So I was poking through Myspace looking at pages belonging to KCC alumni (They call it KCU these days, but I can’t make it stick in my head) and I found this picture titled “The Burden of Chapel.”

It belongs to some kid named Brian. I asked him if I could post it because it’s so awesome.

That building in the background is KCC’s chapel. When you attend KCC you have to go to chapel every Tuesday and Friday. It used to be that you couldn’t wear jeans. I think Charley The Intern told me that’s not the case anymore. If you wore jeans you’d get a demerit. After something like 25 demerits there was a cash fine. After my freshman year I think I wore jeans to every chapel service. I don’t remember having to pay many fines, though. I must not have gotten caught much.

Anyway, Chapel was indeed a burden - as any compulsory religious activity usually is. I don’t doubt the good intentions of it’s founders or it’s benefits given the right attitude or circumstances, but I was a poorly motivated jackass when I was in college so I naturally missed out on any of that. I simply wasn’t willing to give anyone the benefit of the doubt if they told me I “had” to do something. At 34 I’m still not real fond of that kind of thing, I guess.

Anyway, the picture brought back a lot of memories and emotions. I’m happy to be at St. Awesome’s these days where I attend not out of compulsion but out of desire. It makes a world of difference.