So I went to the rock/paper/scissors tournament last night and somehow made it to the semifinal match. I lost in the third round, third throw (oh the drama/tension! I chose scissors, he chose rock), but I don't feel too bad about it because: 1) I honestly think rps is mainly chance (though I guess with the top 2 guys there seemed to be some strategy involved) 2) I lost to the eventual champ, who with his win, set the City League (yes, there is apparently a league. And there was an official ref, with official ref-wear) record for most championships in a season.
So it goes.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
i'm still alive! promise!
Apologies for neglecting to blog for such a long time. I finally finished all of my academic work last Friday (before then I was camped out in an academic building for four days and nights straight. I have to say, sleeping in my own busted bed has never felt so good!) and since then, I've really just been spending all of my time hanging out with friends, eating at yummy restaurants, and just appreciating the time I have left with them (graduation is June 1 for me).
Last week, my friends and I took a four hour study break and went to a bar to see Benni E. (http://www.myspace.com/bennipanama), Does It Offend You, Yeah? (http://www.myspace.com/doesitoffendyou), and Yo Majesty (http://www.myspace.com/yomajesty4life). Benni E. and Yo Majesty are both queer female hip hop acts (incidentally, I think something's going on with Yo Majesty...there are supposed to be three of them, but only one showed up and talked about difficulties with the group. Perhaps they're on the road to breaking up?) and I have to say that they were pretty fucking amazing. It's always nice to see qpoc holding it down...and there's nothing hotter than an empowered female performer.
The most ridiculous part of the night though was when I realized that one of my future profs at Penn was at the show and was rocking out directly next to me with her girlfriend. It was so funny and surreal (I said hi and gave her a hug) and really reminded me again that profs are people too and not just academic gods with no lives outside of writing theory. For some reason this is still a difficult fact for me to accept. I just want to idolize my profs, dammit!
Tonight I'm going to a paper-scissors-rock tournament (yes, really) and then a bar/club. It should be a pretty chill time, and until then, I plan on wasting my life watching Buffy (I am so unfortunately addicted to this show) and trolling around the internet. Good times!
Last week, my friends and I took a four hour study break and went to a bar to see Benni E. (http://www.myspace.com/bennipanama), Does It Offend You, Yeah? (http://www.myspace.com/doesitoffendyou), and Yo Majesty (http://www.myspace.com/yomajesty4life). Benni E. and Yo Majesty are both queer female hip hop acts (incidentally, I think something's going on with Yo Majesty...there are supposed to be three of them, but only one showed up and talked about difficulties with the group. Perhaps they're on the road to breaking up?) and I have to say that they were pretty fucking amazing. It's always nice to see qpoc holding it down...and there's nothing hotter than an empowered female performer.
The most ridiculous part of the night though was when I realized that one of my future profs at Penn was at the show and was rocking out directly next to me with her girlfriend. It was so funny and surreal (I said hi and gave her a hug) and really reminded me again that profs are people too and not just academic gods with no lives outside of writing theory. For some reason this is still a difficult fact for me to accept. I just want to idolize my profs, dammit!
Tonight I'm going to a paper-scissors-rock tournament (yes, really) and then a bar/club. It should be a pretty chill time, and until then, I plan on wasting my life watching Buffy (I am so unfortunately addicted to this show) and trolling around the internet. Good times!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
quick check in/update
Apologies for my recent lack of posting. While the first draft of the thesis got finished, I'm still working on edits and grappling with final papers and projects while still trying to maintain some semblance of a social life--you know, this whole being a student thing always feels a lot more difficult than it should seem to be. I mean, on face, all it is is getting academic work done and partying. How difficult can it be? (Very, apparently)
Most recently, though, I've been occupied with worrying about a very close friend of mine (lets call her C), who is currently dating someone (E) with an ex who has a tendency to exhibit some really disturbing behavior. Aside from constantly sending E vicious emails about how much she hates and wants to hurt him, she's been similarly harassing C (including signing her up for a lot of weight loss spam mail) and has even tried to justify it by claiming that she only does so because it's the most effective way to hurt E.
In the last week, things have escalated to the point where the ex has stolen and smashed E's property and, completely unprovoked, dumped a coke on him when they happened to run into each other. I'm really starting to worry about E and C's safety, and I'm hoping that they resolve things soon by getting a restraining order. While they have tried in the past (this behavior has gone on this whole semester) to just ignore her, I think it's becoming clear that this is just not enough to make her stop. She's clearly unstable and completely irrational...and at this point, it's much better to be safe than sorry.
In any case, this whole business has made me think a lot about love and expectation and the (dare I say proper?) ways to deal with disappointment. In late December, a relationship that I thought would last for the rest of my life ended and, putting the ridiculousness of that sentiment aside, I was completely devastated. However, since then, I've been so grateful for the time we've had apart. We had been together for two and a half years, and by the end, we became completely different people (in a negative way) because of the relationship. We constantly got into fights (both verbal and physical), and it was really difficult for us to have positive interactions with each other.
We're still regularly speaking, and to be completely honest, we're both committed to getting back together once we've resolved our issues. However, that means working through our issues in civil ways while still continuing on with our lives (instead of planning our lives for each other). I think this has done heaps for both of us, and I'm beginning to believe again that we can end up with each other. That said, he's coming to graduation in about a month, so I'll reserve any more final statements for when I can see how things go when we're actually face to face.
Most recently, though, I've been occupied with worrying about a very close friend of mine (lets call her C), who is currently dating someone (E) with an ex who has a tendency to exhibit some really disturbing behavior. Aside from constantly sending E vicious emails about how much she hates and wants to hurt him, she's been similarly harassing C (including signing her up for a lot of weight loss spam mail) and has even tried to justify it by claiming that she only does so because it's the most effective way to hurt E.
In the last week, things have escalated to the point where the ex has stolen and smashed E's property and, completely unprovoked, dumped a coke on him when they happened to run into each other. I'm really starting to worry about E and C's safety, and I'm hoping that they resolve things soon by getting a restraining order. While they have tried in the past (this behavior has gone on this whole semester) to just ignore her, I think it's becoming clear that this is just not enough to make her stop. She's clearly unstable and completely irrational...and at this point, it's much better to be safe than sorry.
In any case, this whole business has made me think a lot about love and expectation and the (dare I say proper?) ways to deal with disappointment. In late December, a relationship that I thought would last for the rest of my life ended and, putting the ridiculousness of that sentiment aside, I was completely devastated. However, since then, I've been so grateful for the time we've had apart. We had been together for two and a half years, and by the end, we became completely different people (in a negative way) because of the relationship. We constantly got into fights (both verbal and physical), and it was really difficult for us to have positive interactions with each other.
We're still regularly speaking, and to be completely honest, we're both committed to getting back together once we've resolved our issues. However, that means working through our issues in civil ways while still continuing on with our lives (instead of planning our lives for each other). I think this has done heaps for both of us, and I'm beginning to believe again that we can end up with each other. That said, he's coming to graduation in about a month, so I'll reserve any more final statements for when I can see how things go when we're actually face to face.
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