Hello Again

I know I haven't updated in awhile, and that's because I'm torn about whether or not to keep writing on this blog or on my xanga. I have some friends who will read the xanga, and not this page. It's nice to have more readers and comments, but I really like this page a lot better. So basically, I've been updating both.

I feel very stressed about the housing lottery. All six of the people that were going to be in my room got crappy numbers, so we've spent hours trying to figure out how to split up and haven't really reached any good conclusions. The lottery is tomorrow at 6:15, and to top it all off, I have a prospective student coming to stay with me tomorrow night who isn't arriving until 6 p.m. Since everyone I know is at the housing lottery or already has prior committments, I have no choice but to drag her to the lottery without dinner. She definitely won't want to come to Denison after that experience. I know it will all work out, but I just don't want to end up on the 4th floor or down the hill. At this point, I've even accepted the fact that I will probably have to live in Shep, the crappiest dorm on campus, unless something works out with some friends of ours who have higher numbers. Housing lottery=living hell

Friday and Saturday are big trustee and alumni weekends here, so I'm supposed to have lunch with these people who are giving me a scholarship. I'm kind of nervous about it and feel like it will be very awkward. I don't know what to talk to them about except, saying hey, thanks for the money. Yeah, I'm spending all this weekend at parties and going to a bar Saturday night. That should make them feel like their money is being well spent.

This weekend is full of nothing but parties, which should be fun, but will add to the craziness since I have all kinds of work I should be doing. Friday night is our formal, which will hopefully be fun. Saturday night is a Serenade followed by a bar party. FYI, a serenade is sort of like a pre-engagement between a guy in a fraternity and a girl in a sorority. He gives her a pin with his letters on it, then both chapters plan a serenade. Guys and girls have a tank team, their closest friends, who basically have parties every night of the week and have to dress up in crazy costumes based on the theme (which the girl being serenaded doesn't know) on the night of the serenade. The girls stand on the steps of east quad and sing songs, waiting for the guys to come out. The fraternity comes out then they sing back and forth for awhile until the tank teams come running across the quad in themed costumes. Then we sing some more, and finally the guy gives this big mushy speech about how much he loves the girl and everyone goes "Awwwwwww" then we have a bar party. There are about 150 people on the guest list, so it should be fun. It's my first serenade, so I'm excited. And I'm very excited about the bar party since it's on a Saturday and not a Wednesday.

Sunday is my gospel choir concert. Nothing too exciting there except it will take all evening/part of the night. So I don't know when I'm going to write the paper that's due Monday. Probably Sunday at midnight.

So that's my weekend. I'm actually really excited and have been for sometime. Two big parties in one weekend. And Saturday is this watermelon bash thing sponsored by a fraternity. I'm not quite sure what you do and I know I'm not participating, but I might go check it out. Crazy crazy college. I want to live on East Quad.