January 27, 2005
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The Daily News
1 I had a great visit from alumna Malina Arevalo yesterday! What a wonderful surprise. She just got back from a long stint staying in Berlin, Germany, and came and visited. Fun to talk with people about good times.
2 I felt a little bad, because she missed A Love Letter, and was pretty disappointed. I told her that I write about what’s going on in the DN, but I quickly realized that alumni probably read maybe one DN a month, and probably delete the rest. It’s just as well. I’m tossing around the idea of just sending a monthly newsletter to the DN-weary. If you are an alumnus, and wish to get a once-a-month News instead of the DN, e-mail me and let me know. I could also send out special editions of the DN when something is up, like a concert or something.
3 Things are returning to somewhat normal at the school these days, which is nice. It’s been a real emotional ride for the past three months, ever since Spirit Week, and I’m beginning to enjoy the peace of afternoons with nothing to do.
4 It’s a little bit funny.
5 I’m a little lost with the Seniors right now. I guess it’s just a Springtime adjustment, but they all seem to be going in sixteen-thousand different directions. Again, I guess that’s as it should be. It almost feels opposite of my early expectations for the year: in this case, the more things stay the same, the more they change. I have NO idea if that makes any sense to YOU, but in a funny way, it does to me.
6 I’m not used to being a Senior Class Advisor who has been with the class pretty much since they were freshmen. Oh, yeah, technically, I became their advisor in their Sophomore year, but come on. I’m really used to watching Seniors become Seniors, and then standing from a distance as I watch them turn wackier and wackier, all the way to the wackiest time, graduation. I’m used to sitting in the peanut gallery and saying to myself, “Well, here goes another class, just like the other class…”
7 I’m just not used to it, is all. This whole year caught me off guard. I thought I was prepared, and tough, but the entire past three months have been an emotional roller coaster. I feel like shouting at everyone just to stop, and to smell the roses, or maybe just to stop and not always be in such a hurry for the next big thing.
8 It’s useless, says Joe-the-Bear. Just enjoy them for whatever happens, and for wherever it goes.
9 Joe-the-Bear is a wise fellow.
10 What will be, will be.
11 Last night Malina and I walked into the Theatre. She walked slowly out to the stage, and had that look, the one that tells everyone that this is a very special place, and that it has been for some time.
12 We chilled in the front row; the cyc was lit blue, and the mirror ball spun. It STILL hasn’t been turned off since it went on during curtain call on Saturday night.
13 The Theatre once again became magical, and we laughed and talked of the good days. We also talked of how the rest of life could spin in all directions, but that it has always been comforting to know that the Theatre will always be there.
14 Okay, it’s getting late, and again, I find myself getting a tad sentimental.
15 At some point, this year will slow down emotionally.
16 No. Really.
17 I mean it this time.
18 Ha!
19 Well, have a great day; see ya soon!
20 More to come…
