I've been playing around a bit lately with web design stuff, mostly graphics (http://www.gimp.org) and CSS (http://csszengarden.com/). So if the blog looks a bit funky from time to time, that's why. Especially since my work tends to consist of spending a few hours on a Saturday afternoon here and there, when I still can't afford it but can afford it more than at other times.
It's getting down to the end-of-the-semester crunch time... 3 papers to turn in, 2 of which are half done and for one of which I have an outline (which I lost). Oh well. In the meantime, I must resist the temptation to start reading one of my 12 books that I have gotten already for next semester. So many new books, and I need to keep myself from touching them... what kind of sick world is this?
To both relax and caffeinate myself, I've been playing around with blending teas lately. I had ordered a black tea sampler set from Upton Tea - very good tea. The Yunnan I think has made it up to my favorite black tea by itself, and adds a nice bold, spicy quality to blends. I also tried roasted Ban-cha (everyday variety of Japanese green tea) on my hot pot today as an experiment. I think my hot pot survived - I'll try a real stove and a frying pan next time.
Only another 2 weeks until break... if only I didn't have to do work in the meantime. I think this semester has shown me how lazy and irresponsible I am. (sings "I won't grow up"). Unfortunately, I guess I need to. Time to go finish the last chapter in Feinberg's No One Like Him - much of it is typical systematic theology book stuff, but some is interesting because his point is to interact with modern movements in theology, especially Open and Process Theism. Plus, his stuff on the divine decree leads to a rather interesting Calvinism - it strikes me as a compatibilist form of Molinism.
