A quick update.
Welcome Week (as AU Students call the week right before classes) was amazing. Through the help of a new gay boyfriend (and all the amazing people he introduced me to), I suddenly found myself greeting strangers and welcoming the people that were moving in the floor. Heck, I even asked a girl out on a date.
I didn’t take me a week to start feeling like I belong here. The university is amazing. Not only the campus is gorgeous, but I also feel like I couldn’t ask for better classmates. The student body (at least those I got to know) are politically involved, active, and generally want to change the world. The feminist and GLBTA movements matter, and are not only represented institutionally, but also in the student body (more about that on future posts). And these concepts are something I can’t wait to export to Brazil. The more I see, the more I realise just how far Brazilian students still have to go in order to try and effect change from within the university.
Classes started today, and I’m already excited. Participation is part of the grade, to one of my classes I’ll actually have to write blog entries, and discussions will take over of lectures.
I should not get used to this.
Lady! Finally an update. I’m so glad to hear how great everything’s going. This is the honeymoon stage–hopefully you can keep it going for a long time!
PS. If you haven’t seen District 9 yet, I highly recommend it. It’s sci fi meets human rights…er, creature rights? Anyway I think you’d like it. bjos
Rachel
August 24, 2009 at 2:22 pm
You have prompted me to have the Charlotte Simmons book in mind for future reading.
I’ll be thinking about you and wishing you the best, best of luck! I wish I could do something like you are, and I’m sure you’ll appreciate it as much as it can be appreciated.
Can you explain that about HAVING to update blog entries? How does that work?
Sharon
August 25, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Hey, where are you? How are you? =)
Acabei de saber de uma coisa super legal? Em Heavenly Ski Resort, eu vou ter direito a dar descontos para amigos e famÃlia, ou seja, se vc for, vc vai ter desconto de aluguel de equipamento e na entrada do resort. =)
YAY!
Vivi
September 17, 2009 at 2:25 pm