I haven't had motivation to dissect anything enough to blog it here.  But that's not to say I haven't been thinking about this blog.  :)

There is a very small QPOC community in Olympia.  Mostly, its members commute to Seattle in order to partake in the larger qpoc community there.  I partake in neither.  Partly because that's a commute and a half and you need someone to get you through the door.  And partly because I'm a little tired of the smallness and temptation of drama that such a small community brings about. Really tired.

Also I'm trying to avoid new people.  I'm attempting to begin to hunker down my mind in order to earn all of my credits this upcoming quarter.  That means less community organising/socialising and more cozy night with my various textbooks.  It really is more exciting that it looks on this page. ;)

I learnt a lot this quarter, about community, my tolerance for duplicitous individuals, and how far my engagement reaches when no one else is engaged.  I think this has been the most practical learning I've done in an academic setting.  And i"m very proud of myself, in managing to keep about 60% of my attention on my internship.  I hope I can maintain that much attention when it's 18-credits of academic work.  :crosses fingers:

I've also been thinking a lot about how I want to get back to the East Coast and partake in that queer community.  I need to move to a chocolate town.  I'm at the point where it's going to be difficult for me to handle adjusting to anywhere I live; I might as well be around a culture I'm comfortable with.  And that means seeing Black faces. And having ready access to soul food. And an easy flight back to Orlando to do family refereeing. A long list of requirement,s, as usual.  I need to be near the ocean, and the Sun, and have a climate of----  :P

I'm looking forward to spiralling down.  Uh, that's not a nice mental visual.  I meant, focussing on what I want to do.  It took me almost 25 years, but for others it takes much longer.  And I have a feeling that this is just for now.  I'll be taken by another fancy in a few years' time, but this is interesting for now.  And I'm determined to keep my nose down and get on with getting on.  I'm ready to get out of this purgatory known as pursuing my BA.