. The end of the semester is coming up fast. As it looks now, I will probably make an A in Great Power Relations, Spanish, and hopefully Japanese (I have a 90 right now) and B in Computer Science. That B will be an 89. I despise 89s.

First of all, let me say that pictures will get posted when I have time. I should not even be typing this right now as I have other things to do. All 100+ photos will be posted sometime very soon.

When I got to the Ferst Center at 7:00, I was shocked to see that it was already packed where food was being served. Chick-Fil-A, Einstein’s Bagels, and a few other places had donated tons of food. AirTran donated 2 round trip tickets to anywhere in the U.S. and raffle tickets were sold for $5 each. I bought a few of those - didn’t win though. The concert was amazing! Suburban Desperados, the band that plays every Thursday at CCF was incredible! They sounded so good, and when Dan Richard sang and played harmonica, holy cow! That boy is dripping with talent! The Californias were up next. They were so much fun and so full of energy. People were dancing all over the place! After that we took about 10 minutes and asked people to pledge money and call friends and ask them as well. Then Sean McConnell played. We counted all of the money that had been donated and pledged.

$15,000+

Seriously! We received $15,000 in one night! Keep in mind that $10 feeds a person for a month and $20 buys a family a goat. This is so amazing! It definitely would not have been possible without God!

Pictures to come very soon. I want to go to bed.

Why not? Because my body hates me and likes to fall apart after a few hours of not eating, or if I don’t fall apart, my stomach growls really, really loud. I’m just fasting for 24 hours. Let’s see if I can make it through until 6:30 pm tomorrow (Thursday). Just so you know, for dinner at 5:30 I ate some left over pasta (not much), two slices of peanut butter toast, a bowl of cereal at Woody’s, a piece of pizza, some vanilla pudding, a glass of milk, and a small styrofoam cup of that coke slushie. I should be good for 24 hours, right??
Why am I fasting? CCF is doing a 24 hour fast for Mission Maasai, which I’ve already told you about.  The concert is Monday night. Be there, or be amazing and donate money.

I have too much to do. Within the next 3 weeks, even before finals start, I have 4 big Commputer Science assignments, a CS test, a Japanese chapter test, a Japanese quiz, 3 Japanese homeworks, a speech in Spanish, a big presentation in Japanese, a weekend retreat, Chris’ and my birthdays (9th and 19th) and 25+ pages of PURA to write.
I’m in the library and I’m thirsty and the water fountain didn’t work.

Well, actually it has been one whole semester of cramming and being too busy for my health. Yes, it is 2:45 in the morning as I type this, and yes, I’m still studying for my Kanji Test tomorrow in Japanese 2002.

I am so ready for the weekend. Sunday is Chris’ birthday, and the whole weekend is CCF’s Spring Retreat! I’ll get to see Preston and Travis, two Georgia Southern students that are going with me to Thailand, and hopefully we can all meet and get to know each other more. It’s going to be a good weekend once I get there.

I’m speaking in front of one of my classes tomorrow about Mission Maasai, and in front of two of Sylvia’s classes that I don’t even attend on Thursday.  Let’s pray that this goes over well and that we get an amazing turnout at the benefit concert on Monday night!