you know, if i didn't have a reason before as to why i was working so hard for this title IX demonstration/protest/rally, i have one now.

so one of my jobs was to contact sdsu's athletic department to get the word out about the title IX hearing since sdsu has a huuuuge athletics base. so i e-mailed three people at sdsu, director of this, associate director of that, blah blah blah. basically, people who i thought looked important. and, funnily enough (or not), they were all men. i know this sounds bad, but i really wasn't expecting much. i don't know why, but i just wasn't. so it really surprised me to get a call from a woman whom my e-mail was transferred to. she was really really nice and said that she'd love to have us give a presentation at sdsu's athletics council about title IX. but it doesn't end there. i got back from my long looong day on campus and got this e-mail:

Cherry, My name is Kathy Van Wyk and I am the Head Softball Coach at SDSU. Jana Doggett shared your e-mail with our department and I simply wanted to contact you and express my thanks. I have informed my team of the issue and I will be in attendance at the Nov. 20 meetings. I have requested to speak but understand I am on a waiting list. This issue touches my heart and soul as I have been affected by it now for 42 years. I have seen the positive affects of Title IX and feel it would be a huge blow to our growth to change any aspect of the law.

I simply wanted to applaud your efforts.

Kathy Van Wyk
Head Softball Coach
San Diego State University

i didn't even know what to think after reading that e-mail. needless to say, i was very touched. that is truly one of the nicest, sweetest things anyone has ever told me, if not THE greatest e-mail i've ever received. i feel like i have an honest-to-goodness purpose in all this craziness. like i said before, if i didn't have a reason as to why i was doing all of this, i have one now. i mean, i am by no means an athlete. although now, i'm starting to really regret that. and i don't want my daughter to make the same mistake as me (ohmygod, when did i turn into my mother?); i want title IX to still be around so that she WILL have the opportunity to play. in fact, i don't even want her to question whether or not she has the opportunity to play. i just want it to be a given that she DOES have that chance. anyway, i just really loved that e-mail up there and just had to share it with everyone to show that THIS is why we do what we do, why we're fighting to keep title IX.

okay, enough of that. had a kind of creepy weird conversation with ha about how the world is getting smaller and smaller and how the only thing left to do is for us to hook up with one another. i don't even want to TELL you who melissa suggested i hook up with. iiiick...*shudder* no no, not to say that the person is ick, because he really isn't, it's just the IDEA of it that's super ick. also, his oldest sister is a total loser. ;D

going to the beach tomorrow! and again on saturday! so i'd just like to take this moment to say: HAAHH!! to all you norcal people.

okay, that's all, good night. ;D

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bruce: [to melissa] why is your bed so high?
me: it's to keep all the guys away!
bruce: [to me] is that why your bed's so low?
me: HEY!!