{"id":2791,"date":"2009-09-22T11:01:58","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T15:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/UpbeaT\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2009-09-22T11:01:58","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T15:01:58","slug":"greetings-orientation-things-and-have-fun-while-you-still-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2009\/09\/22\/greetings-orientation-things-and-have-fun-while-you-still-can\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings, Orientation Things, and Have Fun While You Still Can"},"content":{"rendered":"(Backfilps were done, and thus this post winds up before you now as opposed to an earlier date when the Orientation events listed were still about to occur. Liesl was so enamoured with her 'hello' to you, that she asked to have it posted anyway. So <\/span>you better say 'hello' back<\/span><\/em>, glower glower. I kid. She. She kids.)<\/span>\n\n-<\/span>\n\nDang\u2026 can you say \u2018daze\u2019? I\u2019m surprised I didn\u2019t walk into a wall first day of school. This was the first summer I felt the full brunt of four months off, and recalling any distinct action I took in May leaves me marveling* at the passage of time.\n\nYet, summer felt like it was only three weeks long<\/strong>.\n\nThis is probably because I worked for three out of the four months, while many other students\u2026 did not. I counted my blessings even as the photocopier put me to sleep.\u00a0 Then there were the outings and the barbeques and the festivals and the garbage strike, and, for me, the yearly pinnacle of nerdination<\/a> that truly marks the end of summer.\n\nAlors, Septembre est l\u00e0. It\u2019s the student\u2019s month of promise<\/em>, of potential<\/em>, of hope<\/em> and zeal<\/em>\u2026 New friends to be made! New things to learn! A hope that pervades all doubt... until October and you realize you\u2019re so behind you can\u2019t make a Halloween costume\u2026\n\nSo while you\u2019re riding that September high**, put some of your doubled energy to the plethora of Orientation events still going on<\/a>! Meeting new people ain\u2019t just for frosh and extroverts no more, nope nope.\n\nSo, what have we got here? Well, there\u2019s \u2018Queer Orientation Week\u2019, from the 14th to the 20th, for queers and allies alike. Among the pickings be the 6th Annual \u2018Where Are all the Women?\u2019 reception on Tuesday (4 \u2013 6 pm) at the International Student Centre. Yes, this meet and greet is focused on the ladies, \u2018queer, trans, bi and lesbian\u2019, but their allies are welcome as well. So men, don\u2019t go run screaming into the night. Joooiiinnn uuuusssss\u2026\n\nThere will also be a Latin Dance Class (a spicy Tuesday indeed), the LGBTOUT\u2019s Drop-in Centre Open House, the, ahem \u2018SEC Olympics\u2019 (the \u2018Sexual Education Centre, fyi), a \u2018Qu(e)erying Religion\u2019 panel, the BBQ\/BBQ (\u2018Bisexual, Bicurious, Questioning BBQ\u2019) the Back-to-School Homohop (zomg), and plenty of events at the UTSC and UTM campuses as well, if you\u2019re adventurous.\n\nThese are only a few. The rest be here<\/a>.\n\nHave you seen those red posters with the hand-written white letters? I am slightly enamoured with the aesthetic. More importantly, those posters have, gasp, even more events you can distract yeself with before the workload comes crashing down. \u2018disOrientation\u2019, also just for this week, focuses on \u2018anti-oppression and social justice\u2019, rather than free t-shirts and cheering. Not that I don\u2019t enjoy those.\n\nNotables include the Global and Local Poverty workshops, \u201cThe Really, Really FREE MARKET: Block Party\u201d, Words of Resistance, a spoken word event, two outdoor film screenings, and can you tell I'm getting lazy? It's all here<\/a>.\n\nOh, and we can\u2019t forget the International Orientation for teh stoodents from everywherez, happening this weekend. All three campuses will be involved! That sounds like an event us boring Canadians should infiltrate\u2026 you\u2019d meet so many interesting people. \ud83d\ude42\n\nI would also imagine many clubs are having their first meetings of the year this week; UTGDDC<\/a> is! Thursdays may be my happy days; my first Womens\u2019 Studies class, meeting with the other UpbeaT ladies, then the Game Design Club, and every now and then\u2026 UTAMA<\/a>?! ^_^\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ^o^\n\n( <\/span>\uff9f\u25bd\uff9f<\/span>) \u00a0 <\/span><\/span>(,,#<\/span>\uff9f<\/span>\u0414<\/span>\uff9f<\/span>) <\/span><\/span>(?<\/span>\u30fb\u30fb<\/span>)\u03c3<\/span>\n\n(; <\/span>\u30fb<\/span>_<\/span>\u30fb<\/span>)\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015C<\/span><\u2015_-)<\/span>\n\n[\/Japanese emoticon assault]<\/a>\n-<\/span>\n\nYes, that\u2019s enough.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a treat for peeps in residence, or\u2026 peeps with extremely small bedrooms. (-_-;) Random tidbits of dorm decoration ideas<\/a>.\n\n-<\/span>\nLastly kids, if you\u2019re still feeling the sting of last year, never fear! Or, \u2018neva fea\u2019, as Robin Hood usually sounds; dust yourself off and remember Jack Skellington<\/a>.*** after he was blown to smithereens<\/span>\n\n-<\/span>\nThat\u2019s all I gotz for now. I look forward to blasting you all with non sequitur banter for the year.\n\n-Liesl\n\n-\n<\/span>\n\n-\n<\/span>\n\n-<\/span>\n\n-<\/span>\n\n-<\/span>\n\n* Marvel was bought by Disney this summer<\/a>. Wolverine, we hardly knew ye\u2026\n\n** I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m allowed to say that\n\n*** Possible spoiler for a movie everyone\u2019s seen.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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