Vive la France
I haven’t really been doing much lately. Spending too much time on my computer in my room. Standard operating procedure.
However, I did go to Strasbourg, France on Saturday. A group of international students from the University hopped on a charter bus and spent the day there. The leaders of the trip took us to the cathedral when we got there, and did somewhat of a tour of it. This tour consisted of standing in front of the cathedral and hearing a very long speech about the history and symbolism of every sculpture and shape on the whole building. While this was interesting, it grew tiring quickly. I felt like I should stay and listen so I could better understand the building, but it was getting long and boring. After about an hour, I left with some other students, and we started walking around the city.
The most interesting thing we saw was a gay and lesbian parade. As we were walking, there was a parade going across the street we needed to cross. There were floats (trucks), and most of them had people dancing on them and were playing music. There were also people walking. Everyone looked happy and like they were having a good time. But they were all openly homosexual. So on a basic level I don’t approve of their lifestyle choice. On another level I think it is a good thing when a group of people that is often not accepted by society can be together and be happy. So even though I can’t support their homosexuality, I wanted to support them as humans who were enjoying life. I hope I am not so uncompassionate that I forget that those who are different from me are people and are very much like me in most ways.
I also went and saw the movie 28 Days Later tonight. There’s a film with some impact value. Whoo. And visually very well done too. I’d recommend it to anyone who likes a good suspense movie.