There's some drama going on in the background of everyone's lives right now. I don't understand it. Nobody will openly talk about it, except sometimes Alice. It's there, though. And the subtle tension is starting to get to me.
And while I'd love to turn to food for comfort, the only thing that sounds truly delicious is Indian food, much of which contains meat (which I gave up for lent). The rest of which I can't get to anyway because I don't have a car. I think I should propose an... unorthodox Easter dinner to my parents.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Been a while
I've always been bad at maintaining these. Diaries, journals, blogs, etc. Maybe some year I'll try a vlog (video blog) and see how that goes.
For starters, elections have come and gone. I was really worried for a while. My opponent has lived in Couch all year, and I only for a month. But it seems like she gave up halfway through. She never hung up any publicity. Her facebook group had a countdown, frozen at "6 days until the election" until the day before the election, when the line was simply deleted. Well, I won, and by quite a margin. 131-72. And mine was probably the easiest of the races.
Nonetheless, people in my group (which is kind of like a little political party) were elected to every position for which they ran. Richard got Adams back. Lydia was uncontested for Cate. Elizabeth got Walker. Hannah got HCSA President, and Jay got Vice President. But Jay being elected means that Eddie was not. And he found out in the worst way possible. We were waiting for the e-mail telling us that the votes were counted and he and I decided we wanted to know the purpose of a first, second, third, etc. choice vote. We went back into the HCSA hallway to find out and as we approached the first open door, we heard "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Did he really do it again?! Was it by, like, eight votes again?" There was only one person that could refer to. Last year, Jay won the Vice Presidential election, despite everyone thinking he wouldn't stand a chance, by only 12 votes. Eddie and I froze in the hallway. Eddie turned around and stormed out.
He was really upset, and that upset me, too. Empathy can be a real bitch sometimes. I was completely unable to celebrate my own success or that of my party.
But he's doing better now, and I'm doing better. We're getting ready to have the results validated, and we're going to be selecting people for the appointed positions soon.
Paintball was Sunday. I managed to escape it pretty safely. I don't have any bruises and all the paint washed out of my clothes. Good day. Shannon and Richard, on the other hand, both have giant welts. Ow. I'm still planning my care package program, but my day today took a turn for the worse when the person I was contacting about a Day of Silence/Break the Silence dance (the president of GLBTF) said they had found another venue. She only sent me that e-mail, a week after our last correspondence, because I sent her two messages today saying things like "I'm turning in the room reservation and the Coke product request. Let me know what's going on." Here we are, halfway through the month, and I need a new April event. I'm thinking some sort of vegetarian thing. Maybe include some vegan foods too. I don't know. It takes almost two weeks to plan any events, and I need a solid idea. Since I'm already doing the care package program, a "Free dinner" event seems like I'm just giving away funds. I should at least include some education or something. But that's where it gets preachy. I don't care if people are vegetarians. They should just know there are plenty of good vegetarian dishes available. Also, an excuse to get Indian food and Rusty's Frozen Custard.
IF ANYONE READING THIS HAS ANY IDEAS, LET ME KNOW!
For starters, elections have come and gone. I was really worried for a while. My opponent has lived in Couch all year, and I only for a month. But it seems like she gave up halfway through. She never hung up any publicity. Her facebook group had a countdown, frozen at "6 days until the election" until the day before the election, when the line was simply deleted. Well, I won, and by quite a margin. 131-72. And mine was probably the easiest of the races.
Nonetheless, people in my group (which is kind of like a little political party) were elected to every position for which they ran. Richard got Adams back. Lydia was uncontested for Cate. Elizabeth got Walker. Hannah got HCSA President, and Jay got Vice President. But Jay being elected means that Eddie was not. And he found out in the worst way possible. We were waiting for the e-mail telling us that the votes were counted and he and I decided we wanted to know the purpose of a first, second, third, etc. choice vote. We went back into the HCSA hallway to find out and as we approached the first open door, we heard "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Did he really do it again?! Was it by, like, eight votes again?" There was only one person that could refer to. Last year, Jay won the Vice Presidential election, despite everyone thinking he wouldn't stand a chance, by only 12 votes. Eddie and I froze in the hallway. Eddie turned around and stormed out.
He was really upset, and that upset me, too. Empathy can be a real bitch sometimes. I was completely unable to celebrate my own success or that of my party.
But he's doing better now, and I'm doing better. We're getting ready to have the results validated, and we're going to be selecting people for the appointed positions soon.
Paintball was Sunday. I managed to escape it pretty safely. I don't have any bruises and all the paint washed out of my clothes. Good day. Shannon and Richard, on the other hand, both have giant welts. Ow. I'm still planning my care package program, but my day today took a turn for the worse when the person I was contacting about a Day of Silence/Break the Silence dance (the president of GLBTF) said they had found another venue. She only sent me that e-mail, a week after our last correspondence, because I sent her two messages today saying things like "I'm turning in the room reservation and the Coke product request. Let me know what's going on." Here we are, halfway through the month, and I need a new April event. I'm thinking some sort of vegetarian thing. Maybe include some vegan foods too. I don't know. It takes almost two weeks to plan any events, and I need a solid idea. Since I'm already doing the care package program, a "Free dinner" event seems like I'm just giving away funds. I should at least include some education or something. But that's where it gets preachy. I don't care if people are vegetarians. They should just know there are plenty of good vegetarian dishes available. Also, an excuse to get Indian food and Rusty's Frozen Custard.
IF ANYONE READING THIS HAS ANY IDEAS, LET ME KNOW!
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