Name Change (And more!)

As you may have noticed, I changed the blog name, in order to move away from a border-line narcissistic blog, to one with a more caring mission and world view. The name, and mission, was inspired by the passage of Socrates that was read and discussed in my Great Books class this week. Part of that passage was a metaphor about people locked in a cave, seeing only shadows of passing items lit by flames. This was representative of those who are locked in a mental rut, seeing only shadows of reality. The part which struck me was when Socrates was talking about a man who had been liberated, and went out into the broader world. Socrates said that his duty was to go back into that cave, and attempt to liberate others from that cave as well. Throughout the day, I was thinking about that cave, and that journey out of the cave. Reading articles, listening to podcasts, thinking about the state of the world, I realized that there are many more caves in the world than just the philosophical cave which Socrates is concerned. As someone who has come out of some caves, and was born outside of other caves, I feel the need to point out caves and rescue those who are locked inside. I challenge you to look for those caves everywhere you go, for caves are not just in the slums of Africa, or brothels of Asia, but in places where we would never think to look for them.

In lighter news, my life has been relatively calm and productive. I am taking classical Greek, and am simultaneously overwhelmed and encouraged, I am perhaps 2 weeks behind, but feel that I can catch up and thrive with the language. The Nutcracker party scene rehearsal this evening was great fun! We went quite far through our scene, which was encouraging, but we are having to learn many variations from last year, which is worrying, because the most difficult part of the party scene last year was the parent's dance routine. I hope that the dance routine remains the same from last year, because learning that, plus the new party scene's details, plus everything for the Prince understudy. Just too much dancing for me!!!

This political cycle has been very interesting for me to watch. Since I desire to eventually become involved in politics, either as an elected official, or some para-governmental position, this has been fascinating election/economic scenario. I would love to hear what you readers think, but not in a partisan fashion, more in a speculative style.

My cool thing of this post is Google's new Igoogle page, featuring embedded gadget access, which allows me to; read news articles, check my Gmail, open Google Docs, and post, all from my homepage.

Many blessings on you from our Divine Father in Heaven!