Sunday Kerry and I went to our second Shanghai Pride event, a Pride BBQ. But first I graded some response papers for American Lit. before we left. We took a cab to Cotton's on Xin Hua Road, where we had never been. However, Lucca 390 was in the area, which reminded us of the drag show that we saw months ago. We recognized the venue right away...there was a huge rainbow flag outside. As soon as we came in, there was drama. They had no record of our registration and it seemed they weren't going to let us in for awhile. Fortunately, we ran into Charlene, whom we met last week. She seemed to vouch for us. Apparently, since Kerry paid by credit card, it ran through as a USD PayPal charge...and they couldn't keep track of this. I ran into an Indian guy who said he recognized me from Shanghai University. That was odd...a bit awkward. We then waited in line for some food. I had to point out which food I wanted, and they didn't give us very big portions. However, the food we got was tasty: lamb, grilled vegetables, rare roast beef (although Kerry had a steak). We were entitled to one drink each. We basically ate our food and left soon after; there wasn't really a whole lot to do. It was a crowded venue, people were smoking a lot, and we really didn't know anyone. It was also a very young crowd, with about 90% of the crowd under 30. However, we did buy some more cheap Pride merchandise. And then we left. We were able to get a taxi pretty quickly. I finished response papers when I got home; we had chicken breasts for dinner. Overall, it was kind of a disappointing Pride event, and a bit of an anti-climactic, depressing day after Friday and Saturday.
Monday was an indoor day. I spent time figuring out "overall performance" for my Short Novel students. Today was also unique in that we placed two ePer Market orders on the same day! We had a lot of groceries that we needed delivered. I also graded the two essay final exams and two final presentations for my American Literature and Culture students. They really didn't do all that great--I'm a bit disappointed. Overall, I think my Honors students did better last term. I'm not sure why. It helped that I had Siqi and Laura last semester, but they didn't take my class this semester. They were my two best Honors students. Ah well.
Shanghai Pride BBQ photos:
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| Food from the BBQ: rare roast beef, lamb, veggies, hot dog. |
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| Celebrating 10 years of Pride! That's Charlene in the green. |
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| Me with the Pride flag. |
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