On Tuesday I had my lunch interview with Paige. I started my school day as usual by swinging by the cafeteria and getting my meal plan breakfast and lunch as sack meals so that I would have some food to bring to share. After spending the morning in my Latin…
Author: chanson
A Visit to Standards (BYU continues)
The interview was in the administration building, which was a funky 60’s-style building which had the shape of a narrow X, like a chromosome, when viewed from above. I handed my letter to the receptionist and took a seat in the waiting room. Some other kids were also there waiting,…
Girl Talk (BYU continues)
Cindy seemed quiet and withdrawn at lunch on Sunday and also later at church. I couldn’t help but notice that Hyrum didn’t come by to meet her at church and walk her home this week. On the way home, she was kind of shuffling along looking at her feet rather…
Busted!!! (BYU continues)
When I got to my room, I found that Janie was in there with her ironing board all set up and a huge pile of ironing she was working on. It looked like a bunch of men’s shirts, so I didn’t ask her about it because really I didn’t want…
Bending the rules til they break (BYU continues)
The week sped by, and the next thing I knew I was getting ready to go up to Jake’s uncle’s cabin with Cindy and Amy. Cindy and Amy’s Aunt Julie lent us her car, and Cindy drove us up following Jake’s map. Read the rest of the story »
A change of generations…
I hope you’ll be willing to indulge me for a little family brag here. 😉
Confidences, confessions, and advice (BYU continues)
I woke up to the most incredible feeling of dread. In those few moments of re-orientation while reaching consciousness, the full force of what had happened last night hit me. I ran my fingers along the side of my head, feeling the faint stubble on my fingertips and hardly believing…
What Kind of God Would You Be?
A lot of Christians, Muslims, and other people of faith probably think it’s blasphemy to even ask such a question. Yet I suspect most Mormons have thought about this at least a little bit at one time or another. 😉 Tom Foss of Dubito Ergo Sum has come up with…
The Most Non-conformist Girl (BYU begins…)
I watched the second hand slowly make its way around the clock face. For all of the bright, enthusiastic people running it, Sacrament Meeting in a BYU student ward really wasn’t any more interesting than the Sacrament Meetings put on by the worn-out, tired families back home. And here of…
Mormons finally get the memo
Here’s some encouraging news from the Council of Fifty: she started talking about her disappointment with the Republican party generally, and with McCain and Huckabee specifically–because of the talk about their back-room deal to edge Romney out, the Republicans’ complacency on Utah being a Red State but without reciprocal loyalty…