*crickets*
Uh, anyway, I don't know how often I'll update this journal, so don't... hold your breath... waiting for an update! I get busy with college life. Feel free to leave comments or questions, too!
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I woke up at least five times this morning to my roommate's alarm clock. Since I'm on the top bunk across the room (I live in a triple), I couldn't just climb down and wake her up. I felt terrible when I finally worked up the mental and physical energy to do so... It didn't solve anything since she never wakes up to her own alarm, but that's fine. I'll just sleep early tonight. Anything to get rid of this head cold I've had since Saturday...
My sleep schedule has been screwy since last week's midterm exams. The French-Indochina War exam was the most stressful. It's my highest level history class in a long while, and I was afraid that after being gone during fall term (and having a shitty past year academically and personally), I wouldn't be able to keep up with the work. I hope I did well! I want to see my score tomorrow! biggrin I worked my butt off studying for that class. I even had dreams where I was teaching a crowd of faceless people about how the French lost to the Viet Minh at the battle of Dien Bien Phu. I highly recommend looking it up when you have the chance!
Speaking of looking things up, I finally worked up the courage to call the Amnesty International office. I want to talk with a coordinator in my region about setting up a group on my campus, but all I got was a messaging machine. So I left one earlier today, and I got no call back... I might just go ahead and set-up an informal meeting this week or next.
Hmmm. I was talking with a sorta-friend of mine on a forum that I help admin, and... well, explaining demisexuality to him was a frustrating experience! I normally have a good threshold for silly and/or aggressive questions, but I felt as if I were being interrogated. Some very personal questions were asked of me, and while I don't mind answering, it just felt... very off. So I avoided those questions. Then, I got the big one - do you have sexual feelings for your parents? I just slung right back at him, "You love your mother, right? Do you want to have sex with her? I'm not that unusual!" Ah man, I remember having a nice vent in the shower that night.
But I managed to finally teach him without losing my patience in front of him, which is exactly what I wanted to happen. While I'd rather keep my sexual preferences and things to myself, I've been pushing myself to be a bit more visible lately. I want to be someone who can educate others about the LGBTQA+ community and the lovely people I've met so far! Maybe I could show my uncomfortable and angry moods next time though, just for communication's sake. I don't want to be accused of being a *****. stressed
There's so much to learn and to share... I wonder sometimes if I can truly be a professor. I mean, I'm not so good at speaking in front of a classroom. I sorta taught a class for one term last year. I prefer one-on-one conversations. ^^; I guess I will get used to it as I develop more confidence.
I'll try and write more next time, but I'm seriously tired. Goodnight, everyone!
