IT BEGINS WITH BREAKFAST

I gulped down the last of my lukewarm coffee, it was sickly sweet with an earthy after taste. It had too much sugar, but it was the only way to stomach the weak, bitter liquid. “Would you like an egg with that?” Was the line repeated 44 times. “Yessir please,” “With extra pepper,” or a simple nod were the most common replies. I stuffed an egg and a couple of tiny packs of salt and pepper into a brown bag and passed it to the left. [read the rest here]

I have to turn in the first of three analytical papers for my "service learning experience," or SLEx, that is part of my sociology class. The above excerpt is the opening paragraph of the first one, due Thursday. It has some of my thoughts so far on serving breakfast once a week to the homeless here in Elgin.

It Begins With Breakfast, SLEx 1 of 3 (SOC 151)

I have a few more assignments that I should have written up for Thursday. I got my first test back today, for sociology, I got an 80% on it. A little lower than I hoped for, but I am happy with that result. I needed to study more for it, but I didn't have time.

Here is one I turned in last week for Media that I forgot about:
The Student Life of a Commuter is Hard (MED240)

I have a few new photos up over on flickr. Some from my city immersion last weekend. Oh yeah, if I look sad in that second photo - its cause I am. The first photo is looking into "the bean" at Chicago's Millennium Park.