Strange Schedule
Posted: May 23, 2012 Filed under: Religion/Theology, Uncategorized | Tags: education, politics, yoga Leave a comment »So, yesterday, I had a bad feeling so I decided to try to check the syllabus of the Advanced Computer Applications course I am in. I thought that it took place on Wednesday evenings. The schedule said Tuesday, after I had looked. I looked at the posting over which I signed up for the class and it said it was on Wednesday. My wife, disappointed that I was going in that night (so it seemed), complained a bit over my flexibility. It seemed to her that I was the most flexible person she knew and any rational person would have had to drop the class. Well, I called the Adjunct Instructor involved, and get a voice mail. I called the University’s office and found out that it was on Tuesday’s, and that the the Instructor had been trying to change it. I didn’t ask what the change was. I settled down and decided that I should go to class to peruse over the syllabus along with everyone else. I figured, if any questions were to be asked, I could learn from the experience of others. The Instructor shortly called me back to tell me that the class “technically” was on Tuesday. That said, he wanted to filter everyone through on one night; Wednesday. The idea was that he taught two hybrid-online classes. If he could do them all on one night, Wednesday, that we would be able to allow him to take a night off for work or whatever. I agreed to come in one Wednesday in order to help him out, since I consider him a friend. My wife, once again, praised my flexibility to do what was asked. I don’t see doing what is asked as a bad thing. My wife sees doing what she finds best to be a better sense of morality. Sigh. Strange Schedule, huh?
After going over Elephant Journal’s Bhagavad Gita in a Nutshell, I went out with some store credit that I had and bought three books. I bought Eknath Easwaran’s translation of the Gita. I bought the Bhagavad Gita As It Is, which is a better known work. It is 3:54 AM, so I’m not going to struggle with lettering to tell you the name of the Swami. I also bought a book on Socially Engaged Buddhism. Socially Engaged Buddhism is the form of Buddhism that my good friend wrote his Master’s Thesis on. As he is active in the Occupy movement and I am inactive in the Occupy movement, he would be the expert, so I am attempting to learn more about what his methods are. It may be that a synthesis of Socially Engaged methods and my Christianity are due.
New class on Communications
Posted: May 22, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bhagavad gita, holy writ, managerial communications Leave a comment »I’m taking a class on managerial communications. It’s an interesting class, with an interesting teacher. However, I’m a religion major. Not exactly within my career path, but I feel that leadership is a necessity for any leader. There are some things such as the understanding of jargon and communications media that I feel are essential for anyone. We got into an idea that I’ve always had; the idea that we become what we pretend to be. The Army called it fake it ’til you make it. I simply agree with it. We are the sum of what we see and what we do. This is a difficult idea for those that believe that that will be eternally faking it.
I wish I had taken this class before Expository Preaching and Public Speaking. These classes built on each other, but I believe that managerial communication ideas should have been built on and not built up to. I’ve had other regrets of this nature. I felt that Biblical Interpretation should have been one of the first classes I took. Unfortunately, I had to take it right before Preaching without a huge gap in my major classes. One of the disadvantages of the rotating class schedule at the small campus in Tucson of Wayland Baptist University is that we don’t get to do things in the best possible manner but the quickest possible.
I’ve started journaling on the Elephant Journal’s (an online journal of Eastern and New Eastern (if I may use that term) thought) Bhagavad Gita in a Nutshell. I’m going to be blogging on some of these ideas. I remain a Christian, but as a former practitioner of New Age ideas, the Bhagavad Gita once held the closest place to holy writ in my eyes as anything else. The Bhagavad Gita in a Nutshell places similar ideas in proximity to each other, rather than placing the legend in chronological order. One is advised to journal or write down the ideas that come to mind. I’m going to be using some used bookstore credit I have to buy a personal copy of the Gita again, so that I can study translational issues.
Life is good. My wife is a little under the weather, but the Lord has always provided. I have a roof, the things I need and some of the things I want, and two wonderful children, as well as my wife. I’m also able to go to school without suffering in a major way. I pray that things are going great for you. If you’ve been a part of my life, thank you! If you have not, contact me at Jtarb on Twitter. I’ll be glad to be a friend, or as close as I can.
Movies and Madness
Posted: May 19, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »I recently won a couple of tickets to see movies. Since it had been six months since I got them, and my wife was out of town, I decided to go see The Avengers and Battleship. As a patriotic person, I found Battleship to be the better of the two. Most people don’t want to see Transformers in Kiddie Pool, which they felt Battleship was. I loved Battleship once it got an hour from the end.
There are some crazy stuff happening at the NATO Protests in Chicago. G8 was probably wise to move, which moved Rahm Emmanuel’s house to be the start. There were some arrests where Molotov Cocktails were allegedly made, but the response is that they were only making home-brew beer. There are some people that have been hurt, and history will say they got violent, but it may not be true. The government tends to listen to those in power and will continue to.
