A Day in Guyland and an Intramural Soccer Triumph!
I’ve had a pretty packed week, but it’s also been quite exciting. On Wednesday I was disappointed that I missed a talk by Michael Kimmel on his new book “Guyland”, but then I managed to catch a luncheon held in his honor in Bemis Hall the next day. I always find it fascinating to meet the writers of the books or novels that I read; and I had remembered enjoying reading one of Kimmel’s pieces on masculinity in my Feminism and Gender Studies FYE. Kimmel didn’t disappoint — he was a great speaker. My favorite part was when he was asked about his thoughts on the election. He joked that he’d had “PID”, politically induced depression, for the last eight years, and with Obama he was finally beginning to feel hope again. That got a few laughs from the crowd.
Later in the day I went to go watch the final soccer showdown between the two currently reigning intramural soccer teams — one of which was the UWC team, made up of a lot of my friends. Tons of people were out watching (I don’t think I’ve ever been to a school that loves intramural sports as much as CC), tensions were high… and the UWC team triumphed! Go UWC!!!
Other than that, I’ve spent my weekend doing two things: working on my paper for my Learning and Adaptive Behavior class that, if I was smarter, I would have started a lot sooner (I hope my professor isn’t going to read this, or at least not until after he marks my paper), and going for runs on the great path alongside the creek behind CC. I went for a run tonight with a friend, and he told me that the path extends almost all the way up to the Canadian border… which got me thinking…. could be an interesting and cheap way to get home for the holidays! If I was that fit. Yea, maybe I’ll fly.
UWC team looking very happy and showing off their new shirts.
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