If I've gotten my dates right, today is the launch of University of Toronto's online alumni community, of which this blog is a part! Which is cool.
Although I am UofT class of 2007, and have therefore been an alumnae (is that the right noun? I never took Latin) for less time than I was a student, I am already profoundly nostalgic. No matter how much you like your grown-up job, there's no seminar-style debate, no library borrowing-privileges, no deadline-extension pink forms.
Worse, even though I can't see it, I *know* that UofT campus is May-time gorgeous right now, and somewhere on that big field in King's College Circle (why did I never learn the name of that field?) someone is under a tree sorta reading a book, and sorta watching some other someones playing Frisbee. It's enough to make you forget all about seminar-snark, dead printer cartriges at the last minute, and low-caliber coffee.
This weekend is Spring Reunion, which will take me back to campus to read, to mingle, and to embrace my nostalgic side. See you there?
Oh the sweetness that could send me flying
RR
Rebecca Rosenblum...
is a writer and editor who likes a lot of stuff. This is a blog about that stuff, and also her writing. Rebecca is the writer-in-residence at Jean Vanier High School, and was a juror for The Journey Prize 21. Her work has been short-listed for the Journey Prize, the Danuta Gleed Award and the National Magazine Award. Her first book of short stories, Once, was published by Biblioasis and was one of Quill & Quire's 15 Books That Mattered in 2008. Rebecca's stories are occasionally seen in Canadian periodicals and her second collection, *The Big Dream,* is forthcoming from Biblioasis.
1 comment:
You are an alumna. Alumnae is plural. My only skill is useful at last!
Karen
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