I haven’t written anything in a while so I’ll try to sum up this past month as best I can. Back in late March I wrote a paper, which you can read online, about Buddhist themes in pop music. The essay, when printed, is 35 pages long and is likely the most comprehensive look at Buddhist pop music available today. The paper was for a writing class here at UCSB which required a 10 page paper about pop music.
Easter was great. I went to my grandfather’s home in Los Angeles with my mom, dad, and brother. My girlfriend also joined us which was very fun. All sorts of family were in LA and we had a great time looking for hidden eggs and such. Shortly after, my cousin, Kelly, came to take a look at UCSB. I’ve found that it’s easy to try and sell this school as it is in the best location there is, the people are smart and decent, and the overall experience is generally awesome.
A few days after that, my aunt, uncle and I went to see Adyashanti speak in a satsang. That entire weekend was truly wonderful as a time for contemplation and stillness. I don’t really feel like blogging about it but if you see me feel free to ask about it, as I’d be happy to talk about it in person. If you don’t know who Adya is or just to get a feel for what it was about, take a look at the teachings he has online or the book “True Meditation“.
This past month, spring quarter started. I spent quite some time trying to figure out what classes I would take and found it a lot harder this quarter to work a schedule out. As it stands I’m taking “Cultural Anthropology”, “Global Culture and Ethics”, and “The Channel Islands” which are all pretty exciting, particularly the one about the Santa Barbara Channel. I’m also attending a class about Irish literature just for fun.
I’ve also watched a couple of movies and highly recommend “Bobby”. The film is very inspiring and has great characters (RFK is not really a character in the story).
Here at school, we recently had sand castle day. We built an awesome igloo. More details to follow.
April
I haven’t written anything in a while so I’ll try to sum up this past month as best I can. Back in late March I wrote a paper, which you can read online, about Buddhist themes in pop music. The essay, when printed, is 35 pages long and is likely the most comprehensive look at Buddhist pop music available today. The paper was for a writing class here at UCSB which required a 10 page paper about pop music.
Easter was great. I went to my grandfather’s home in Los Angeles with my mom, dad, and brother. My girlfriend also joined us which was very fun. All sorts of family were in LA and we had a great time looking for hidden eggs and such. Shortly after, my cousin, Kelly, came to take a look at UCSB. I’ve found that it’s easy to try and sell this school as it is in the best location there is, the people are smart and decent, and the overall experience is generally awesome.
A few days after that, my aunt, uncle and I went to see Adyashanti speak in a satsang. That entire weekend was truly wonderful as a time for contemplation and stillness. I don’t really feel like blogging about it but if you see me feel free to ask about it, as I’d be happy to talk about it in person. If you don’t know who Adya is or just to get a feel for what it was about, take a look at the teachings he has online or the book “True Meditation“.
This past month, spring quarter started. I spent quite some time trying to figure out what classes I would take and found it a lot harder this quarter to work a schedule out. As it stands I’m taking “Cultural Anthropology”, “Global Culture and Ethics”, and “The Channel Islands” which are all pretty exciting, particularly the one about the Santa Barbara Channel. I’m also attending a class about Irish literature just for fun.
I’ve also watched a couple of movies and highly recommend “Bobby”. The film is very inspiring and has great characters (RFK is not really a character in the story).
Here at school, we recently had sand castle day. We built an awesome igloo. More details to follow.