26th April 2008
true confessions of a paraplegic seminary student…
i just got back from watching nick and justin (who play in sauni’s big jump with me) play at a bar in boulder with another band (called big in japan), and while i was there a funny little thing happened, that i thought i might write down as an internet anecdote because i haven’t written anything really interesting in a while.
anyway, there were a couple girls who knew one of the other band members who started talking to me, and so i tried to carry a pleasant conversation. one of the girls in particular i was talking to - you might even say that i was flirting with her just a little - and she was… how do we say this?… a *little* on the enebriated side.
i asked her what she was studying in boulder, and she in turn asked if i was a cu (university of colorado) student. i told her that i took classes at a school in denver, and she asked what school. i replied that the school was called denver seminary… and she got a look on her face that said she was digesting the meaning of that word, ’seminary,’ and figuring out what that meant. all of a sudden she was less talkative, and then a minute later i saw and overheard her talking with her friend (trying to whisper with a loud band playing is hard enough - doing it when you’re drunk must be even harder…).
‘he’s in seminary,’ she said.
‘what’s that mean?’ the friend asked.
‘he’s going to be a priest,’ she ‘whispered’ back.
i couldn’t help but laugh to myself concerning their little misconception, but decided to let them think what they wanted to about me and my reasons for being in seminary - and priesthood or no, i don’t think i was what they were looking for, anway.
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Clint Kirby says:
April 26th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Great anecdote! So do you think she lost interest because she assumed you were going to be celibate?
Mike-e says:
April 26th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Ha. That is kind of funny. I met some guy here who is possibly going to Denver Seminary next year. He saw me wearing a particular DS shirt with a sick Erasmus quote and asked about it. Good shirt. Apparently good school. Training Leaders.
Daryl says:
April 26th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Yeah, I guess the celibacy thing is a turn off to some girls… go figure.
If seminary meant celibacy… well I guess it does for me for now. And when will the Catholics decide to change their policy?
And it is good to hear that the Denver Seminary shirt is getting some display time in Hawaii.
The librarian says:
April 29th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Ha ha ha ha ha ……
I will become a nun then