It was a success. In fact, I feel like our senior seminar group picked one of the most life-applicable topics and made a real contribution to getting the word out about the importance of Fair Trade. We had two vendors - Phulbari and Friends of the Third World, Inc. - at the Fair Trade Fair in the Student Union and three musicians - Joe Ricke, The Lions, and Josh Garrels. We estimated that nearly 100 people came tonight. I've never before felt that I made a contribution to something with such lasting effects. I need to get involved in projects that have a worldwide scope. I like knowing that I'm a part of a vision that goes beyond what I see daily.
Before the Fair Trade Fair, my two favorite people on campus watched an old classic movie with me. If by classic I mean a movie that we watched in the theatres in middle school - almost ten years ago. We laughed at the lame special effects, which we used to find superb, and cried during the touching scenes, the same scenes that got to us at age thirteen. What is better than watching favorite movies with your best friends?
I graduate from college three weeks from today. How is that possible when I cry watching the same movies I cried at in middle school, when I feel eighteen on good days and twelve on bad ones?
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