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February 4, Fri
+ Admitted to ICAM!
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02:13 PM
Alright, I'm in a very good mood. This week went okay, not too bad; spent it mostly on studying for my Formation of Modern Art mid-term, which was yesterday. I think I got all 20 slide identifications right, but for the 4 essay questions, I wrote hella detail for the first 2, and didn't realize time was running out and only had 15 mins left for the last 2... I guess that was the part I screwed up. Well, we also have a take-home essay, so maybe I can pull my grade up with that. We'll see how it goes.
A huge CONGRATULATION to me! I just found out that I got accepted into my major this morning, well, conditionally admitted, since I'm still taking one of the lower-division courses this quarter. I'll be officially admitted when I finish this course with a B or higher, which I don't think is a problem at all. Man, that's what put me in a fine mood for this weekend. Apparently the possibility of me not getting accepted never even come across my roommates Jen and Kyle's mind, but I lack self-confidence and have low self-esteem, so I just worried myself for one entire week over nothing! But whatever, it's all good now that I get accepted.
This is going to be a busy weekend, I'm designing buttons, posters, and logos for QPOC and its coming up event, and I'm also helping the Day of Silence committe at my school design their T-shirt for this year's Day of Silence. On top of that I'm going to a couple rush events for this national gay-friendly fraternity DLP. No, I don't think I'm going to join, but going to a few rush events won't hurt.
Find this Gay-O-Meter thing off Spencer's blog. I scored a 43% gay... maybe Jen is right; maybe I'm really not gay enough.
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February 7, Mon
+ Rush Events and Drag Show
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02:58 PM
This weekend was packed with rush events. Friday night we went to this San Diego State LGBT bonfire. Met a few people there and got to know the brothers a bit more. Afterward we went to Hillcrest for some food and didn't get back until 1-ish in the morning.
Saturday afternoon we went to Dave & Buster's. I had like over 1700 tickets from before when Jen and I went there over the winter break. I finally got a mug for 200 and now I still have over 1500 tickets left. Then we ate at In-N-Out and headed to the 10th annual Divas in Denial Drag Show held on campus by the LGBTQIA. We had a few performers from our school and some from the San Diego Kind's Club. Tons of drag queens and kings; it was a blast. Afterward we went to one of the brothers' dorm room and watched The Forgotten and stayed there until 4am. It was fun though. I haven't had small get-together like this for a long while.
Sunday was a relaxing day. Didn't wake up until 2 in the afternoon. Watched Super Bowl XXXIX. It was an okay game; wasn't the most exciting game I've seen. It would be if the Eagles came back at the end and tied the game. The commercials this year weren't that funny either; definitely not as good as previous years in my opinion. After the Super Bowl, Kyle and I watched The Animatrix, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions in a row. I hadn't seen The Animatrix before and I had only seen the last two installments of the trilogy once in theater, so I didn't really understand the trilogy as a whole that well before. But last night Kyle and I totally figured out the whole thing. It was awesome. We ended up staying up until 3am.
If you guys haven't noticed yet, I've created some webbands for Open-Mind. webbands are like wristbands but for websites. Just go check out Open-Mind for more information. Besides that, I haven't really done anything else remotely productive this weekend. I still need to work on the T-shirt designs for the Day of Silence committee, the button and poster designs for QPOC and the up-coming event, Kiss-In. On top of that, I still need to finish the take-home essay question for my Formation of Modern Art mid-term, and all those weekly readings for various classes. God helps me...
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February 10, Thu
+ T-Shirt & Botton Designs
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11:50 PM
This week was a bit more hectic than I originally thought it would be. On top of all the readings and homework for classes, I also needed to design the T-shirts and buttons for QPOC and the Day of Silence committee. It was so hectic that I skipped a lecture for the first time this quarter.
Anyway, I bought in a few T-shirt designs I've come up with to the Day of Silence committee meeting on Wednesday, but they wanted a few changes here and there. My designs are not confirmed yet, and they might end up not using my designs at all. We'll see how it goes. I just don't want to put in all these time and effort and have them ended up being wasted. I've also designed some buttons and logos for QPOC mainly for the up-coming event on Monday called Kiss-In. It is basically an idea originated from the sit-ins during the Civil Right Movement. But instead of sitting at restuarants, people from the LGBTQI community will be kissing on Library Walk (the central area of our campus) to bring up people's awareness of the queer community. We picked next Monday (Valentine's Day) for the event mainly because we want people to know and be more inclusive of the queer community in this very hetero-themed holiday. I gave them my button and logo designs, and apparently they like the logo so much that they decided to make T-shirts out of it. However, we can only afford to print one color on the T-shirt, which limited the possibility of the design to a certain extent. I'll need to make adjustment accordingly and get it done by Saturday morning in order for the T-shirts to be made in time for Monday. Perhaps I'll post up the designs once I get them all done and confirmed.
Tonight there was a "work-party" going on to get ready and prepare for the Kiss-In but I couldn't make it because there was also a rush event going on for the DLP fraternity. Rush events continue on this week. Tuesday night we had a Chinese Lunar New Year dinner and gathering at one of the active brothers' house. Then tonight we went to Fashion Valley (a mall nearby this area) for dinner and watched Boogeyman. Man, that was one bad movie; kind of lame and cliched. I was really disappointed 'cause the trailer seems pretty good.
