Design Class and Survey Winner

First things first. The survey that I conducted a while ago has finally drawn to a close! Thanks to all who participated! Aaaand… The winner has been chosen! I’ll be sending an email to the winner (M*r*h*l*1*5@g*a*l.com) and the survey results and verification are available if you click on the image below.

Now that’s out of the way! So. If you’ve been following my posts, you’ll know I’m taking a design for theater class along with my more engineering-oriented classes. Despite it being pretty different than I originally thought, I decided to stick with it–it’s not my favorite class, but it’s not bad. (I’ve never really been much of one to paint and draw stuff like this.) Our current assignment is to create costume sketches/watercolor renderings of costumes for the characters in a play we read called Dead Man’s Cell Phone. The play is… odd, very surreal, and there are some things I don’t like about it, but it’s for the class, so ah well. Anyway. Look, I drew people!

Lot of blue, I’m now noticing in retrospect. Well, I like blue. (Also, don’t look at their hands. Their fingers look like play-doh noodles. Poor little hands. Hands are hard to draw.) Anyway, I know I’m not the best artist out there, but I actually liked this assignment. It was kind of fun.

Lehigh Valley 3rd Annual Intercollegiate LGBTQIA Conference

So! March 29th. Mark your calendars. Lehigh Valley’s LGBTQIA Intercollegiate Conference returns! More information as it’s given, but for right now, just know that it’s happening, and it’s going to have all sorts of events and panels and information sessions and even a keynote speaker–Kye Allums, the first openly transgender NCAA Division 1 college athlete.

Registration is here, site facebook page is here, official site is here. The official site has links to all that if you don’t feel like poking through my carefully-arranged hyperlinks. ;D

Other topics include intersex conditions, transgender issues, ally sessions, LGBT+ in media, finding your voice in the bedroom, workplace equality, and marriage equality–full list of topics/events here.

I’m definitely going. Lehigh is becoming a much more welcoming place to people of various minorities, and it is a glorious thing.

Let’s see, other things. Today and tomorrow are the last days to fill out my survey! (At least, to win a gift card, that is. I’m leaving the survey open for personal research.) I’ll be picking someone to win the gift card/Paypal money at 3:30PM EST on Sunday and notifying the winner by email. People, come on, please take the survey. It’s as long or short as you want it to be. You can write me an essay or one-word answers. I don’t care. I NEED MORE DATA BEFORE MY SPEECH. (To those who have already taken it, THANK YOU!)

Ah yes, I’ve also gotten more information on the speech event! I can’t find it on any of the school calendars, though. Anyway, it’s called Lehigh Speaks, and the theme is “Challenging Global Concepts.” April 4th from 2PM-6PM in Linderman Library Rm. 200! Come watch me give a speech in front of people and a camera. Oh, and if you come, prepare to have your mind blown. I guarantee that you will never think of gender in the same way. (And, if you miss it, I’ll have videos.)

And on a more academic note–major declaration day is coming up. Hoo, boy. I know I want to do mechanical engineering, but… I also want to minor in three different things. Aerospace engineering, electrical engineering (robotics, specifically), and technical theater. I mean, no one’s going to forbid me from just… minoring in all three.

Ay. Big decisions must be made. Hope your own decision-making goes nice and smoothly. Good luck!