WAKA

Stands for World Adult Kickball Association. I kid you not. Barrett and I joined a team in Spartanburg in the SC Crossroads division. We are on a team called "Club Foot" and our color is burnt/rust/Texas orange. Here is most of our team:

We played our first real game yesterday and WON! Barrett and I had played the previous weekend with the team but it wasn't "regular season". I wasn't able to get on base for the practice games but was able to yesterday. It was a small victory but felt huge. No, really. It was a pristine day to be outside.
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Rewind to last Friday and the Bodies of Knowledge Symposium. It was a great success. I would estimate that we had 85 people coming and going at the event. The Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences was there and made a speech, as was the Spartanburg PFLAG founder. I really enjoyed/connected with Dr. Bernadette Barton's work on The Toxic Closet: Being Gay in the Bible Belt. Another great speaker was Helen Boyd. Find out her story in a previous blog of mine.

It was a great weekend, and now I have to finish up the novel class- one paper, a final project, and an exam to go. Let the writing begin! (tomorrow)