Day one of Fall Semester has gone pretty smoothly. I think I'm going to actually like my statistics class, and I'll definately enjoy Intro to Sociology. It's odd, I've been in Professor Elliott's class a few times, and this is the most basic of her classes. It's full, and a few pieces of eye candy to enjoy. I've got my first UNT class tonight at 6, so have to leave for that in about 30 mins. That will be interesting.

I think it's time for a quick lay down to re-energize before the drive up to Denton.

This link to towleroad is for my friend Damir, who complains when I don't post, but refuses to update his blog.

Speaking of opponents to gay people, Jerry Falwell lost his court case to force the transfer of a domain (www.fallwell.com). According to a press release from Public Citizen:

“This is a victory for First Amendment rights on the Internet,” said Levy. “We are pleased that the court agreed that Mr. Lamparello has a right to use Falwell’s name when criticizing him, and has every right to do so on the Internet.”

… by striking down the law.

According to CNN News, a judge has struck down the sodomy laws that have been on the books for fourteen years.

In the ruling, High Court Judge Michael Hartmann also said that the laws are a “grave and arbitrary interference with the right of gay men to self-autonomy in the most intimate aspects of their private lives.”

Good news for the HK gay community.

Over the last few days I have been attending International Student Orientation (Monday), Transfer Student Orientation (today), finalizing my class schedule for Collin (taking nine hours there in fall), and trying to register with UNT (taking three hours there). After today, I sighed a huge pile of relief, as all (except registration) has been done.

I am now officially a concurrent student with UNT & Collin, and registered in the Bachelor of Arts program with a major in Sociology. Have you ever had one of those experiences where you just knew it was right because it felt right, and things just “fell” into place? Well this process with UNT - as rushed and disorganized as I have been with it - has just felt right. I'm not sure if it's the school itself, or the way things just are. I guess I'll have to work on the answer for that one.

Today at orientation (no. 2), I participated in the “fight song”, learnt about the claw symbol (with the hand to do during pride events), and listened to a very cute boy sing the alma mater for UNT. The negative? Getting up at 6:30 AM to get ready in time.