After about a week of rushing, so far I like the brothers and rushees. They are all very nice and fun people; some have great personality and some are good-looking, but I only like them as friends 'cause they're not really my type. Except there is this one guy called Dante from SDSU that I think is kind of cute, but he is not really rushing plus he has a boyfriend already, so that doesn't count. Honestly, throughout this whole rush process, my perspective of the fratenity has definitely changed; before, the idea of joining a fraternity had never crossed my mind and now I'm even considering pledging, but we'll see how it goes.
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February 14, Mon
+ Queer Kiss-In 2005
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10:20 PM
This past weekend was all about Delta Lambda Phi. Friday night was our last rush event; Saturday night was an invite-only dinner/get-together; and Sunday was our Induction day. I can't believe I'm officially pledging a fraternity. Like during the whole rushing period I was just taking it easy and just wanted to hang out and meet people. But on the Induction day and especially after the Induction ceremony, I was very uneasy with my decision. I just felt like it was wrong and this is just not me. Like I didn't really know if I wanted to join or not. I mean, the brothers are cool people and I like them and such. I just don't really have a big motivation to join, but there isn't really much of an opposition either. So I came home and talked to my roommates for a bit, and we figured I might as well go and experience what it is like to be in a fraternity. Nothing is wrong with that, plus it's not like I'm in already. I still need to go through the whole 10-week pledge period.
Anyway, Sunday night after the Induction I went on campus and helped out with the last-minute preparation for the Kiss-In. We made a few sets of buttons and some posters and such. Kiss-In is basically an event QPOC hold every year on Valentine's Day to try to bring awareness of the queer community in this hetero-dominant culture and holiday. The idea originated from the Sit-in protests by African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement. The Kiss-In is a public display of queer affection, where queer couples kiss, embrace, or even just hold hands, to show the campus that queer people do exist on this campus and that we are also part of it.
This morning I got to school at around 10am, and helped setting up all the tables and posters (with queer people kissing on them) on Library Walk (the central part of campus), and I was there the entire time except for lunch. We sold almost all of our T-shirts. We have them in two colors: red and pink. It was awesome seeing people walking around wearing a T-shirt with my design on it. We sold a lot of buttons too, and we also had a George W. Bush carboard stand-up there, and we put a rainbow-colored scraf over its neck and taped a speaking-bubble with "I Love Them Homos! Yee-Haw!" to its mouth, and let people take pictures with it. It was fun to see people's reactions when they walked by us. A lot of people were shocked to see two same-sex people kissing in public; some are very supportive and a few reacted negatively. It was definitely way more successful than last year according to some old members. I'll definitely put up some pictures once I've the time.
I've been busy helping out with all these events that I didn't even have time to study for my two mid-terms coming up this week. I've one for the History of Art and Technology tomorrow night and another one for Musical Acoustic on Thursday morning. I'm so worried about them and I probably won't have the time to post until after Thursday. We'll see how they go. Wish me luck!
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February 21, Mon
+ Western Regional Conference
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07:36 PM
Last week was hectic. No, this time I really mean it. My two mid-term went okay. For my History of Art and Technology mid-term, I got a 29/30. But I think I totally fucked up my Musical Acoustics one. I was supposed to register for my Spring classes last week as well. So I went and talked to an advisor to make sure I'll be taking all the right classes, only to find that one of the classes I'm supposed to take next quarter has been cancelled. Because of that, it totally messed up my class sequence and I might have to stay for two extra quarters due to the way the classes are lined up. That would suck big time, you know. Just because of one class, I need to stay for two extra quarters? I don't know if I can even do that. I'm going to try to talk to the faculty advisor and explain to him my situation and such. But if it doesn't work out, I'll just have to stay for two more quarters and perhaps take up a minor or something. At least I can say I've tried. We'll see how that works out.
This weekend I went to the 16th Annual Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference at UC Davis. It was an awesome experience especially since it's the first LGBTQI conference I've ever been to. I've learned a great deal in that 2 days. They performed the play The Laramie Project on Friday night and it was very powerful. Very different from the HBO version but powerful in its own way nonetheless. This conference really motivated me to be more active and involved in the LGBTQI movement. The dance on Saturday night was great. I haven't had so much fun in a long time, not to mention I got sandwiched. A lot has happened this weekend but I don't feel like going into details about all of them, and sometimes there're just something you can't really describe or explain easily. Let just say that I've found a certain feelings I'd lost and forgotten...
10:12 AM
It is truly amazing how some people can have such a huge impact on your life while they might not even notice or care about your existence. Ironic, isn't it?
I've been in a good mood ever since the conference, not stressed out over anything. A lot of time, it's all about your perspective on life and how you look at things. This is a relatively relaxing week for me. No exams, no big projects, just the usual weekly assignments and readings. Perhaps I can finally catch up with some of my creativity and make a new layout, or a wallpaper or two. It would be a great idea indeed, especially since this layout has been up for ages; dabs need a new layout badly. We'll see how it goes. If you haven't done so already, please go join Open-Mind. It needs your support.
[ADDED 22:23 PM] Good news, I just got an email from the faculty advisor of the Visual Arts department. He is totally helping me out and now I don't have to stay for two extra quarters. I'm totally impressed. He went out of his way to get things settled for me. That was so nice of him. Well, now I just need to go back to talk to an advisor and figure out a quarterly plan for the next 4 quarters and I'll be all set.
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