an odd turn of events
so it turns out that lately, the officers of the anime club have gone behind my back and requested a faculty member take over as advisor without consulting me at all. i wrote the anime club account an email explaining very politely that it was pretty low class and that i hope having an actual faculty member (who has a reputation and what not) doesnt hurt their group activities (which include technically illegal alcohol at club-sponsored events).
i am pretty sure that the leader of the in-crowd was the one instigating this stuff, because he still gives me dirty looks at almost every meeting (and i dont *think* its because hes interested in me). im also pretty sure that the club president would go along with it because i have a long history of calling him out for being half-assed and uncommitted and generally not thinking things through (although not in front of other people and never without a suggested course of action to better the way the club 'does business').
im really not surprised at all that they would attempt to take this course, nor am i surprised that they are so short sighted and naive as to believe that it will change anything, since previous club governments have done things (as they should) with minimal advisor involvement. an advisor is not a slave to a club and should never be. they are simply the conduit which lends the club an official affiliation and standing within the university community.
i believe that ultimately they may see the error of their ways, but it will be some time before they realize that nothing has changed. i will still attend meetings because i enjoy them despite the idiot crowd acting like high schoolers (who happen to be the 'in-crowd' and currently in powerful standing amongst the more naive club members). i will still get dirty looks from the guy who might be bi-curious, but is probably just threatened by my powerful(?) presence. i will still welcome new members and attempt to chat with those people who are open-minded or do not participate in the general douchebaggery that i see on a regular basis from the 'in-crowd'. i will still question the less-informed members objections to any given series and conjectures based solely on content rather than context. and, of course, i will hope that there are others who will do the same.
its not like, as advisor, i didnt make myself available. there were times when i even scheduled meetups with the president of the club and he didnt show up - wasting both my time and his. i was never invited to any officer meetings unless the message was relayed to me by someone outside of the 'in-crowd' group of officers. i was never asked for advice and constantly had to give it proactively - and was ignored much to the detriment of many club activities. hell, i even paid dues.
it might sound like im complaining a bit or like im kind of mad, but really, im just disappointed that the people who have been entrusted with the club are acting like some kind of high school clique rather than a body of adults with the interests of an organization at heart or the abilty to handle things with a bit of responsibility and decency. come on, guys. youre in college. act like adults , i want to say. i guess ive seen a trend toward college students acting like kids lately. someone told me the other day that it may just have been my social circles which spoiled me; or in other words, i spoiled me by only socializing with intelligent and/or interesting people. now i have come in contact with the normal people and they are not up to my standards. thats normal for you, i suppose.
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in other news, ive been out way too much. i need some time to recuperate, so if anybody wants to do a 1 on 1 rest day of just watching movies or anime or playing video games (no xbox at my place right now, though) or hanging out, let me know. i have reached the cap in my vacation days and am pretty in need of a rest. lunch and a movie or a movie and lunch sounds nice. arclight is again showing "an education" which i may have to go see on my own, since ive been frustrated that nobody went to see that or 'up in the air' with me.
i have to take someone shopping to find her some casual girly clothes so she can wear them in the spring. she always wears boyish clothes, but thats all she has. her sister wears nice clothes, but, oddly, i think that she has a slightly better figure for girly clothing than her sister. modelesque, i would say. sister is cute though, and has a cute name. i was happy to meet her.
the natsumi is back in town, so ill have to find out her schedule/phone number at some point. i also need to clean my room and the bathroom (since my sister never cleans it). so much spring cleaning to do, so little time. sounds like its time for vacation. soon soon.
i need to get myself a passport.
i went to my friends girlfriends coworkers birthday party this past weekend. i only found out on sunday night that i could have gone to kollaboration with my friend tenshiyaki. im quite jealous and a little angry (not really) at her cause all she had to do was remember to ask me if i was interested and i would have diched my friends girlfriends coworkers birthday party at some lame chinese restaurant to go see some awesome dancing. i suppose the silver lining is that i met my friends girlfriends best friends. never a more disparate pair of friends have i met. they seem to get along so well, but one is super shy and reserved and uncomfortable and awkward and one is outgoing and noisy and pretentious and funny. at least they both seemed fairly mature-ish. not much drinking went on, not much dancing went on, and the party, unfortunately, ended around 12pm instead of the happening 2am like it did last year. QUITE DISAPPOINTING. i have yet to find out the impression of me from my friend or friends girlfriend, but we shall see what the random odd couple thought.
