It’s rare I’m ever quite so moved and intrigued by something that I want to abandon whatever book I’m reading to go write about it. Of course, I didn’t abandon my book, but I allowed the idea to fester in my mind until I was finished. Continue reading “Reflections on my first college homecoming”
Category: Blog
One more down
Recently, another LGBT teen killed himself after negative words were thrown at his sexuality. This has brought about another wave of concerned parents and educators and politicians trying to promote love and acceptance. No offense to any of them, as I think their intentions are noble, but promoting love and acceptance is a lot of crap. Continue reading “One more down”
Organization
The Adam Castles: Bri’s World Booth
7pm Pacific time every Thursday at boxerradio.fm (not boxermusic.fm it changed)
FYI- I’ve posted 7 videos thus far on this channel: Craig has posted 2. Bombard him.
For the fun of it
You know what there’s a lot of in college? There’s a lot of loud music and yelping from all sides, sure. There’s a lot of shrieking and giggling. And there’s a lot of hair in the bathroom sinks. But you know what there’s even more of? Douchebags playing the guitar in really public areas. Continue reading “For the fun of it”
On Finishing
On February 2nd of this year, I started a project. I didn’t plan on it going very far, I just had this idea in my head that I wanted to get out. Originally, it was just going to be a standalone prologue for a story I’d never finish, just to fill my Thursday “fiction” slot for Bri 2.0. But it grew from there, and to my surprise, that standalone prologue had a lot more potential. And so, Eugenia was born. Continue reading “On Finishing”
Things on my Desk
The Adam Castles: It Gets Better
Hold that door!
Twice now, I’ve been a part of a rather strange exchange, one that’s only ever happened a couple times before. I’ll be walking towards a building, obviously intending to go inside, and a boy will hold the door for me. Normally, this isn’t a big deal, people hold doors for each other all the time, but what makes these two situations anomalous is the distance. See, both times, I was a good 10-20 feet from the door. If these boys had continued walking instead of waiting to hold the door for me, the door would have shut behind them. Usually, this is a good measure of how close one must be to have the door held.
From The Billings Gazette, a blogger had this to say on door holding etiquette:
1. If eye contact is established, you must remain to hold open the door
2. If there is more than one person entering, and one member of that group is a male, it is his duty to take over the door holding duty until all women have entered or he is relived in the same fashion
3. Anyone who has their hands full or is carrying a large load gets the door held open for them, regardless of eye contact or gender
Now, back to me. In neither of these situations I speak of was eye contact established or did I have my hands full. I was completely capable, in both situations, to hold the door for myself, again seeing as the door would have fallen shut on its own far before I could get to the door. So why did these two boys break the social contract of door holding?
According to the first comment on the aforementioned door etiquette tips, “How long you hold the door is directly proportional to how hot the woman is.”
Could this be the reason these two boys decided to wait an extra fifteen to twenty seconds to hold the door open for me? I’d certainly like to think so. The only other possibility I’ve been able to come up with was that these two gentlemen are just particularly polite and not in a hurry. As I currently reside in Oregon this makes sense, but is anyone really that polite? The only reason these two events stood out so much was because these two boys really did go out of their way to allow me easy access into a building.
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Food
Yesterday, I took part in a “food forum” for my university, which basically meant that me and a couple other people sat down with the people in charge of the dining services and tell them what I thought. And it really got me thinking about my personal food choices. Continue reading “Food”