Embroidery

Lately I too have gotten really into embroidery. It started with an article from "Bust" magazine, and then I just went crazy from there. I embroidered my initials on my GSC jacket, and I am in the process of embroidering a whole bunch of other things (Elvis, a skeleton, peas, a bug-person playing a trumpet, etc.). Here is a scan of the first pillow case I made:

And here are some photos of the second pillow case I am making which will say "ten more minutes" in a font that looks way cooler than it does in thes photo:

Me and Megan were also just having a really fun time taking these. WA house forever!

Update: here are two pictures of the text I plan to embroider on two other pillow cases:

DATE

So last week I asked a boy (with whom I have been hangin' regularly) on a date via campus mail note.
And his response:

DEAR LORD

This week has been trying. Basically this is the 9th consecutive day of working 8 hours or more per day. I am anxious for school to start because maybe then I'll finally get some rest. Right now I am more tired than I have ever been at the end of a term.

This week has been really great in a lot of ways though. Not On Our Campus went really well, and the discussion after was also really great. I have gotten SO MUCH positive feedback from peer leaders all over the place, both on the professionalism, intensity, and effectiveness of the presentation and the facilitated small group discussions after. That means so much to me and all of the GSCAs. Stand In It With Me, the diversity program, also sparked a lot of really productive conversation among students and peer leaders alike. It was something that the new students are so privileged they get to hear and discuss right off the bat. Frankly a lot of the peer leaders needed it too. There was some really heated discussion and a lot of people were really uncomfortable, which was, in this instance, a really good thing. I feel totally drained, but also really satisfied with this week.

I am considering quitting the Cave. If I can get more hours in the GSC, I want that. I am tired of Richard being a godawful manager and I am tired of working with people who have never worked food service before (no offense Shannon). I just don't want to deal with Richard (as a manager) and really want to spend more time in the GSC with my staff. Side note: Kaaren bought us a new fridge today. We can put all of our fun LGBT food in our fun new LGBT fridge.

Things I plan to post about in the near future:

• first day of school
• revamping the GSC library
• how much I love OIL
• Thunderheist
  

Great News!!

I talked to Kaaren Williamsen on Wednesday. The GSC found extra student work dollars and I was hired to work there 4 hours a week! Training starts the day I get back (September 3) except I won't be home in time to start then. Sad face. But I got a reader from Kaaren full of really interesting articles to read before training on Friday. I already got started on the train yesterday (but more on that later).

This is especially great news because had I been offered the job in the spring, I wouldn't have been able to keep my job at the Cave. But now I can do both! I can do it all! This is wonderful and I am ecstatic. Here is a photo of me doing a heel click of joy:

The best thing about countdowns is they can only get smaller. I like that. No matter how huge they start (this one surprised me by not being as long as I thought -- clearly why I am not going to Budapest for math) they can only decrease as the beloved event draws nearer.

Same but different

Can you even tell these apart? I sure can't. They're practically carbon copies.