Miss me? This fine photograph was taken by a Campus Ministry acquaintance, because I need one for use on campaign posters in the upcoming Student Government elections. Fittingly, the background, which is real, has a holy card glow to it, don't you think? I may not be the handsomest Pundit to ever live, but she certainly captured me in my best light.

Grateful as I am for Atobe's recent assistance, it is nice to check in again. The spring break approaches, but there hasn't been much to write about. No traveling for Crusader88. Frail thing that I am, I prefer to stay home and read. As against the rabble, whose highest aspirations are Mexico and Florida, I would easily prefer frigid Hudson Bay had I a choice. After break, there will at least be another New York bus trip (prompted by my persistently nagging the class president, believe it or not), so I look forward to that--I haven't been to a traditional Mass in eons, so maybe a free afternoon in Manhattan will be just the opportunity to reconnect with the Traditionalist character of my Faith. The only academic note I will add is that I am apparently being inducted into Phi Sigma Tau, the collegiate philosophy honors society. Woo-hoo, I thought, as I noticed the $25 fee. Since eight or nine other students from the same small major are getting in this year, it's really more of the negative honor of not being rejected. And then, one has to consider all the honors they did not get. For that matter, the eligibility qualifications don't impress me much either. Now, I probably shouldn't be poking fun at Phi Sigma Tau before the initiatory ceremony, but hey, I already handed in the check. There is a plus, though: the emblem. As a Catholic, I can't join the Freemasons and get all the insignia that comes with a rank in the craft, so their emblem, which in "Each of the angles contains a word representing one of the five streams of world thought: Chinese, Indian, Islamic, Hebrew, and Greek," is probably the best syncretic consolation prize available (the Muslims get a stream, but not the Christians? What gives? This makes little sense, especially since Phi Sigma Tau began at Muhlenberg College, a Lutheran school).

We'll talk anime next time. Preview: it's a devout Catholic anime! Sort of...