First GSA Meeting

Thursday, October 11th 2007, Wake up time: 6:55am


I began the day by making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch. I got to school and had an algebra lesson first. I was offered a chance to go for extra help, so my test results came out better. I should probably say that I'd swapped algebra classes, along with Virginia. She ended up being in three out of my six classes! I hadn't mentioned it because I was expecting my journal to do so ;) I can only assume I did when I changed out of French to film...sorry I didn't tell you before! I then went into drama, where we carried on practising for the freshmen assembly. I was looking forward to being on the stage again!


I had history third, where we discussed immigration and culture. The general census (it being Massachusetts) was that immigration isn't a bad thing, and as all of America are immigrants, they definitely don't have the right to criticise others for moving here. I then had a psychology lesson, where we did more work on emotional IQ.


For lunch, I had my sandwich and sat with Ben Flavin from my Psych class. There was another bake sale on, and he got me a cake! After lunch, I had my fitness class, where I just did my usual  workout session. I then went to film class, but unfortunately fell asleep during the class! I was rather tired. I also was reminded to do a second Modern Times essay! It had completely slipped my mind. 


I came out of class and ran into Alex and Cecile! Unfortunately Talia wasn't around :/ I got invited to a GSA meeting...my first club meeting. The GSA were the Gay Straight Alliance and they were advocates of homosexuals rights. I mainly came because of the free food ;). However, over the year I did become actively involved in their activities...rally's, raising money for activities or making posters. I met Emily who was a senior who ran most of the clubs activities, and the Latin teacher, Miss. Holt, who was head of the GSA. I got introduced to most people, and had a good laugh with them! I enjoyed the fact that Emily once told me that after I left the States, membership dwindled as most girls came because of my accent ;)


I got a lift home with Emily, which was lovely of her, and I got right on with cleaning the dishes. I then called Amy to have a catch up chat with her...before calling mum and dad. I told them all about Across the Universe and then sat down and listened to the entirety of 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' by The Beatles. Unfortunately, after seeing the film, I got into about a three week binge of Beatles music...both the originals and the covers from the film! I go through periods of listening solidly to one band...probably not a good thing. 


Bev needed me to do her a favour, which was make up some letters for her. I did this and then started on my history, some of which Ralph helped me with. I ran my lines with Lyle as I needed to learn them pronto! I then sort of did my maths homework, before hanging out with Lyle for the evening until it was time for bed. Obviously, certain things happen between events that make the time scale plausible...but I'm not here to recite every little detail ;) Apologies if you feel cheated. As I explained at the beginning, this is for my own personal satisfaction, just so I have my journal in a place I can easily access it. Despite the odd lack of detail, I want to once again say...


Thanks for listening.