What I Might Say If We Bumped Into Each Other
This post is meant to be just a quick breaking of the silence on this blog. I haven’t blogged much this year, which may not be a bad thing. This sort of public writing often feels like the declaration of a position, and even in these last few months at Westmont my thinking is deepening and shifting and maturing rapidly. Anything opinions I publish today I’m liable to disagree with in a matter of days. I’m happy to keep my mouth shut for a while until this process slows.
Being an RA has been challenging. I’m fortunate to have been given a fantastic group of men, but the responsibility and expectations of the job as well as the isolation of the position has forced me to confront myself and my own inadequacies and insecurities more intensely than I have up to this stage in my life. I feel I have grown as a person as a result.
At the beginning of the year, I got the idea to produce a film festival for Westmont students. The process has been exciting and has given me opportunities to develop a different set of leadership skills. Over the four years I’ve been at Westmont I’ve been consistently impressed with the creativity of Westmont students, and I’m excited about the fresh new ways that creativity and spirit will manifest in this medium.
The prospect of graduating in two months has been more bitter than sweet for me. It seems every day I spend here I’m struck anew by the beauty of this campus and the high caliber of men and women I have had the fortune to live life with these past four years. I have been richly blessed.
Currently
… enjoying being a musician
… embarrassed. I was at a barbecue in line for a hot dog and exclaimed “Wow, that grill is hot!” Apparently I didn’t articulate the word “grill” well and got some awkward stares.
… thinking about sexuality and faith in light of recent events
… listening to The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
I know exactly what you mean. Especially as a senior RA, it was very difficult for me to realize how little time I had left, and forming a dorm full of new relationships did not help incline me toward post-grad life.
I’m sure you’ve heard it many, many times, but the film festival was incredible. I was so psyched to hear that it was an Armington-sponsored event. Thanks for continuing to set the bar so high for Armington!