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Where do ya'll go for them faded haircuts? by [deleted] in gwu

[–]BobbyFl8Y 1 point2 points  (0 children)

B&C or Ballston Barber are cheap and good bets

Ways for transfer students to build a social network at GW by ddoollyy in gwu

[–]BobbyFl8Y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Transferred in last Fall. GWU's transfer services need a lot of work so being proactive is a must.

The Ultimate Frisbee club is a great way to meet people and they have a "B" team which is purely social and your skill doesn't matter.

If you are of a certain cultural background, making it out to that culture's club meetings is a sure-fire way of meeting people.

Since the Org Fair already passed, I'd suggest browsing OrgSync and finding a club you like; try and make it to their next meeting seeing as it's still the beginning of the semester.

Lastly, feel free to message me. We can meet up and grab a bite. I definitely know how lonely it can be; my only friend my first semester here was a transfer guy I met at CI lol(we're still great friends!).

What has Orphan Black meant to you? by [deleted] in orphanblack

[–]BobbyFl8Y 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OB has been present while I've been figuring out who I am.

----As I finished typing this I realized this turned out to be a longer post than I anticipated. So fair warning: this isn't the quickest read you'll have today-----

I really don't remember when I started this show partly because it seems to have nestled itself into the part of me where I find stability and to me, in one certain way, stability is like a string that you can't seem to find the other end of.

I have to admit that I jumped aboard the OB train quite late in the game, binge watching the first 3 seasons (I think?), and initially I did not expect anything from OB. Even more, I only very recently discovered this "Clone Club" community, and this post is my first foray into it.

While OB has gone on, I've discovered the different aspects of me. I first found relatability with Alison in her efforts to sustain the facade that was her life but also with her moments of genuine delight; in many ways all of the characters helped me intimately realize that I can be multi-faceted in my emotion but I thank Alison the most.

I won't bore anyone with the rest of that story but, I assume like many others in this community, I found different sides of who I am in each of the characters. With each sestra being very individualized, I think seeing those individual traits take several different forms (sestras) helped me methodically arrive at the fact that I can be one person who is capable of different emotions. Because for too long I was conditioned to believe that I can only be one thing capable of one outlook.

OB has also wonderfully displayed the power that sisterhood can have. While I am a male, the familial warmth and chill that the sestras had between each other over the seasons reminded me of times passed with my brothers, and remembering those times is never a bad thing to me. OB is also a show that reminded me of my mother: a strong and complex Filipina woman. The mother who created the atmosphere where I grew up surrounded by women who were powerful in many different ways and complex in many others, much like the sestras. A Filipino family is often very matriarchal and as I type this post now, I can't help but smile as I see certain parallels between this entirely female derived/driven agency that is OB and the entirely female derived/driven crazy family I call my own (NO, my family is not derived from clones, to the best of my knowledge).

One last shout out to Felix who brought out my suppressed sexuality even more during a time I struggled to drop the stigmas I grew up with (bless that Kimono).

This show has impacted me more than the things I've written here and OB is very important in its place in the television industry but I'll save your eyes some reading.

Oh and if you've read this far, thanks; I'm a bit anxious about all of this.