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One week of classes down. Fourteen more weeks to go.

After a week of classes, the mood for me is definitely, "let's do this!" Meaning, I'm loving classes and being here on campus. All of my classes appear to be pretty difficult, but are definitely doable b/c I seem to have great teachers in all of them. Really tough classes with really boring professors are hard for me. But even if the class is hard, as long as I have a good, engaging, well-spoken teacher, I'll do fine.

I did change one class though. I got out of my Christian Home class, which is about marriage and sex and the like, and switched to Old Testament 2. The reason... My Christian Home teacher said he had a 1-on-1 meeting with our Seminary President, Dr. Patterson, and Patterson told him to make sure that this class wasn't an easy A and that the students took it serious. So, what that meant was... 100 pages a week of reading... a 25 page paper... and Another 4 page paper. All for a family studies class. Now I can handle that load for a biblical studies class like Hermeneutics to Systematic Theology, but it just seemed unjustified for a family life class. Realizing as soon as he said that, we were about to become his ginni (sp?) pigs so that he could prove to Patterson that he could be a tough teacher, I dropped that class and signed up for Old Testament 2 with another professor, and it is half the work load. I don't think a family studies class should ever be double the work load of an OT class. Crazy.

Labels: School

Posted by Sean Walker at 7:37 PM | Permalink | Comments

This is one of those things you either think is ridicuously funny, or you're sitting there going, "What?"

So, this twenty something kid wrote a song and put it on youtube. Next thing you know, he's a youtube superstar. It's a unique song, b/c to Tay, the artist, this is a serious song. It's an absolutely hilarious song though for a couple of reasons. 1, he can't be serious. 2, his voice is deeper than it seems it should sound. 3, there's no chorus or bridge or break, just the same thing over and over agian. 4, the ** comments are hilarious.

Well, as of today, it's had 7.1 million hits which is enormous.

The best part is, is all the spoofs that have come out b/c of it. There are tons, but here's a few of my favorites.


Real Chocolate Rain


Vanilla Snow Spoof


Chocolate Rain/McDonalds Commercial


McGruff The Crime Dog Spoof


Chocolate Rain performed live on The Jimmy Kimmel Show

Labels: Funny

Posted by Sean Walker at 2:54 PM | Permalink | Comments

We started classes for the Fall 2007 Semester today at SWBTS (SWiBiTS as we call it) or Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. It's good to be back in classes. This summer I didn't take any classes b/c my work schedule didn't allow me to. I've never missed school before, and this summer I did. It's different when you're studying a topic that your life is based upon and that you plan to teach as your career.

I'm humbled at the beginning of the semester b/c again people have come through and paid for my tuition. I approached this fall trying to save as much money as I could through the summer, but knowing that it wouldn't be enough to pay tuition, I repeatedly prayed and asked God to come through. And He did, through some amazing people, all of which won't tell me their names. I hope one day they will.

So here's what's on the table this semester:

Systematic Theology 1 w/ Dr. Yarnell
Church History 1 w/ Dr. Yeats
Christian Home w/ Dr. Greenoe
Spiritual Formations 1 w/ Dr. Mitchell

It's 10 hours.

So, please pray for me. It would be much appreciated.

And thanks again to those of you who have helped me financially and especially relationally to be here. I'm humbled by you.

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Posted by Sean Walker at 6:37 PM | Permalink | Comments

I remember when the first double backflip was done on a 20lb. bmx bike.... then it was ridiculous when a single backflip was done on a dirt bike. Now this...? Dang.

Labels: Sports

Posted by Sean Walker at 11:58 AM | Permalink | Comments

So, my brother, having his crazy web skills designed a web-based Contra Flow Map for New Orleans.

No, it's not the video game that you press up, up down, down, left, right, left, right, A, B, start, and get infinite lives... It's when during a hurricane they turn both lanes of the interstate into outward bound lanes. But it's not as easy as jumping in the wrong lane, and putting it on cruise control. You have to be in certain lanes at certain points, and enter and exit at certain points.

It's still in beta,but check it out. Click Here.

http://nolacontra.doublethrow.com/contra.html

Posted by Sean Walker at 10:36 PM | Permalink | Comments