wednesday the ecuadorian national team is coming to train with us for taekwondo. if you want to go nuts and be out of breath, come train with us on wednesday. you are going to cry. hell, ill probably cry, and i train every week.
in a few saturdays, there will be some deep fried prime rib, alcohol, and rock band at my friends place. id like to take an additional friend so we have more people to play rock band, but its rare to find someone who wants to hang out with a bunch of nerdy guys who like to do things like deep fry prime rib and play rock band whilst inebriated.
some new-notnew worker at work who works near a good friend of mine is called 'li'. i was amused when i finished talkind to her and she said 'hao'. im thinking to myself: 'i wonder if she expected me to understand that, or if shes talking to herself out loud'. of course, i didnt want to embarrass her on our first meeting, so i didnt say anything. shes a java programmer. omg evil. also, she lives in cerritos and seems pretty nerdy-ish. now to see if she drinks. maybe i can find a new drinking buddy.
today, i practiced kicking people. finally, exactly what i need to practice. hopefully more later.
also, UCI has a new and AMAZING rec center. oh. my. god. it was so nice i wanted to stay and run after i finished judging the tkd tourney. of course, the scenery doesnt hurt either. there are giant windows overlooking some pretty nice landscape up at UCI. they have courst, a rock wall for climbing, exercise machines, workout rooms, open locker rooms, et-omg.
ok, life is pretty busy, and its not that i hate that, but seriously... life, plz give me a quiet break by myself or with someone i like so i can recuperate from all this busy busy insanity. gaming and reading help, but i need.... something else. my body has been tensing up lately too. stress maybe? i dunno, but its made taekwondo a little harder. need to find a way to relax, but everything is stressing me out.
i miss the days when i had a home. she would make me a drink and visit me in a casual dress, expecting me to remove it. she would sit with me quietly sometimes when i needed to rest and she would let me give myself when i needed some release. she was often surprised at my hobbies and how many things i love to do and understand, and she was always willing to accept my aid or ask for it when she knew my skill set could serve her just as hers served me. its hard for me not to think of that as a home - even though its a person.
well, im done writing for tonight. tomorrow, more stress and trouble. intelligentsia coffee, vegan cafe, lots of introverts and a chinese girl in a car together. its going to be all kinds of awkward fun. sometimes, i love life. sometimes, i hate living. mostly, though, right now, i dont. thank god for the spring. curse god for the spring. i just hope that i dont overflow.
much love,
me.
i am pretty sure that the leader of the in-crowd was the one instigating this stuff, because he still gives me dirty looks at almost every meeting (and i dont *think* its because hes interested in me). im also pretty sure that the club president would go along with it because i have a long history of calling him out for being half-assed and uncommitted and generally not thinking things through (although not in front of other people and never without a suggested course of action to better the way the club 'does business').
im really not surprised at all that they would attempt to take this course, nor am i surprised that they are so short sighted and naive as to believe that it will change anything, since previous club governments have done things (as they should) with minimal advisor involvement. an advisor is not a slave to a club and should never be. they are simply the conduit which lends the club an official affiliation and standing within the university community.
i believe that ultimately they may see the error of their ways, but it will be some time before they realize that nothing has changed. i will still attend meetings because i enjoy them despite the idiot crowd acting like high schoolers (who happen to be the 'in-crowd' and currently in powerful standing amongst the more naive club members). i will still get dirty looks from the guy who might be bi-curious, but is probably just threatened by my powerful(?) presence. i will still welcome new members and attempt to chat with those people who are open-minded or do not participate in the general douchebaggery that i see on a regular basis from the 'in-crowd'. i will still question the less-informed members objections to any given series and conjectures based solely on content rather than context. and, of course, i will hope that there are others who will do the same.
its not like, as advisor, i didnt make myself available. there were times when i even scheduled meetups with the president of the club and he didnt show up - wasting both my time and his. i was never invited to any officer meetings unless the message was relayed to me by someone outside of the 'in-crowd' group of officers. i was never asked for advice and constantly had to give it proactively - and was ignored much to the detriment of many club activities. hell, i even paid dues.
it might sound like im complaining a bit or like im kind of mad, but really, im just disappointed that the people who have been entrusted with the club are acting like some kind of high school clique rather than a body of adults with the interests of an organization at heart or the abilty to handle things with a bit of responsibility and decency. come on, guys. youre in college. act like adults , i want to say. i guess ive seen a trend toward college students acting like kids lately. someone told me the other day that it may just have been my social circles which spoiled me; or in other words, i spoiled me by only socializing with intelligent and/or interesting people. now i have come in contact with the normal people and they are not up to my standards. thats normal for you, i suppose.
