It's a Perfect Day

The past two weeks have been incredibly hectic. It all started when a friend posted a link to the Westboro Baptist Church's schedule as her Facebook status. Lo and behold, the WBC has decided to grace Albright with its presence. On April 30th, Judy Shepard is coming to speak as part of the Diversity Week program. May 1st is the opening night of the Laramie Project. Within a matter of minutes, a Facebook event was formed and within a matter of days, the "People Attending" list grew to over 300. The dean was consulted, Public Safety became aware, organization began to spread throughout the chaos.
The event, Stand Up For Love, has since been limited to Albright students and a few guests (including groups from Kutztown University, Millersville University, and Hamburg Area High School). Silent Witness has agreed to attend, and the Reading Police will also be there to ensure that things don't get out of hand. Thankfully, the WBC has been limited to a street corner off-campus, which is on the opposite side of the property from the theatre where the Laramie Project will be performed -- that should eliminate issues Friday night. On Thursday night, however, we will be in the same vicinity, but they won't be within our line of vision. I don't think that will matter anyway, as we've been policing ourselves pretty efficiently. The main cause for concern will be passersby . . . but we'll leave them to the police.

Last night I took advantage of the pool for only the second time since I arrived at Albright. On my way back to my dorm after the Albright AM meeting, I passed my friend Aubrey. She said she was going to the pool, so, naturally I decided to ditch my homework for another hour and went swimming with her and two other friends. Afterwards, Tyler came over and we started watching "The Bank Job" so that we could write a response paper on it for Mass Communications & Society (due Thursday, no less).

Today was an epically wonderful day. The temperature was in the high 80s - low 90s, and my only class (Mass Communications & Society) was over by 10:50. I spent most of the afternoon lounging behind Mohn, doing homework and getting more than my daily dose of melanin and vitamin K. Afterwards, I went to the gym and ran for a bit. I really need to do that more often. I think I've gotten more exercise in the last twenty-four hours than I have all semester. Last semester I was so disciplined in going to the gym in the mornings before class. . . .