A week off
Posted: May 14, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: death, entertainment, events, klout, vacation Leave a comment »My wife is going out of town with my daughter on Wednesday. I’ll have five days to myself. I’ll be looking for inexpensive things to do in Tucson.
I’ve consolidated all the names online to William Tarbush. Those who know my name as Jeremy Tarbush should make note of that. I prefer my business name to get all the Klout.
A friend of mine, I’ve found out, killed himself last year. I guess I wasn’t much of a friend if I hadn’t heard from him in more than a year, but as someone who went to combat with this guy, it is somewhat disappointing. I fear I didn’t do enough after him telling me that he saw ghosts. Unfortunately, so many people lie or tell ghost stories, it was impossible to know what was the truth. RIP Chris. I won’t mention his last name. What’s the word: 503rd.
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No religion courses?
Posted: May 11, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: education Leave a comment »I’m taking this term at Wayland Baptist University with a bit of changes. I want to be an expert on the Bible, but there are other skills that won’t be as readily available in graduate work. I’m working a bit more on secretarial skills with an Advanced Computer Apps course and a Managerial Communications course. I’m also taking a Social Psychology course. That’ll be my full load for this term. I’ll have one class this fall for my degree.
I tried to get some Arabic in with the University of Arizona, but they’ve pushed me out of Summer intensives by not being willing to speak to me. I had to go to the University Presiden’t office to get them to speak to me.
I still haven’t heard much from the job as a Youth Director that I applied for. It’s bothersome, but I don’t have to work, due to my disability.
Crazy Days
Posted: May 4, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Clement, De Molay, Fair, France, IV, Jacques, Knights, Phillip, Templars, V Leave a comment »I’ve been looking forward to getting back to blogging. Twitter and Facebook holds people I’m trying to be more social with, however, blogging is something I don’t want to lose track of. I wrote my newest paper recently, on the Knights Templar. Unfortunately, most of what happened in their late period is left to legends and secret societies. The Curse placed on Clement V and Phillip the Fair of France was extended to the French line of Kings. The main problem with this, as far as I’m concerned is that the French lineage of Kings were supposed to be Christ’s and Mary Magdelene’s children. How could Jacques de Molay (whom the Young Men’s arm of the Masonic Secret Societies are named after) have cursed Jesus’ and Magdelene’s children (Whichever one you decide was divine, according to The DaVinci Code)? So, I place the last years of de Molay and the Knights Templar in legends. The truth was well noticed in how the end was related to Phillip the Fair basically having a lackey (Clement) become Pope. You can’t have a Babylonian Captivity without a Babylonian Captive. Clement was the captive if you are favorable to the papacy. De Molay was the captive if you are not favorable towards Clement. Cheers.
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What StormTheHill means to me!
Posted: March 26, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Army, IAVA, Military, StormTheHIll Leave a comment »I am a veteran. I was an Army Infantryman with 1/503 Airborne (AASLT). I never jumped out of a helicopter and plane. However, one day I had the honor of meeting the two finest men in my life. PFC (SGT at his death) Edward Forrest and PFC (SPC at his death) Justin Culbreth. these guys stood out to me as guys that just cared about everyone else. I was the kind of guy that wasn’t great at the things they were great at. I had my own set of strengths (Like keeping my uniform flatpressed … yeah, it dates me). I am a Digital Stormer for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. For the guys I see sleeping on the hard group to have some dignity. For the guys who live on disability after fighting a hard, long war. But mostly, for Culbreth and Forrest and their families. Two good friends died to give us freedom. They probably wouldn’t have recognized it as that. But I will. My family will. Let’s Start the Storm!
Death of Trayvon Martin and a March
Posted: March 25, 2012 Filed under: Actvism | Tags: cesar chavez, current-events Leave a comment »So, I was invited today to a Million-Hoodie-March here in Tucson. Coming from a Conservative home in the South that valued their guns more than anything, I am looking back to my Grandparents. My Grandfather (Paw) was a Raccoon Hunter. I hunted a few times, mostly to bond with him, before becoming a vegetarian for about six years. My Grandmother (Granny) was a seemingly stern woman that only came out as her own person after my Grandfather died.I don’t think I will be making the Million-Hoodie-March. First, someone scheduled it opposite the Cesar Chavez parade here in Tucson. Second, it’s my wife’s birthday. This makes for a sticky situation. Anyway, the way it’s been reported by CNN (I find FOX News too Conservative and MSNBC too liberal), the Stand Your Ground law was made to be for equivalent retribution. A gun should have been followed up with another gun. Not a bag of skittles with a gun. Last I heard, bags of skittles weren’t lethal.
