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Dominican Republic
I'm three weeks into my seven week trip to the Dominican Republic. Before I left I promised people I'd blog about it, but that hasn't been happening. Sorry. Here's something though ( Read more... ) -
Everybody cut footloose
Camp is awesome. I spent a lot more time with On Broadway (5th-9th graders) this year, since both them and the teens had Assistant Directors, and OB has 38 kids to teens' 16. I liked the teens, but in general the middle schoolers have so much more energy and enthusiasm. It's from being younger, being in a big group, and its from having Simon around ( Read more... ) -
Queering Social Dance
I'm doing a project (due Monday, and I just started) about queering social dance. I'm defining that as anything that defies the male lead/female follow norms. Men in skirts counts as queering as well, as does all genderswitching, etc. While people may not do this to be political it has political ramifications, such as increasing acceptance of queer ( Read more... ) -
American Cultural Studies
I went to talk to my Comparative Cultural Studies professor today about the American Cultural Studies Major. She printed out the list of requirements for the major and my transcript, and plugged in all the courses I've already taken. Technically, i only have seven more classes for the major. Though I'm not going exactly that route, that sounds ( Read more... ) -
Oh, that kind of cottage.
I will be in the bay area November 25 through January 2. The amount of real class I have this quarter, going back and forth between Thanksgiving and Christmas was illogical, and its looking like i can pretty much finish the quarter before i leave. Five and a half weeks is a long time. I like my life here, and at this point i don't want to be away ( Read more... ) -
Obama
I look out the window and hundreds of people are walking down Chestnut. I ran out the back door- there are people streaming from every house, out every ally. People join the march, or just stand there, watching. They walk downtown and gather around a statue. There are drums, large fireworks, dancing, people I know with a megaphone. The police are ( Read more... ) -
"add women and stir"
Hey guys ( Read more... ) -
Oops.
I was going to go to circus club today, but instead I stayed at the co-op meeting and gained a lot of new responsibility. I'm now running or on leadership for four clubs or organizations, in addition to work, school, and figuring out house stuff. I also plan on regularly attending four other clubs. I was excited about having free time, and ( Read more... ) -
Gender Map Project
The gender map project is going very well. Cory and I have collected about 75 in the last week alone, putting us at about 175. We're going to sort and categorize and analyze, based on patterns and statistics and gender research. We're holding a gallery on November 11 ( Read more... ) -
cleaning
What do I do with:- torn clothes? (including 5 pairs of jeans)
- socks with holes in the toes
- old gymnastics ribbons?
- old gymnastics medals?
- trophies?
- old sculpey creations?
- pieces of wax?