#shoremenstrong

[knowledgeispowerful]

Flashback

So I’m sure all of you remember a couple years ago we had 12/12/12. It was the last date where all 3 days were the same number for about 90 years. Big cool deal right? Here’s the issue...I forgot to make a wish at 11:11. It was 60 seconds when I happened to be paying attention in class and didn’t notice. So my friends all laughed and said I missed out on that amazing opportunity of a day...

However, 3 hours later, the cast list came out for my senior musical Phantom of the Opera. I had gotten Madame Giry, which was the part I really wanted (because, you know, she’s awesome and a bit of a badass). I figured, hey, cool twist. 12/12/12 gave me something I wanted.

THEN I got home, and a couple hours later my dad wandered in with the mail, where there happened to be a rather big envelope from Washington College addressed to me. Yep, I got my acceptance letter to Washington College on 12/12/12. That’s pretty cool right? So I never needed to make a wish when the second 11:11 of the day rolled around, because I had got the things I wanted, without any wishing required.

So there I was yesterday, three years after I got the envelope that changed my life (it’s not cheesy, it’s true!) and I had an incredible day. I hung out with friends, had some classes (yeah we had Saturday classes cause of our long break) that were actually awesome, talked to some professors about potential future internships and jobs and such, and then came home, got dressed up with friends, and had a lovely holiday party.

I am a completely different person than I was three years ago. I have become more open to life and people around me, I laugh a lot more, and frankly, that’s because I take a lot more risks. Not crazy jumping-off-a-cliff risks (though I have done that before) but risks in day to day life. I learned to push my self to be open to every little opportunity because I have felt safe and loved enough at WAC to build up that courage. 

So thank you WAC, for changing me. Three years since I got a letter in the mail, and now three semesters left until someone hands me a paper as I walk across a graduation stage. Time flies.

Xo

K

[knowledgeispowerful]

Gahhhhhh Timmmmmeee

Hi everybody,

Sorry for the silence. I’m sure a lot of you know about everything that happened at WAC lately. Catching up has been rough, and I honestly didn’t really know what to say. I didn’t feel it was fair for me to comment. I know we all have our own side to every story, but I was much more interested in helping my friends than adding my voice to the craziness. It was rough on everybody, but it did bring us all closer together. So, silver lining.

As important and difficult as those events were though, I don’t want to focus on them in this post. What I actually want to talk about is the accelerated schedule we have been living with to fit that week and a half of missed school back into our semester. Yeah...that was like the world’s weirdest puzzle, trying to fit that time back in.

But we have done pretty well. We have two extra days (today was supposed to be the last day of classes) with tomorrow and Saturday. Personally that was really frustrating, but not because we have classes, no I’m fine with that. 

I was supposed to spend tomorrow, our Reading Day, proposing my senior theatre thesis. Now I propose it next Wednesday. Do I like having five extra days? Yeah sure. But now we have a much smaller time frame to do the proposals in (before it was just however long it takes, now we have roughly 2 and a half hours...for seven thesis proposals....agh.....). It’s also petty, but after staring at the date 12/11 on my calendar for months, suddenly it’s just another day...and I practically burned a hole in that square on the calendar with my anxious glare...whoops.

Other than that though we have caught up really well.  No surprise there though, given it’s WAC and we are, if nothing else, #shoremenstrong.

XO

K

[warmcupsofcoffee]

thinking of my washington college family right now from across the pond. sending prayers and good thoughts your way.

[goldbeneaththesea]

To the graduating class of 2014...

To any of you who are seeing this just know that I'm constantly in awe of your enthusiastic and beautiful presence as a class and campus will truly feel a little bit empty next year. Stay beautiful and show the world how strong these Shoremen can be!

[thewacexperience]

The Kent County community is gathering in Fountain Park tonight for an awareness and remembrance service. Anyone who wishes to attend should feel free to meet at Martha Washington Square at 7:20 p.m. to walk together as a community to Fountain Park. This service is designed to show support for suicide prevention, to remember loved ones and allow us to come together once again as a community to support survivors. The candle light vigil will begin at 7:45 p.m.

Beth Anne Langrell, M.S. Director of Student Development

[thewacexperience]

I’ve been alone Surrounded by darkness I’ve seen how heartless The world can be

I’ve seen you crying You felt like it’s hopeless I’ll always do my best To make you see

Baby, you’re not alone Cause you’re here with me And nothing’s ever gonna bring us down Cause nothing can keep me from lovin’ you And you know it’s true It don’t matter what’ll come to be Our love is all we need to make it through

Now I know it ain’t easy But it ain’t hard trying Every time I see you smiling And I feel you so close to me And you tell me

Baby, you’re not alone Cause you’re here with me And nothing’s ever gonna bring us down Cause nothing can keep me from lovin’ you And you know it’s true It don’t matter what’ll come to be Our love is all we need to make it through

I still have trouble I trip and stumble Trying to make sense of things sometimes I look for reasons But I don’t need ‘em All I need is to look in your eyes And I realize

Baby I’m not alone Cause you’re here with me And nothing’s ever gonna take us down Cause nothing can keep me from lovin’ you And you know it’s true It don’t matter what’ll come to be Our love is all we need to make it through

Cause you’re here with me And nothing’s ever gonna bring us down Cause nothing, nothing, nothing can keep me from lovin’ you And you know it’s true It don’t matter what’ll come to be You know our love is all we need Our love is all we need to make it through

Darren Criss - Not Alone

[heroponriki]

i feel like someone shoved a lead pipe down my throat.

rest in peace, man.

[-theregoesmyheart]

My apologies...

Sorry to be spamming you guys with all this really sad stuff, but I just don't want Aaron, wherever he may be now, to still think that he is alone.  It may sound ridiculous, but I want him to see that his death was a major hit to our community and his life meant something.  I see people on campus going through their day as if nothing happened, as if we haven't just lost a person,  as if we haven't just lost one of us.  And I understand that some people cope that way, but I've heard multiple times now people say that they really don't care. How can you not care? Usually that's what provokes suicide; people feel alone, like it wouldn't matter if they died. I think that just moving on as if nothing happened, whether you knew them or not, proves their point. I can't just continue on as if this means nothing. I need him to know that, though I didn't know him, he meant so much to me.  He meant so much to all of us.