Post 17

The most embarrassing moment of my life was when I was about 14 years old. It was during summer at my Jewish sleep-away camp. My age group had just come from the sporting section of our day and it had been particularly hot out. Walking into the dining hall was like a blessing from God himself as the air conditioning immediately cooled us down. Almost the entire camp was inside the hall and into the three assigned sections. While heading towards my section, me and my friends noticed that for lunch was grilled cheese and tomato soup. Literally everybody's favorite meal on campus. And already being incredibly hungry, we ran towards our seating section. I was running faster than my friends which at first didn't occur to me; I was always the slowest runner out of everyone. Before I could look back to see why no one else was running as fast as me, I looked up and saw the food, and then slammed into the glass door! I hadn't realized that the incredibly deceiving glass doors had been closed and that's why my friends hadn't been running as fast as me. I bounced off the heavy glass with a loud thwack in front of the entire camp, kitchen and camp staff included. I was completely mortified.

Post 16

I keep neglecting this blog absentmindedly >< i keep forgetting it's existence. anyways.

PACKER AND FORNEY:

I thought Packer's story was incredibly vivid about a young black woman struggling to identify with her sexuality in college. I understand the hardships and struggles she went through to identify with herself. I know what it's like to be a compulsive liar just so people wouldn't know anything about me; at one point I started believing my own lies. I also believe that she had an unusually hard time accepting herself because of society's idea of homosexuality and her own father.

Forney's first comic about change is really thought provoking. I often wonder if anything I do makes a difference. I use to try to recycle and be more green, but the little amount I did compared to everyone seemed like such a waste and I gave up. I think this comic is basically trying to encourage your beliefs and not giving up. The second comic I think tries to point out that people feel that there is only one moment that they wish they could live or make better when in fact there will be more in the future.