Today we had the showdown. No one died, no one lost an eye, but there was plenty of spirited debate. This was the day that I proposed a Gay-Straight Alliance be started at South Georgia College.

A little background: at a usual Student Government meeting we probably have about four people: the President, VP, Secretary, and advisor. Well today we probably had about 35 people at the meeting. A lot of people were there to support the Gay-Straight Alliance, while there were a few who were there to voice their opposition to the club. Luckily, the Baptist Student Union didn’t come as a club and say that they didn’t approve of the new GSA – that would have been extremely, for lack of a better word: stupid! But any ho, so the meeting got started and we went through our usual Student Government information. I got to present a nice plaque to the President for his work with us this year, yada yada…Finally we got to the good part – I got to propose the club. There were many eyes on me so I was slightly nervous, but none the less I got up and explained the purpose of the club and what we intend to do on the campus. After my presentation another wanna be club presented there mission statement and such to the Student Government to get recognized by the school. Then we entertained questions from the audience. The floodgates opened. Some one from BSU proposed that the school just not fund any of the clubs in the school and that all clubs on campus fundraise. This was immediately shot down by several members in the Gay-Straight Alliance. To spare all the details of the whole conversation I’ll get to the good part, well the good part in my head. I wasn’t going to say much during the “discussion,” I just wanted to hear what everyone had to say BUT some one from the BSU made the comment (and this isn’t the exact quote-bad memory-but somewhere along these lines) “I know gay people, and the gay people I know don’t shove what they do in the bed room down my throat.” For some reason that pissed me off, so I had to get up and say something. I said, “We are not a club about sex, we are not going to sit around and talk about who’s having sex with who, we are here to promote acceptance of different sexual orientations through education. This club will also be a support group for people who don’t have a voice and need some where to get away from the negative forces in their life.” While I was saying this I did some pounding of my fists on the table and got the whole emotional thing in my voice, it was pretty intense.

SO, tomorrow I go to the Student Activities Budget Committee and I find out if the club has been approved (I think) – then we sit around and allocate funds to each of the clubs – fun!

Well I need to get back to my English paper.

This week has been VERY interesting! My school has been simmering with emotion – I have a feeling that this pent up emotion will explode this upcoming week. I’m starting a Gay-Straight Alliance at South Georgia College – you probably will ask yourself, “Why is this boy trying to commit suicide?” I am not – I know that people here are crazy and SUPER, even sometimes freaky about religion. I just feel like I have to let people who don’t have a voice, get one. I want to help those poor kids who have been in these little South Georgia towns their whole life and have had no where to turn. I know, I want to save the world – this is my small way of doing that. But any cow, some of the students involved in the BSU (Baptist Student Union) got wind of me starting the club last Monday and went into panic mood trying to get the club stopped. But thanks to great friends and GREAT faculty advisors, the club is more than likely going to get approved. There’s no way the club could not get approved. We had an organization meeting Thursday – it was SO awesome seeing all those people who care about the fight against stupidity. It made me proud to be a member of the human race.

Today was a fun day. This morning I gave tours around the campus to alumni – they graduated from SGC between 1950 and 1955. It was awesome to hear them tell stories from when they went here. The buildings haven’t changed much since they have been here, but the people have – big time. Later on today I went to VSU with Frier, Jake, Jeff, Josh, and Mr. Frier to see “A Chorus Line.” The performance was top notch – the acting was awesome, the singing was awesome, it was just a well rounded show. Before the show started I saw John C. and Jennifer Hamilton in the lobby. It was cool to see people from RHS again. I talked with them for a while – oh, and Sheana Tobey was in the musical, she was awesome as usual!

Being in Valdosta and seeing all the cool DIFFERENT looking people really made me NOT want to go back to Douglas. When I’m here my longing for diversity isn’t THAT bad, but when I go to Valdosta or somewhere else and I see that there is life on the outside of Douglas it makes me want to pack my crap and never come back – but I only have a year, so, deal.

