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This weekend was...interesting. My plans were pretty chill since I know this coming weekend's going to be insane. One night I went to see a movie and then out for dessert and the other night we went iceskating after that stuff we just hung around Thurston. But then both nights when I went back to my room it was complete insanity. Friday night my roommates had picked up some marines (who seriously just drove to GW and hung around outside Thurston until they met some girls...creepy!) and they were here until about 4. And then when we woke up on saturday morning Sam had one of the guys from sketchy frat in her bed! ummm that is extremely unecessary. Especially since we were all sleeping in the room while he was there. Saturday night I had just gotten in when ange came stumbling into the room saying something about 14 shots. Ange is a tiny girl so there's no way she should have that many shots. She passed out in her bed and kept making this awful hiccup sounds. I was really scared that she was going to throw up in her sleep and choke. So I stayed up most of the night making sure she didn't die. I am extremely sleep deprived right now.
But when my roommates aren't completely shitfaced they're pretty dece. Tuesday we order in grilled cheese and soup, watched Christmas Vacation and we decorated for Christmas. We put up a bunch of lights and seth came over and helped us make paper snowflakes. Our room is pretty adorable. We also tried out Ange's Easy Bake Oven. Which ended up being disasterous since we over cooked it and it was hard as a rock haha.
This week I also participated in some demonstrations. Friday I went to an AIDS rally. 1 in 20 people in DC have AIDS, yet they still lock up condoms at most pharmacies and will not offer needle exchange programs. In a city that has an almost African rate of AIDS (it's 1 in 17 there) the fact that they won't address any of those issues is horrifying. They arrested 20 people at the rally for protesting right on the sidewalk in front of the white house. I thought that was kind of stupid. I understand that you were trying to bring attention to your cause but that's negative attention, when we should have tried to bring positive attention to the issue. On Monday I marched for civil rights at the Supreme Court. They were hearing a case that would allow public highschools to use race quotas and look at race when considering which students to admit under school choice. I can't believe this is even an issue during this time in history. The organization that organized the march is trying to start a new civil rights movement, which I think is important because the US is still lacking in ethnic equality. The school I tutor at is entirely minority groups and most of the children at this school are at least 2 grade levels below in math and reading, their class sizes are larger than they should be, and their school lacks a lot of modern technology. There's another highschool in DC where some rooms don't have walls. It's a sin.
I'm looking forward to this weekend. Friday is our Nutcracker performance. We might do 2 shows since we're expecting to sell out. Afterwards we're going to a townhouse in Dupont for a little cast party. We're being really classy ballerinas and getting a keg. haha On saturday we're having cast party part 2 and going out for brunch. It should be a lot of fun. And Saturday night is Brit Pop night at the Black Cat! I've got a really cute mini dress to wear. I'm excited!
I'm feeling a complete lack of fufillment here at G-Dub. In highschool I was extremely active, always doing community service and organizing things. Between my job, dance, college dems, and trying to find time to get my massive amounts of reading done I don't have a whole lot of time for stuff like that here. I'm used to doing lots of volunteer/charity things during this time of year. I feel kinda of empty without doing any this year. And I'm really confused about what I want to do with my life right now. After hearing presentations from people who used to work at the State Department I'm not sure if that's what I want to do anymore. I think I'd be happier doing some sort of humanitarian work. Idk. It's all causing me intense amounts of stress right now.
But when my roommates aren't completely shitfaced they're pretty dece. Tuesday we order in grilled cheese and soup, watched Christmas Vacation and we decorated for Christmas. We put up a bunch of lights and seth came over and helped us make paper snowflakes. Our room is pretty adorable. We also tried out Ange's Easy Bake Oven. Which ended up being disasterous since we over cooked it and it was hard as a rock haha.
This week I also participated in some demonstrations. Friday I went to an AIDS rally. 1 in 20 people in DC have AIDS, yet they still lock up condoms at most pharmacies and will not offer needle exchange programs. In a city that has an almost African rate of AIDS (it's 1 in 17 there) the fact that they won't address any of those issues is horrifying. They arrested 20 people at the rally for protesting right on the sidewalk in front of the white house. I thought that was kind of stupid. I understand that you were trying to bring attention to your cause but that's negative attention, when we should have tried to bring positive attention to the issue. On Monday I marched for civil rights at the Supreme Court. They were hearing a case that would allow public highschools to use race quotas and look at race when considering which students to admit under school choice. I can't believe this is even an issue during this time in history. The organization that organized the march is trying to start a new civil rights movement, which I think is important because the US is still lacking in ethnic equality. The school I tutor at is entirely minority groups and most of the children at this school are at least 2 grade levels below in math and reading, their class sizes are larger than they should be, and their school lacks a lot of modern technology. There's another highschool in DC where some rooms don't have walls. It's a sin.
I'm looking forward to this weekend. Friday is our Nutcracker performance. We might do 2 shows since we're expecting to sell out. Afterwards we're going to a townhouse in Dupont for a little cast party. We're being really classy ballerinas and getting a keg. haha On saturday we're having cast party part 2 and going out for brunch. It should be a lot of fun. And Saturday night is Brit Pop night at the Black Cat! I've got a really cute mini dress to wear. I'm excited!
I'm feeling a complete lack of fufillment here at G-Dub. In highschool I was extremely active, always doing community service and organizing things. Between my job, dance, college dems, and trying to find time to get my massive amounts of reading done I don't have a whole lot of time for stuff like that here. I'm used to doing lots of volunteer/charity things during this time of year. I feel kinda of empty without doing any this year. And I'm really confused about what I want to do with my life right now. After hearing presentations from people who used to work at the State Department I'm not sure if that's what I want to do anymore. I think I'd be happier doing some sort of humanitarian work. Idk. It's all causing me intense amounts of stress right now.