violetclm | Bulletpoints

I passed the qual, unconditionally, on my first try. My advisor revealed to me unofficially that all the professors were pleased with it and had no disagreement about its passing.

Renn Fayre was better than last year, perhaps due to the presence of undercover cops making sure people weren't doing or dealing drugs on campus. I didn't do any service shifts, though, because a) I got to the signup sheets too late and someone had taken my preferred time, and b) the shirts weren't too attractive. I managed to find people to hang out with for the most part and I played a game of softball with some others of my department. We lost, but I got my shirt design printed!

I ran another shift at Stim Table, making sure people were fed and playing music for the library lobby from 9pm to 3am. I put together five themed playlists (Classic Rock Hour, Modern Culture Hour, Bipolar Hour, Comedy Hour, Epic Music Hour) and played a CD of Bollywood music for the last hour which I'd gotten at a Bollywood Dance event earlier in the quarter.

Moriah and I volunteered as box office manager and merchandise seller, respectively, for local music group Vagabond Opera, who were putting on an opera they'd written called Queen of Knives, and we got to see the show for free and take home two pieces of merchandise (in our cases CDs), amounting to a wage of about $50/hour. Very generous, and a fun show.

I got a summer internship with the Living Tongues Institute and as such will be staying in Portland over the summer. That's all I know so far: no dates or specific duties have been made available to me.

Tomorrow is commencement and our seniors will become alumni! We've lined up a couple of first-year girls to take their place in the Future next year, but it will be sad. We also have a full crop of subletters, huzzah!

I applied again to be a tour guide, with a whole year of lunch hosting experience behind me, and they wouldn't even give me a job interview. Stupid admissions office.

Winter's Peak