Well this is going to be another busy week – I need to get a jump start and try and get some work done…well I’m off…

You need a friend
I'll be around
Don't let this end
Before I see you again
What can I say to convince you
To change your mind of me?
I'm going to love you more than anyone
I'm going to hold you closer than before
And when I kiss your soul, your body'll be free
I'll be free for you anytime
I'm going to love you more than anyone
Look in my eyes, what do you see?
Not just the color
Look inside of me
Tell me all you need and I will try
I will try
I'm going to love you more than anyone
I'm going to hold you closer than before
And when I kiss your soul, your body'll be free
I'll be free for you anytime
I'm going to love you more than anyone
Free for you, whenever you need
We'll be free together baby
Free together baby
I'm going to love you more than anyone
I'm going to hold you closer than before
And when I kiss your soul, your body'll be free
I'll be free for you anytime
I'm going to love you more than anyone
I'm going to love you more than anyone

Why do people who have nice bodies torture us less fortunate souls? It’s just NOT fair! I don’t care how much I workout, diet, it seems as if I will never get that “six-pack” or nice slender face, DAMN my fat genes! One day, I swear, one day. But until then, I’ll kept running on the treadmill three times a week…

Well tomorrow is Honors Day at my school, and I’m up for ‘Best All Around Male’ – I don’t think I’m going to get it, but it will be cool to see everyone get their different awards. I have to take pictures at the gathering, this will be fun, yes, lots and lots of fun. I’m tired and ready to go to bed but I have a bunch of stuff to do but I’m still sitting here typing like I have not a freaking thing to do in the world. Such fun is had at South Georgia College. Yay for you, yay for me, yay for everyone that I know.

Bored.

Okay, two signs that I’m going insane.

In math today I was taking notes, but falling asleep (I know, bad Miguel) while writing. At some point I fell asleep but kept writing, for some reason I wrote Elections on my math notes. That was really odd, I wonder what that means?

Another reason why I sometimes think I’m crazy. Tonight I was working on a paper for English, it was going well until I wrote this sentence: “One would think that a scene about someone’s house about to be burned down would be a bit more dramatic, but the only characteristic the mice has is that it is an unlikely mouse.” What the hell?! Am I on drugs and not know it? I’ve read this same poem that I’m discussing in the paper a million times and I still don’t know what the hell I meant by that sentence. I think I’ve totally lost it!

Another busy busy week… when will it ever stop?! But I like it this way. So the deadline for the paper was this past Tuesday—it wasn’t a good day for me. A lot of people didn’t turn in a lot of articles, so I have to find stuff from my @$$ to put in the paper - which may not be a bad thing, if you know what I mean...wink, yeah. Next year I’m going to start off the year by telling everyone that if they don’t produce when they are supposed to, then they shouldn’t even bother coming back to the newsroom! AH!

Anyway, I’m excited for the upcoming week. We have Honor’s Day at my school. I was nominated for Best All Around – it’s a really cool award at my school where faculty nominate students, then a committee picks two guys and two girls, then the rest of the school votes on the internet for the winners. I’m not expecting to win, seeing as how I’m a Freshman and the other two guys are Sophomores, not to mention that there both super smart. But I think it’s still cool to be nominated. (The PC answer)

Let’s see, my plans for this weekend:

Friday night - I’ll be at work probably until 8, and then I’ll go and work on the newspaper probably till about 1 or 2 AM.

Saturday -Wake up around…hmmm…I’ll say 10 or 11AM, I’ll go get breakfast then head back to the news room to my baby. Frier-newspaper advisor-is supposed to come around 2PM so we can go to Wal-Mart and pick up a few items for the news room.

Sunday -Work, then go to Ruby Tuesday to eat something nice, since it will be Easter. What do people usually do on Easter? I can’t remember the last time my family did something for Easter, I guess that’s why I don’t make a big deal about it now that I’m in college.

Sorry for making you endure this post, I’m not that sleepy right now, I’m trying to get there.

Goodnight.

Well I thought it was time for a change. I was getting tired of the old black look. What do you think about the radio towers? I figured since I’m a broadcast major who wants to work in radio, I should have some radio towers broadcasting my show to the entire world to see, yeah right.

But yeah, it’s Friday night and I’m here, on my computer, typing. Sounds like a bunch of fun to me.

The deadline for the paper is Tuesday, so “Hell Week” starts for me Tuesday @ 2PM when EVERYONE is going to turn everything in to me at the last minute. That really ticks me off, but I can’t really say anything seeing as how I haven’t written my soapbox column yet. That’s #1 on my to do list for this weekend, that and sleeping.

Well I’ve got crap to do…I’m off…

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