howdy y’all,
Your favorite Texan is back in action. The last (only) time I wrote was on Imagine Day, also late at night/early in the morning, but it is 4 am now and I need to be up 6 anyway so we’re just going to take this moment to catch up on some of the stuff from the last three weeks.
First of all, Happy New Year!
Don’t know what I’m talking about? That’s ok. September 13 marked the beginning of the year 5776 on the Jewish calendar. September 13th and 14th, Rosh Hashanah, are two of the holiest days in the entire year, so I didn’t go to class the first Monday and Tuesday (eep!). My profs were all really accommodating of my absences, but it was still strange going back into class that Wednesday after two days of celebration to… well, class. I missed some lectures I was really interested in, plus its always hard being behind at the beginning of the year.
I don’t regret my choice though. One of the reasons I came to Vancouver and to UBC was to be myself, in all facets, safely and proudly. Being Jewish is an important part of that.
Another important part is being queer. I come from a place that is not so accepting of any differences, be it religion, ethnicity, or sexuality. UBC is so much more open and welcoming, and I’m taking advantage of that. I went to Pride UBC’s retreat at the Global Lounge the first Saturday of school and had an absolute blast. It’s important to me that Pride UBC is a resource group and not a club. It anchors it more the to institution or to the student body than the LGBTQ clubs tend to at other institutions (like my high school). Its a cool place with cool people, and whether you fall under the LGBTQAIP+ alphabet soup umbrella or not you should check it out.
I haven’t joined as many clubs as I would have liked. I get emails from lots of people, but right now I think I’ll be mostly in Common Energy UBC and/or CiTR. Common Energy I haven’t gone to a meeting yet, but I really support what they’re doing and I want to check it out more. And CiTR…
Guys. CiTR is SO COOL.
Ok I also haven’t been to a meeting for this one yet, but I love public and community media, I love working in all sorts of creative media, from writing on this blog to video editing to radio. I’m really looking forward to working with them.
But I still wish I could be even more involved. But apparently at university you have to sleep, eat, and go to class, which takes up a lot of club time. I’m doing the Science One program, which is super demanding! Its a huge adjustment from high school to this level of work. I think I can do it though, I’ll keep you posted.
this turned into a diary entry but hey, this is the scoop, this is whats happening on the ground right now, this is live, this is the sitch- yeah. its 4 am. I should sleep.
Next time: campus food! where it’s cheap, where it’s good, and most importantly for us on res, where it takes our meal plan.
And sometime before or after that: Bamfield!
later y’all,
megan