Summer 2006

Wow! Cannot believe that summer went by so quickly. I had a pretty productive one working at his Arts camp with urban New Brunswick youth. AMARD & V (Artists Mentoring Against Racism, Drugs and Violence) It was a lot of fun and a really eye opening experience. The kids were fun to work with, but also a handful at times. I learned things about society and buerocratics in even pro-social action institutions. Even in community service oriented/service learning/community arts/pro-active social institutions trying to make a difference, there will always be some element of micro politics. Explains my fraternity last semester. Haha! Seriously, despite some bumps in the roads, I'm glad I took on this experience. With my fraternity, communities and organizations go through cycles. With alot of the same people there over the years, they've gone through similar cycles that kept going in circles making it kind of a down point in their history, but I think next semester will be much better. Some people graduated, there'll be new people coming up who I think will bring things to the table. I'm looking forward to next semester with APO. Other than the camp, I caught up with some old friends this summer. And there's some I have yet to catch up with or most likely probably won't end up seeing as I'm having that feeling more and more as summer draws to a close. I guess also you start to distinguish who are your true friends from your past and "friends". I'm not really sure what to make of it, but I guess I'll also learn and realize more as time progresses. I'm really really grateful and happy for the people I've met and bonded with in college. It's already junior year and time felt like it flew by so quickly. I'm excited though with the exception of classes. Everything else will be fun, the moving in, decorating, seeing friends from campus that I haven't seen over the summer, and being in that environment before the rush of academics kicks in. I want to make it a good year. No, an awesome year. Try to enjoy everything there is and learn as much as I can.