this amazing day

my day today was soooo cool

so i went to speak at this pannel at UCD about being an LGBT student at a high school today after 6th period (i love getting out of school early, but that's not why i was excited). so i get there (the classroom where i'm supposed to be speaking at) and i find out that i'm the only one who's going to be there. so i'm kinda nervous now..i was under the impression before that there was going to be others there, but they flaked or something.
lucky for me my boyfriend had mentioned earlier that he was going to walk down after school got out and sit in for emotional support, but by the time he got there..the group i was going to be speaking for had just finished their presentation and i hadn't even started answering questions yet..so he was able to sit in with me so i wouldnt be the only one. the teacher of the class (who was also a lesbian) agreed to give her input as well, so that was even more helpful.
the questions where basic and left things open to be discussed for example a couple where like this:
1. a big problem on high school campuses is the widespread use of language that discriminates against LGBT people. Do you ever hear anti-gay remarks from other students? What is the response of teachers and administrators?
or
2.In your high school classes, have issues of sexual idenity been adddressed? What was the context if so?

now i would tell you what i would say to these types of questions, but then i'd be writing a book, and frankly i'm quite tired; but you get the picture.

it was an amazing discussion and i had an even more wonderful experience
the people where so open and interested in the topic which is something very laking in H.S. classes

anyways, long story short.i had an awesome time (i've said this for the 93847 time, but whatev)
and i got a free smoothie at jamba juice :D

oh and i forgot to mention that i thought i would be talking to a bunch of undergraduate students, but it turns out that they're all working on their seconed-credentials and all aspiring teachers, so it was really neat to give feedback on what works with students and what doesn't.

:D