Hello.

Hey y'all!

By y'all, I mean Bryna (you know that person you had awkward interactions with your first day of college who then became your best friend? That is who Bryna is).

I figured I should do at least one post before my internship (May 29-July 31) actually starts. This way I can look back when it's over with a mix of nostalgia and lofty disdain for the naive soul I once was.

The internship is actually somewhat vague at this point. I know I'll be taking two classes in Urban Studies at the beautiful Xavier University. I'll be working at one of five community-building organizations. Do I know which of these I'll actually be working at, or which is likely? Absolutely not. Either way, I'm very excited. I've been on rebuilding trips to New Orleans four times and have since become very passionate about the city's reconstruction. Hopefully, this internship will help me continue to do my part.

A small record of my life right now to supplement the nostalgia and lofty disdain:
-Last night Bryna and I did homework and then watched various documentary-style sitcoms, including but not limited to 30 Rock, The Office, and Parks and Recreation. Our lives are somewhat wild.
-Today I'll be training for a campus orientation board for white students interested in antiracism activities.
-Classes: World Politics, Intro to the Study of Literature: The Dysfunctional American Family, Making of the Modern Middle East, Astronomy.
-The first leaves of spring have just popped out outside my window.
-This week, I organized fifty-five members of my World Politics class to dress like my professor in sweater-vests, collared shirts, and ties. This is what happens when I get bored. I also worry that I've hit the pinnacle of my college career far too soon.

Also, credit where credit is due: The blog is named after a beautiful song called Hey Angela by Nick Lattanzi, a budding Boston artist. His CDs Shiny Car! and Paxamericana are both on ITunes.