Me encanta Alternative Breaks.
Our first significant activity of the day was visiting the second
half of the Mint Museum. This collection consisted of artifacts and older art.
One special exhibit there displayed various costumes and formal attire from the
past. This was my take from the visit:
Cool, yet frightening, masks at the Mint Museum
I swear this is the evil lady from “The Woman in Black”
He so fly.
After this, we went to a nearby park and played the board game Cranium.
Frankly, it did not go well for my valiant trio; after a half hour, we were
losing considerably. Luckily, it was time to go to the Center, so we ended
without getting too far into the game.
Arriving at the Center, we met up with Solita, the woman we were
introduced to the previous evening who works at the Charlotte Department of
Health. We worked for about an hour and a half making safe sex kits while
Solita gave a brilliant lecture on the types of STIs. The small setting
deepened the discussion as we learned about the spread of AIDS and syphilis in
Charlotte, and what is being done to counteract this trend. I probably learned
more practical information in that one sitting than I learned in an entire year
of sex education in high school P.E.
Big Jay with the "golden ticket".
After this, we went to the White Rabbit LGBT bookstore and browsed
for a while. We asked why it was called that; they didn’t know.
Back at the LGBT Center, we were treated with amazing cheesecake
from one of the volunteers, and then we went to go see PAULY SHORE!! I had
never heard of him, but apparently he’s an actor who also performed on SNL for
a while, and he now does stand-up comedy. The show ended up being pretty funny,
and the entire show was covered by the Center!
Pauly Shore signed our Flat Jay twice.
After all these shenanigans were over, we returned to the Church
and played more Cranium while having an intense discussion over religion. One
of the highlights of the game occurred when one of the Cranium clues was about
the Fresh Prince of Bel Aire, and our entire group suddenly burst out into the
infamous theme song. Sure it wasn’t perfect, but it was such a blast from the
past that I couldn’t help but be impressed.
Until next blog.
-Drew Harger
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