98 classmates, 90% of whom are female...
For some like me who has spent most of her life working in male-dominated professions, spending the next 2 years with the same group of people, most of whom are female is... uhhmm... rather daunting. This may surprise you - but I find a great deal of women rather intimidating (especially young, brilliant, attractive women who have more fashion sense than I will accumulate in a lifetime). We had a class get-together on Friday night at a bar on Whyte and I kid you not, I spent 2 hours getting ready...That's right me, Queen of the 5 minute or less - hair, makeup and wardrobe, got completely bent out of shape because of what a group of girls might think. The House Spouse even started to get concerned that I had a date. I could not have been more flustered about the whole damn thing. As it turns out I got worked up over nothing because I spent most of the time playing pool (poorly) and BS'ing with S., a really good male friend of mine (I asked him to come with- 'cause he's single & I figured his odds for a date were pretty good - & that I'd also be more comfortable with the 'crowd').
Two good things did come out of my brief foray back into the bar-scene...
1) I found one of the guys in class who really likes my idea for a reading group that splits up the readings to individuals, each person condenses them to just the main points and then presents them to the group. Yaaayy! Finally-someone else who has come to their senses about the amount of material we have to get through (and he's really smart too!).
2) My friend S. introduced me to some great music from bands that I hadn't been exposed to before- Panic! at the Disco & Death Cab for Cutie. Wow... I had no idea that there were still bands out there producing music this good.
As for school, I've made friends with most of the guys and few of the girls (most of whom aren't overly fashion-forward) in my class. I'm trying to be less anti-social than normal, 'cause I know that having friends in school I can count on is going to make the difference between going crazy or staying sane with the workload we're all suffering under.
Stay tuned...or not- doesn't matter to me either way.
2 comments:
It's school, dude... even if those woman are spending two hours on their hair every morning now, I predict everyone will be in scruffy ponytails and old jeans by November. It's a natural evolution of priorities.
Also, you don't look like a schlub or whatever it is you think you look like. You look like a smart person whose life is under control.
G-, in a scruffy ponytail. They don't allow jeans in my office. *sigh*
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Glad to know that at least I appear smart and in control of my life...somedays this is so far from the truth I can't even tell which direction I'm going in. Unfortunately, my hair isn't long enough for a scruffy ponytail - yet, and I can wear jeans except on my field placement- so I can deal. You are so right though, with each passing week I see more yoga pants and ballcaps in class.
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