tucker's trip to nova and more of life at george mason

i would like to start off by saying that i survived the ropes course. i was terrified, and mike had to coax me through most parts, but i made it through a whole course. the people behind me were getting annoyed that i was going so slow and kept reassuring me by saying "you're not going to die". then i found a cute puppy and bonded with the woman who owned her while mike did some harder courses. it was a successful evening.

today i went to class where i got my exam back (a- whattup) and watched a document on surrogate mothers and adoptive parents. my homework is to write an essay answering the question "is it possible for a child to have 5 parents?" and i am going to say yes it is, because i basically have 5 parents.

then i went to GMU where me and 4 other students did a presentation to a professor that we got arrested with's class about the tar sands action and why we commited civil disobedience. after that, jason bekah and i stopped by my house, grabbed some posters and tucker, and went to do some photo petitioning at nova.

tucker immediately peed and pooped all over nova which was embarassing but i guess necessary, and then he proceeded to eat most of nova's grass landscape. i apologize to whoever does the landscaping there. we got about 30 photos which i think was because people mostly thought tucker was cute, and made a couple friends who were interested in getting involved with the tar sands action and coming to the organizing for america office visit on thursday. we also met a professor who was awesome and wants to be our faculty advisor if we start an environmental action group which i think we're going to. so overall, sucessful day.

for future reference, i think having a dog with you while canvassing or petitioning is a very successful tactic. while most people stopped to pet the dog, we were like "so have you heard about the tar sands?" and they got roped in. i need to remember this for future endeavors and maybe find a better behaved dog to fill in for tucker.

now it's basically my bedtime because i didn't get to nap and i've been up since 8 and my body can't handle being awake for this many hours straight. i have a ballet vocab quiz tomorrow which kathleen was supposed to help me study for but she is at a hockey game with a friend (it's ok kathleen, don't worry, it's not like i love hockey or anything.) /passive-aggressiveness.

i am beyond excited for powershift this weekend. just saying.