So really quickly, I just wanted to share a story...
Last week one day was "Day of Silence" where students who are members of the GLBTQ club at school went all day without speaking, wearing pins that explained they were representing the unrepresented.
After first period I picked up a sheet of paper from the floor. One girl had stuck a pin to it and wrote to the boy sitting behind her, "Do me a favor and wear this today to give voice to people who don't normally get a chance. Pleaz!"
Underneath, in scrawly handwriting, he wrote back, "I only support hot lesbians."
I laughed so hard I couldn't even throw the note away.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Spring break? Spring fix!
Shout out to you non-graduated folks! This is the weirdest April for me. Usually this is the craziest, busiest, stressfullest time of year. You're finishing the semester, cramming for finals, writing papers, finishing projects. You're also stricken with cabin fever, spring fever, and senioritis. And usually a cold or two brought on by sheer exhaustion. Plus you have to worry about moving home, summer plans, packing, getting a job...and leaving all your school friends.
Not this year. This is the first April I've had in a good seven years where it's not like that. School's been normal - I still have work to do, but just your usual amount. But there's still this whole May thing to deal with before I even think about getting out of school (June 5th, in case you're wondering). I even had a spring break last week! It's been strangely and seriously chill. (And I wasn't meaning to talk about the weather, but that's been chill, too.)
"Oh, you had spring break?" you ask. "How was it?" Great! I went to Las Vegas with my former roommate Lisa and stayed with her family. Enough? Ok, I'll put up a picture or two:
We went model home browsing...it was delicious. This was the cleverest little niche directly to the left after the entryway of one home. I love the stairs setting it apart from the rest of the room! But the best was the three-part hot tub in the backyard of one home, complete with heated waterfall over decorative rocks. Do people really live like this?!?
While in beautiful Las Vegas be sure to visit historic Las Vegas Boulevard (The Strip). I could watch those Bellagio fountains all...night.
Some gorgeous flowers from the grounds at the Las Vegas LDS temple. We didn't make it there until Monday, which is when it's closed, but I did get to appreciate the landscaping.
Please appreciate my obvious photography skills by comparing the slope of the roof of the temple to the parallel line of cloud made by a passing jet. Thank you.
And then, I drove all the way home. We left at 11 AM and I got home at 7:30 last night. Mmmm...good spring break. How was yours?
Cheers,
Beckie
Not this year. This is the first April I've had in a good seven years where it's not like that. School's been normal - I still have work to do, but just your usual amount. But there's still this whole May thing to deal with before I even think about getting out of school (June 5th, in case you're wondering). I even had a spring break last week! It's been strangely and seriously chill. (And I wasn't meaning to talk about the weather, but that's been chill, too.)
"Oh, you had spring break?" you ask. "How was it?" Great! I went to Las Vegas with my former roommate Lisa and stayed with her family. Enough? Ok, I'll put up a picture or two:
We went model home browsing...it was delicious. This was the cleverest little niche directly to the left after the entryway of one home. I love the stairs setting it apart from the rest of the room! But the best was the three-part hot tub in the backyard of one home, complete with heated waterfall over decorative rocks. Do people really live like this?!?
While in beautiful Las Vegas be sure to visit historic Las Vegas Boulevard (The Strip). I could watch those Bellagio fountains all...night.
Some gorgeous flowers from the grounds at the Las Vegas LDS temple. We didn't make it there until Monday, which is when it's closed, but I did get to appreciate the landscaping. 
Please appreciate my obvious photography skills by comparing the slope of the roof of the temple to the parallel line of cloud made by a passing jet. Thank you. And then, I drove all the way home. We left at 11 AM and I got home at 7:30 last night. Mmmm...good spring break. How was yours?
Cheers,
Beckie
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