SQUIRREL!!
Tuesday night we did what every pennsylvania college student should be doing on February 2...visit punxataney to see the groundhog. We left villanova at 11pm and loaded katie's car with enough food to last us the 3 hour tour...or a month long trip. We picked up jae, sheila, and julie and started the trekk up the mountain. Katie drove at least 90mph the entire way blasting sonny and cher as well as pennsylvania polka and quoting bill murray, while jae, when not sleeping screamed that we needed to move at the speed of light. I on the other hand had the job of beating up sheila and julie so they wouldnt fall asleep. We only got lost once, stopped at a shady gas station that sold flavored condoms in the bathroom, and stored up food for the wintry weather.
We arrived there in record time thanks to the demonic driving and to our dismay found we couldnt bring the alcohol up the mountain. We drank three bottles of champagne and thanks to jae's alcoholism chugged beers before we would even exit the car. We then bundled up in multiple jackets, socks, scarves, mitts, etc but it was nothing in comparison to the bitter cold.
The top of the mountain, slobbers?cobblers knob where 18000 people had gathered to see the prognosticators of prognosticators/be wasted/sing karoake. We were a little dismayed, dissapointed and really pissed that the movie, groundhog day was nothing like the actual grounhog day...and then found out it was taped in illinois and tried to start a riot. We visited the port-a-potties at least thrice, once where i made katie give me the socks off her feet because i feared amputation, what a pal. Just when the ten degree weather was starting to get to us (alcohol wearing off), the fireworks show began, complete with starwars soundtrack, which led to the climax. People began chanting phil/punxatawney/bill murray and there he as in all his glory, as jae wenz screamed, "SQUUUIIIRRREEEL!". After the groundhog "told" the men in tophats that he saw his shadow and there was to be six more weeks of winter, we began the chant "shoot the messenger", as well as "this is bullshit" and we ran to the busses, while julie beat women and children to get one of the first spots on the bus.
We then enjoyed mcdonalds breakfast and each had to slap(sometimes with ham)ourselves across the face to not fall asleep on the drive home.
fun times, i recommend everyone goes at least once..but bundle up.
We arrived there in record time thanks to the demonic driving and to our dismay found we couldnt bring the alcohol up the mountain. We drank three bottles of champagne and thanks to jae's alcoholism chugged beers before we would even exit the car. We then bundled up in multiple jackets, socks, scarves, mitts, etc but it was nothing in comparison to the bitter cold.
The top of the mountain, slobbers?cobblers knob where 18000 people had gathered to see the prognosticators of prognosticators/be wasted/sing karoake. We were a little dismayed, dissapointed and really pissed that the movie, groundhog day was nothing like the actual grounhog day...and then found out it was taped in illinois and tried to start a riot. We visited the port-a-potties at least thrice, once where i made katie give me the socks off her feet because i feared amputation, what a pal. Just when the ten degree weather was starting to get to us (alcohol wearing off), the fireworks show began, complete with starwars soundtrack, which led to the climax. People began chanting phil/punxatawney/bill murray and there he as in all his glory, as jae wenz screamed, "SQUUUIIIRRREEEL!". After the groundhog "told" the men in tophats that he saw his shadow and there was to be six more weeks of winter, we began the chant "shoot the messenger", as well as "this is bullshit" and we ran to the busses, while julie beat women and children to get one of the first spots on the bus.
We then enjoyed mcdonalds breakfast and each had to slap(sometimes with ham)ourselves across the face to not fall asleep on the drive home.
fun times, i recommend everyone goes at least once..but bundle up.