Can I just pass out and die here now? Crazy doesn’t even begin to describe the past couple of days. The Vigil went well, save for the fact that, despite my best efforts, there was no press there — not even the campus paper, which put last year’s Vigil on the front page. I was nervous at the beginning when I gave my opening remarks, but, as always, the others in Spectrum proved themselves to be up to the task of their performances. And of…
Just making a quick eat-and-shower stop here at home before the Matthew Shepard Vigil tonight. Last night and through today Spectrum members have been busy building our Homecoming float for Saturday, and I quite honestly have to say that in all my years with Spectrum, I have never seen the kind of chipping-in, teamwork and camaraderie that I’m seeing from this new group of people. If I can just get them to keep that going through to the end of Spring semester, I’ll be more…
Well, my voter information card came in the mail today. So next month I get to go out and vote! Are you excited? Me neither. I’m putting the final preparations on the flyer for the Matthew Shepard Vigil flyer tonight, and then I get to go prepare my speeches. This is the first time I’ve ever spoken at something like this, and of course I have to put all my usual political ramblings aside here. This Vigil isn’t about Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives,…
Ariel and Bonnie, on behalf of the residents of the forty-nine other states, I wish you good luck. You’re gonna need it. As for me, I don’t know. Just when things really start getting good with Spectrum (I swear, we’ve got such a great group of newcomers this year it astounds me), I start having trouble with my most favourite professors. I don’t know what that’s about, but I’m getting a really bad feeling about how this semester will turn out. And yes, I’ll start…
New at Backwash: “The Next Step”. It’s a look at where I currently stand with my post-UT plans, first with my fears surrounding getting into a good MFA programme, and then my fears that I may soon, at long last, be leaving home. So if you want to know what’s been on my mind about this whole process — as if I don’t have enough other stuff to worry about right now — go take a look at this article. By the way, be thinking…