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Name: Tim/Halladan
Gender: Male
Interests: Time I updated this...the outdoors, music (violin specifically), history, re-enacting, doing something worthwhile...mmm, if more occurs to me I might post it.
Expertise: Saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, bumbling, violining (sort of anyway), tying my shoes, procrastinating, excuses, and generally being clueless.
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  Halladan19
MSN: halladan1988@hotmail.com
Yahoo:  halladan1988@yahoo.com
Member Since:
12/9/2003
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| EtadpuWow...xanga has changed a bit since I last looked at it. Shiny.
Anyway, I am back at Hillsdale, which is inherently awesome, except for the current temperature and the lack of AC in the dorm, which kinda sucks. Classes are a little boring this year, with Greek being the most interesting (and a little full)...with no interesting history courses or even the classics courses I was hoping to take this year. But that's old news, since I found that out when I pre-registered last year. Still...I wanted to gripe about it.
I guess the most interesting thing that's happened/happening is that I am probably going to become Eastern Orthodox and the soonest possible date, which apparently means anywhere inside of two years. There's no fixed time period (obviously), that was just the number that Father Nicholas back in Flag handed me off the top of his head, I've heard stories of it taking six to 18 months. And I will (at some point) post my reasons for doing so...I will not do so now, because I don't fully comprehend it yet, and I think if I tried to explain it it would either be really good for me or I would make a complete hash of it. Suffice to say, I find Protestantism very unsatisfying at this point (please understand I mean no offense to any Protestants who read this) and I find liturgical worship very appealing, and especially the Orthodox, for a variety of reasons...among which is their claim to being the only branch of the Church that can really trace it's existence back to the time of Christ.
Anyway, I'll go more into that later...it's not set in stone yet, but I think it's fairly certain.
That's really all the interesting news I have...other than that I managed to bring a lot more of my stuff out this year, and between that and various other things I now have a TV, a stereo, fridge, and various other assorted items in my room, thereby enabling it to look much more lived in as opposed to last year. Also means there's less stuff at home for the siblings to rummage through. 
Oh yeah...one small addendum.
My oldest brother is now Father Anthony and serves at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. How cool is that?
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| Hey folks...Apologies for dropping off the radar for so long. The
explanations are really quite simple...in the six weeks of summer
vacation I have (a) spent a lot of time with Caleb when he came to
visit (b) spent a week with Catherine in Rhode Island and (c) got a job
that requires me to get up a four in the morning and not get home until
six, with a necessary bedtime of nine at the latest. Anyway, that
hasn't left me much time for communicating...my apologies. I am
still around, and I'll try and keep in better touch with y'all.
If I don't talk to some of you anytime soon though, see you back at Hillsdale (if you so attend) in the fall!
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| Oops...Went over the handlebars while playing with the sibs last night.
Result, a fair amount of skin missing...my right arm strangely
resembles fresh hamburger. But no bones broken (and my cell-phone
is still intact), so it's all good. Funny thing though...I
thought my days of getting strawberries were over...guess not.
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| Oh yeah...Did I mention I was home...?
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| Amusing...So the tornado siren started blowing today for an unknown reason. The responses of the men of Niedfeldt:
Continue working on homework, ignore the siren.
Continue playing cards while looking out the window.
Run outside to see if they can see the funnel cloud.
I wonder what would happen if a tornado actually came through...
(I was one of the the third group, in case you're wondering )
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