matthew’s alibi

I’ve officially been in Los Angeles for a week now. I’ve been meaning to add stuff to the blog, but it’s just been so crazy around here. Today we helped move over 400 kids and their parents on to this beautiful campus. It was truly a monumental achievement– almost mind-blowing.

For the next six weeks, CTY will be the majority on campus, a force to be reckoned with.

Which, for me, hopefully means some smooth sailing ahead: regular hours, no day longer than 8 hours (unlike the 14 hour one I just finished, or the 18 hour one earlier this week.)

The good news is that I finally got to go out last night. It’s pride week in West Hollywood, and it was packed. Chris, the Latin Teaching Assistant and I went. We walked around a lot, argued about politics, gossiped about the staff and a particular unfortunate misunderstanding with a co-worker and mutual friend.

We went to the Abbey and a new place called Here. Here was having a party called “Baby Here,” and all the bartenders were buff guys in diapers. It was pretty cool– just because they were really buff and showing it off. And I really enjoy the attention I get when we go out in WeHo– it’s a great ego boost.

I felt I should update the blog, though, since Mike made reference to it on the WV Economic Justice Coalition listserv, adding “he hasn’t updated it in a few weeks.” I started feeling guilty. There’s so much that’s happened already out here in LA that I want to write down so I won’t forget it, but I don’t know how much I’ll actually write of it.

I can’t imagine anyone would be interested in these (mis)adventures, or for that matter that I’d want most people to have access to them. Still, I’m freshly resolute to write more regularly.