Downtown Excursion--Bump as tour guide.

One of the best days of my college semester was actually over a weekend when I was feeling ill and behind on school work. I almost threw in the towel on the group trip to the capital. But, I thought, that wouldn't be like me and I ventured out in spite of feeling crummy. It turned out to be a nice day. After it was all over with, I was very glad I got myself off the couch and to the capital. At first, I was thinking.. gosh, that will be boring. I've been there so many times. I'm an Austinite, what could be new? But you've never been to the capital like this. And to be honest, you've probably never thought of seeing it like this (now if you're brilliant and have then I applaud you). The experience actually interested me to perhaps do this kind of thing in the future. It's sort of hard to explain what I'm talking about. But imagine yourself writing looking up at the star as if you're looking at the capital from a totally different world.

I had fun writing an informal essay about my kidney stone. With the erect structure of the capital, I'm sure that's a hard image to imagine. It turned out, just when I thought I was finished writing, that my assignment had just begun. After we left the capital, we left for St. Mary's where we wrote about the church (and pretended there wasn't a wedding). This was fun, as well, hanging out with my classmates (who I'll miss) and relaxing in Victorian Lit. (for once). It was also cool hanging out with JB on the way back and getting to know a few of the people in class. Not to mention, Dr. Bump seemed rather exuberant about being a tour guide. He cracked jokes about Karl Marx's head being atop the Driskell hotel and made jokes about gladiators. Also an interesting part was the statue inside of the Driskell where professor Bump explained the scenario of the Christian saving the Jew from the "widow maker" where his foot was hung in the saddle of the horse. It looks something like this,

As the story goes, in the old days, getting your foot caught in a stirrup would most likely kill you. They had a name for it "the widow maker". To make a long story short, the above photo is a depiction of a Christian shooting the horse of a Jew to save the his life.

We didn't end the day before writing our Godly thoughts down on paper. As I write this blog, I'm at a loss for words about the class being over. My classmates can probably relate. As half of my college career is over, I have not had a course quite like this. I have yet to have one so challenging, yet so interesting at the same time.

To all who attended the excursion--and those who couldn't make it--have a great summer! Do it because you can. Do it for the queen!

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Viva Victoria!

OFF. WITH. YOUR. HEAD!!!

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