Grazing Deer

Recently, I was walking home from grocery shopping and I saw a deer standing next to the sidewalk. I went up next to it and it didn't run away. I didn't have my camera on me, and I forgot that my cell has a built-in camera. The deer inspected me, grazed, inspected me again, and finally galloped away. I guess it did leave because of me, but it stuck around long enough, and even as it galloped, it seemed to move at a relaxed pace.

I've also seen two rabbits and a hawk recently.

I got led through a smudging ceremony at the Aboriginal Services Office. Women traditionally burn sage, while men usually burn sweetgrass. Curiously, sweetgrass represents Mother Earth's hair, and burning it encourages men to come to terms with their inner woman. Just like the sweatlodge, it's meant to bring out feminine qualities in males. Unfortunately, since the male elder was busy, the female elder dealt with me, and she said that "A woman cannot teach a man to be a man, just as a man cannot teach a woman to be a woman."

That kinda hurts, since I didn't really have any male influences growing up. I guess that's why I failed to become a man.

That world champion martial arts girl hangs out at the Aboriginal Services Office all the time. Pretty cool, I get to talk with the champ!

That term paper that had me so frazzled turned out to be 35% of my final grade, so I'm glad I paid it as much attention as I did.

I volunteered at this career fair thing for my school on Saturday. I stood at a booth with my professor and two other students and we told people about Human Services Foundation. I think it went well.

Last week, the dryer didn't dry my clothes proper, and after I aired them out, they smelled funny. I've got my clothes in a dryer right now. I avoided last week's machine, so let's hope things turn out differently this week!