Tuesday, November 09, 2004
... whoa. i'm going to be turning twenty in less than a month. weird... i don't even look seventeen. -__-
it seems like i have been neglecting my poor little blog. but i haven't really. i have a lot to say everyday. i want closure to my days. but i just don't have time. when i'm done with one pile of stuff to do, i have another one pending. and they are just queued up, waiting for me to get my hands on them. but i've got myself ten minutes. and i'm going to use the ten minutes wisely... by writing in my blog.
what's been going on with me? i'll go through the good stuff first. i got to see the laramie project as a theater production here at uc davis. i was way excited, because i had read the book and it was just simply amazing. i cried reading it, and that has never happened to me before, reading a play, let alone a book. so having known how impacting the book was, seeing the production just deepened my understanding of the play. i enjoyed it thoroughly.
the bad stuff? making mistakes on the job. being held accountable (for what is not fully my fault). no time. no sleep. no time to eat. two english classes + three music classes + one math class + one ra class + being a ra= mai spazzing out on the floor.
but i am so glad and proud of myself for what i accomplished this week. so... basically, my ra friends and i found this posting saying that our dining commons head chef's house had completely burned down due to an electrical fire, and all the belongings that the chef was left with were the clothes on his back. i felt that it was a time for the staff to come together as one and help our chef out in his time of need. so i told everyone on my staff about helping him out, and i got all these donations from everyone, people signed cards, and i felt like we were all coming together as one staff to help the chef. and then today, my sra (senior resident advisor) and i went to target and got him a gift certificate for $150 (mind you, this was collected within a short time span of five days) so he can supply himself with everyday necessities. i am giving the signed card and the gift card to him tomorrow.
i feel so good about that. i did it because the chef is essential to our community. he gives so much to us, and i can only hope that we can reciprocate half of all that he has done. i hope he likes our gifts.
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yay for veteran's day this thursday!
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