--
in other news, ive been out way too much. i need some time to recuperate, so if anybody wants to do a 1 on 1 rest day of just watching movies or anime or playing video games (no xbox at my place right now, though) or hanging out, let me know. i have reached the cap in my vacation days and am pretty in need of a rest. lunch and a movie or a movie and lunch sounds nice. arclight is again showing "an education" which i may have to go see on my own, since ive been frustrated that nobody went to see that or 'up in the air' with me.
i have to take someone shopping to find her some casual girly clothes so she can wear them in the spring. she always wears boyish clothes, but thats all she has. her sister wears nice clothes, but, oddly, i think that she has a slightly better figure for girly clothing than her sister. modelesque, i would say. sister is cute though, and has a cute name. i was happy to meet her.
the natsumi is back in town, so ill have to find out her schedule/phone number at some point. i also need to clean my room and the bathroom (since my sister never cleans it). so much spring cleaning to do, so little time. sounds like its time for vacation. soon soon.
i need to get myself a passport.
i went to my friends girlfriends coworkers birthday party this past weekend. i only found out on sunday night that i could have gone to kollaboration with my friend tenshiyaki. im quite jealous and a little angry (not really) at her cause all she had to do was remember to ask me if i was interested and i would have diched my friends girlfriends coworkers birthday party at some lame chinese restaurant to go see some awesome dancing. i suppose the silver lining is that i met my friends girlfriends best friends. never a more disparate pair of friends have i met. they seem to get along so well, but one is super shy and reserved and uncomfortable and awkward and one is outgoing and noisy and pretentious and funny. at least they both seemed fairly mature-ish. not much drinking went on, not much dancing went on, and the party, unfortunately, ended around 12pm instead of the happening 2am like it did last year. QUITE DISAPPOINTING. i have yet to find out the impression of me from my friend or friends girlfriend, but we shall see what the random odd couple thought.
wednesday the ecuadorian national team is coming to train with us for taekwondo. if you want to go nuts and be out of breath, come train with us on wednesday. you are going to cry. hell, ill probably cry, and i train every week.
in a few saturdays, there will be some deep fried prime rib, alcohol, and rock band at my friends place. id like to take an additional friend so we have more people to play rock band, but its rare to find someone who wants to hang out with a bunch of nerdy guys who like to do things like deep fry prime rib and play rock band whilst inebriated.
some new-notnew worker at work who works near a good friend of mine is called 'li'. i was amused when i finished talkind to her and she said 'hao'. im thinking to myself: 'i wonder if she expected me to understand that, or if shes talking to herself out loud'. of course, i didnt want to embarrass her on our first meeting, so i didnt say anything. shes a java programmer. omg evil. also, she lives in cerritos and seems pretty nerdy-ish. now to see if she drinks. maybe i can find a new drinking buddy.
today, i practiced kicking people. finally, exactly what i need to practice. hopefully more later.
also, UCI has a new and AMAZING rec center. oh. my. god. it was so nice i wanted to stay and run after i finished judging the tkd tourney. of course, the scenery doesnt hurt either. there are giant windows overlooking some pretty nice landscape up at UCI. they have courst, a rock wall for climbing, exercise machines, workout rooms, open locker rooms, et-omg.
ok, life is pretty busy, and its not that i hate that, but seriously... life, plz give me a quiet break by myself or with someone i like so i can recuperate from all this busy busy insanity. gaming and reading help, but i need.... something else. my body has been tensing up lately too. stress maybe? i dunno, but its made taekwondo a little harder. need to find a way to relax, but everything is stressing me out.
i miss the days when i had a home. she would make me a drink and visit me in a casual dress, expecting me to remove it. she would sit with me quietly sometimes when i needed to rest and she would let me give myself when i needed some release. she was often surprised at my hobbies and how many things i love to do and understand, and she was always willing to accept my aid or ask for it when she knew my skill set could serve her just as hers served me. its hard for me not to think of that as a home - even though its a person.
well, im done writing for tonight. tomorrow, more stress and trouble. intelligentsia coffee, vegan cafe, lots of introverts and a chinese girl in a car together. its going to be all kinds of awkward fun. sometimes, i love life. sometimes, i hate living. mostly, though, right now, i dont. thank god for the spring. curse god for the spring. i just hope that i dont overflow.
much love,
me.