oh Lord, i'm blogrolled on Progressive Protestant under "Religion" (it says "Amelia Hoover," not "overpoliticized"), not "Politics." which is flattering, if a little intimidating. if you have come here looking for profound spiritual insight...i apologize.

as long as i'm (kind of, sort of) on that topic, however...

lent is going well. giving up a little bit of sleep in order to write a few paragraphs in the prayer journal has been very interesting (and i've only missed it twice). it has allowed me to be a little nicer to people with whom i was frustrated, appreciate a few more of the small wonders in my life, and perhaps most importantly, articulate some of the ways in which my worldview is formed by my faith (and, um, i have to admit, vice versa).

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i am still entertaining the idea of taking classes at yale div if i end up at yale for the ph.d., as seems likely. i am very interested in how little settled i am in the idea of being "just a professor" -- and indeed, how little settled in the idea of being "just a priest," when that seemed to be a likely path. at some point back in the dim distant past (december 2002?) i wrote here about realizing that certain of the adult choices we make are more or less permanent. i suppose that all the career doubts and dual degree dreams and whatnot constitute pretty solid evidence that i haven't yet accepted that realization. oh well.

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entirely tangentially -- is it odd, and/or not good for me, to have three separate journals going at once? now that i've started the prayer thing, i've got this blog and volume five of the introspection/anguish/name-naming paper journal and the prayer journal. they all reference each other once in a while, but i'm actually very surprised at how little that happens. am i compartmentalizing? is that ok? or am i just incredibly verbose? [answer(s): yes.]