Friday, December 20, 2013
Five days and counting…
twelve arrives and a sherlock mini-episode… i may just explode
I put up lights in my office.
Put up the tree.
Listened to “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
Sang along to the New Kids on the Block Christmas album.
What the everloving fuck is wrong with me?
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I can’t write Cabin Pressure fan fic for the life of me right now… I just can’t ‘hear’ the characters in my head anymore. I’ve got to go back and listen to the episodes again. Including “Molokai” (the Christmas episode! WOOO!).
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So.
My contact at the Polish Consulate is apparently a big fat liar. Or clueless. I don’t know which one is worse.
I received my package back today with a letter that says they do not do public records searches for genealogy purposes. I’m trying to apply for citizenship, via my grandfather, but I need his birth certificate first. The woman I spoke with knew that, told me what to do, where to send the information to, blah blah blah, so I did.
And now I need to start all over again.
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Other random bits: I found my Delta Sigma Pi ritual book from 2002-2003.
I remember using it with my kids at Bowling Green and Michigan. Xi struggled to be a good chapter, but Theta Pi was amazing that year, down to the ritual. I was so proud of those kids, my heart still swells with joy when I remember watching the pledges become Brothers. Theta Pi’s also the reason I won District Director of the year in the region and the district.
I remember how disgusted I was that my Brothers totally disregarded the ritual when they voted someone back into National Office who had supposedly done some questionable things with some underaged girls. Is it true? I don’t know. All I know is that the Brother was suspended and removed from his leadership position. There were also rumours of him stealing from his chapters. Again, is it true? Fucked if I know, but the allegations were strong enough for him to be removed.
I can’t (of course) quote the ritual directly, but the vow we take basically says, “I won’t do anything that will fuck over the fraternity.”
He violated that vow, and I’m still a little bitter over it.
I took that shit seriously back then, and I still do now.
I am, and I will always be, Delta Sigma Pi, Theta Iota, Seven-One-Four.
