MY TENTATIVE AND DISTRACTED FIRST POST


All my classes have now met. I am pleased; they all seem to promise a busy but productive semester. I have at least two amazing professors. I will write more detailed posts later

Not very surprisingly, I don't know too many of my classmates. One of the down sides of lingering at school an extra semester. It was good to see Evan Quinto, my partner on Team Shortbus: The Worst Environmental Science Lab Table in History. Luckily for both of us, we are done with gen ed's and can focus on English classes.

I planned to write more, but the images and news from the Gulf Coast has hit me like a 2x4 between the eyes. I am familiar with New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Most people there have little more than a tenuous financial hold during the best of times. I fear this blow will leave them beyond recovery. Hard times are ahead.

The rest of us face a simpler challenge; we must figure out how to help.