December 1, 2006
Holy shit. I am officially an hour and 26 minutes into the last month of the year of my graduation… life is so surreal at times. Robert told me that the religions blogs were always the most interesting and I’ve got the best Christianity blog OF ALL TIME residing in the back of my head… but now is not the time… soon though. We did start the most American-shunned faith of all though on Tuesday: Islam, which it’s sad to see such a bad reputation for because it has all the right intentions. I don’t know enough about it to merit a blogging it yet though.
What I can elaborate on is my recent trip to Chicago, courtesy of the USD Farber Fund and the parentals. I went to participate in the American Model United Nations and despite it’s lackluster title the experience turned out to be one of the coolest of my life… thanks in large part to a specific person… but again, not the time, or the place. I must say that college-sponsored trips are about 382 notches above high-school trips, thanks to lack of hand-holding chaperons and the fact that over half of the attending delegates were over 21. In what little free-time we were given over our four-day stay at the Sheraton, my delegation and I made the most of it- eating traditional Chicago-style pizza, shopping the Magnificent Mile, enjoying the river, etc. However, I believe it’s safe to say that the highlight for the whole conference, in all the delegates’ minds was the AMUN dance on Monday night… lame as it sound; it was nothing short of spectacular (if you have any doubt, please, again, make reference to the fact that half the delegates were over 21). This brings me to the upsetting realization of what I believe is safe to say was the biggest downfall of the conference: the disappearance of a delegate… ya, no shit. He disappeared that Monday night of the dance and the Chicago PD is still searching… scary, scary shit.
Oh! but how was the conference itself, you ask? Well, that’s a loaded question, but to put it shortly and bluntly: I have the biggest respect of debaters… of all levels. They do an ungodly amount of work for each case... flippin’ ridiculous. I earned a ton of experience with parliamentary procedure and some beneficial caucusing skills, but who wants to talk about that? Seriously? I may not have accomplished any homework or slept while I was there, but it was worth every second of it. :D
