today is beautiful
it's amazing outside today and i am happy to be in south florida. when i came home from asheville, it was a nice change.
southern girls was really good. it was hard for me to be around so many people at all hours, but it was good for me i think. in i a way, i felt more independent in such a large group than i've felt for a long time. it was rad how many sarasotans were there...and extremely hilarious. we have everyone convinced that sarasota is the new gainesville or something...haha. many people are thinking of coming to visit this hip town of ours. i went to a lot of really good workshops, my favorite being one on medicalization and diy mental health, something i'm a firm believer in, since therapy only helped me wallow in self pity. keeping a journal and talking to friends helps me the most with my issues i spose. (even though i lost my journal while there :( i don't mean to downplay other peoples' mental health issues or to say that folks who are on medications are participants in some kind of oppressive system or something. but what i do works for me.
i missed seeing the sarasota girls run around the warren wilson campus naked, which i regret...but we all got together and did the radical cheer series before we left which about made me cry, since some of us are leaving soon or have already found themselves on other sides of the country. i want those girls to know that i care about them and hope for their happiness in whatever they go on to do.
my friend brian and i (or as people at southern girls know him as, "sir hugs-a lot") went hiking sunday morning in the mountains. amazing, but cloudy. we saw a pseudo waterfall and a hobbit house in the woods while i was delirious with lack of sleep and drunkenness from the night before. and also mildly uncomfortable, since sir hugs-a lot is my ex-boyfriend and is a little too huggy with me. yikes. too much sexual tension in that situation.
overall, everything was inspiring and i'm glad i got to meet cool new people and get to know erin and aaron respectively better and for the first time. the drive up was not an abusive one in comparison with southern girls last year (horribly hilarious and exciting) and i was happy for that...minus a couple of times of fearing for my life on the road.
ps. i played bongo drums in a hippie drum circle! may i never be allowed to live it down.
the plane ride home from greensboro was pretty emotional for me, since that is when be learned about the 48 hours until war countdown. i'm glad i was with rose and sasha. it is awful and upsetting and it is important to have good friends nearby in times like this one. if any one knows about any anti-war protesting in the south/central florida area, please let me know. i am horrified about the situation in iraq.
i'll be in florida for spring break next week and i'm down for whatever. write to me! i think i'm gonna go outside now. <3
southern girls was really good. it was hard for me to be around so many people at all hours, but it was good for me i think. in i a way, i felt more independent in such a large group than i've felt for a long time. it was rad how many sarasotans were there...and extremely hilarious. we have everyone convinced that sarasota is the new gainesville or something...haha. many people are thinking of coming to visit this hip town of ours. i went to a lot of really good workshops, my favorite being one on medicalization and diy mental health, something i'm a firm believer in, since therapy only helped me wallow in self pity. keeping a journal and talking to friends helps me the most with my issues i spose. (even though i lost my journal while there :( i don't mean to downplay other peoples' mental health issues or to say that folks who are on medications are participants in some kind of oppressive system or something. but what i do works for me.
i missed seeing the sarasota girls run around the warren wilson campus naked, which i regret...but we all got together and did the radical cheer series before we left which about made me cry, since some of us are leaving soon or have already found themselves on other sides of the country. i want those girls to know that i care about them and hope for their happiness in whatever they go on to do.
my friend brian and i (or as people at southern girls know him as, "sir hugs-a lot") went hiking sunday morning in the mountains. amazing, but cloudy. we saw a pseudo waterfall and a hobbit house in the woods while i was delirious with lack of sleep and drunkenness from the night before. and also mildly uncomfortable, since sir hugs-a lot is my ex-boyfriend and is a little too huggy with me. yikes. too much sexual tension in that situation.
overall, everything was inspiring and i'm glad i got to meet cool new people and get to know erin and aaron respectively better and for the first time. the drive up was not an abusive one in comparison with southern girls last year (horribly hilarious and exciting) and i was happy for that...minus a couple of times of fearing for my life on the road.
ps. i played bongo drums in a hippie drum circle! may i never be allowed to live it down.
the plane ride home from greensboro was pretty emotional for me, since that is when be learned about the 48 hours until war countdown. i'm glad i was with rose and sasha. it is awful and upsetting and it is important to have good friends nearby in times like this one. if any one knows about any anti-war protesting in the south/central florida area, please let me know. i am horrified about the situation in iraq.
i'll be in florida for spring break next week and i'm down for whatever. write to me! i think i'm gonna go outside now. <3