I was gonna post this to my personal blog, but it came out so darned well and I think it allows for some discussion and hardly anybody reads that thing anyway that it's going here instead. Love it.
An interesting phenomenon has developed that I'd kinda been noticing, but was really just pointed out to me. It's about Halloween (how appropriate).
First, somehow Halloween stopped being about dressing up as something cool or scary, and became entirely about being a complete idiot (I keep in mind, of course, the giant beer keg) or a whore (how many dirty nurse, librarian, cheerleader, or Catholic schoolgirl costumes did YOU see this year? never mind that the "cat" costume has developed purely into skimpy dress with some ears, maybe a tail). Props, though, to some of the cool costumes I saw/heard about, including Penny Lane from Almost Famous (never mind this girl pretty much IS Penny Lane to begin with) and a suite who teamed up to become Mortal Kombat.
The other phenomenon is that suddenly Halloween is a rival with St. Patrick's Day for "LET'S GET WASTED!" I can see the connection in a costume party sense, but somehow it just doesn't link up in my sober mind. But that might just be consequence of the aforementioned state of being. That said, I met a girl who really wants me to drink with her, so we'll see where that goes.
But I had a good Halloween weekend. I was sick for the first time this school year, and the first in awhile in general (probably since Footloose), so I stayed in the dorms except for a run for video games and Pizzaria Uno, where me and Ben were promptly hit on by a waitress who, upon discovering we were far younger than she suspected, lept from the seat at the table in which she had planted herself. And I discoverd a system for making Eggos.
In spite of the way that just came out, the Eggos and the fleeing waitress were entirely separate incidents.
Also, it snowed here Saturday, prompting the southerners and Californians to go "play in the snow," though it amounted to no more than wet cement, and in turn didn't help my mission to "Get Well Soon!", though it promptly turned to 65-degree weather THE NEXT DAY.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Jesu-What? Life in Spokane(or Spo-Can't or Spokesville or Spo-Compton etc...)
I know, it took me a while to post. This is because I am lazy bastard.
Anyway, Gonzaga is pretty cool. The first upperclassman I spoke to on campus was Tim Rhoads, which was cool. Orientation was kind of disappointing other than that(nothing like ND's) but everything since then has been great. We've already had two retreats, although they weren't even close to comparing to Jesuit's. I also have possibly one of the hardest freshman schedules because I am majoring in computer engineering(considered one of the hardest majors at GU because it is basically two majors in one), have advanced classes in that major, and am most likely minoring in math. In other words, people are in and out of my room asking for help on homework. To give you a sense of how easy it is, the other day I was described as "a genius." It's that easy. Also, I've already had two roommates.
Today I stood in line for about 5 hours to get basketball tickets for Saturday. I'm pumped and they're playing LC State College. I can't wait for big games so that I can sleep outside the building in a tent. It's going to kick ass.
I'm also appearing on TV with several others from Campion. And...let's just say that we're dressed in very strange outfits(mine involves a revolver, an eyepatch, and several items of clothing that women would wear). On TV. Fortunately, it's limited to the Spokane area so the damage is minimal(no one can afford a TV in Spokane, just kidding. But seriously...).
On a final note, the link is to the baratsandbereta.com because Barats is my RA. It's tremendously funny stuff, I recommend watching it.
Anyway, Gonzaga is pretty cool. The first upperclassman I spoke to on campus was Tim Rhoads, which was cool. Orientation was kind of disappointing other than that(nothing like ND's) but everything since then has been great. We've already had two retreats, although they weren't even close to comparing to Jesuit's. I also have possibly one of the hardest freshman schedules because I am majoring in computer engineering(considered one of the hardest majors at GU because it is basically two majors in one), have advanced classes in that major, and am most likely minoring in math. In other words, people are in and out of my room asking for help on homework. To give you a sense of how easy it is, the other day I was described as "a genius." It's that easy. Also, I've already had two roommates.
Today I stood in line for about 5 hours to get basketball tickets for Saturday. I'm pumped and they're playing LC State College. I can't wait for big games so that I can sleep outside the building in a tent. It's going to kick ass.
I'm also appearing on TV with several others from Campion. And...let's just say that we're dressed in very strange outfits(mine involves a revolver, an eyepatch, and several items of clothing that women would wear). On TV. Fortunately, it's limited to the Spokane area so the damage is minimal(no one can afford a TV in Spokane, just kidding. But seriously...).
On a final note, the link is to the baratsandbereta.com because Barats is my RA. It's tremendously funny stuff, I recommend watching it.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
The Outsiders Looking In
The Outsiders Looking In
Some breaking news in the Life of Devon (or what little there is of it) that I thought I'd keep you guys apprised of... I just found out that I'm going to be an uncle! My brother Jeff and his wife, Tam found out like a week or two ago. It's too early to determine gender or anything, but they said that they should know by Thanksgiving. I'm really excited... its also going to be interesting to see how my brother deals with a little kid, seeing as how he was fairly cranky about having kids around him when I was growing up. But yeh... thought I'd say that cause I'm really excited!
Some breaking news in the Life of Devon (or what little there is of it) that I thought I'd keep you guys apprised of... I just found out that I'm going to be an uncle! My brother Jeff and his wife, Tam found out like a week or two ago. It's too early to determine gender or anything, but they said that they should know by Thanksgiving. I'm really excited... its also going to be interesting to see how my brother deals with a little kid, seeing as how he was fairly cranky about having kids around him when I was growing up. But yeh... thought I'd say that cause I'm really excited!
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