We’ve ‘Tripped the Light Fantastic’ with the second years and almost everyone has found their new place in the pecking order on campus… I’ve landed somewhere between 1st year pleb and table tennis amateur! My catch cry is, “Am I getting closer to the edge of the table?” to which the inevitable, yet surprisingly gracious reply from the second years is … “Nope!” – that in itself I have learnt is a cross between no and hope leaving me unable to return a serve unless they play nice!
Don’t all die of shock but I’m rather at a loss for words! My head is thick with readings… how to read an old testament narrative correctly, the convictions of a preacher, the moral attributes of God (theology schmeology!) and the old testament timeline – who are the patriarchs, the judges, the prophets and the kings! As my theology lecturer would say: “Stimulating isn’t it?!” … to which I continue thus far to reply, “Hahahahahahahahaha…” – with a most sarcastic lilt I might add!
But seriously, I’m no more than a poor amateur at best and this amateur is currently on yet another incredibly steep learning curve. The skill base is growing slowly as is the knowledge, chunk by ever-increasing chunk and who knows – by the end of the year, I'll either be buried under my chunks of knowledge with a white flag on a stick poking out, or I will have survived the onslaught and discovered how to keep the ping-pong ball on the table along the way (ie – the second years will have to stop catching my returns and actually hit back!). Then, and only then, I might just be able to transition over and fill their rather soon-to-be-empty shoes!
P.S. – true to form (check out the archives for February and you’ll know what I mean!), I managed to be late yet again this year – actually, I was so late, I missed my meeting altogether… much to the shock and horror of the other 12 or so cadets in the room who made it to the planning meeting… oops! My punishment – I have to model on the catwalk for our Mission Weekend in Kilbirnie! Standby for that blog! Mental note to self: DO NOT MISS ANY MORE MEETINGS!
4 comments:
I can't believe you slept in again! That is too funny, I'd pay money to see you be a catwalk model!
You may wish to rent Zoolander to familiarise yourself with 'Blue Steel' once more. As for paying to see you model, I have a video tape of a certain 'Fire' dance...he he he...I can so totally be bribed...will there be photos of your performance perhaps???
xo
As a second year to a first year, well, matey you are doing better than you think! Wait until you hit the sermon planning and preaching! Anyway, I would work on your table tennis, which is really the most important part of college life!!!!!:-)
By seeing the other comments it would of been so funny if ya did sleep in, especailly since the meeting was right after lunch Ow, far out, what did ya eat? Oh yeah... the most important part of training college isn't the sermons or theology classes "NOPE", it's da pranks Moahahahahahahahahaha...
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