Happy Happy Fun times
Time for a fast update (as usual).
Vegas Night was great fun. I won 500 tokens on Wheel of Fortune, drank some sodas with salty-sugary stuff around the rims, spoke briefly to a guy with an Australian accent, and snagged an entire pocketful of mini-Toblerone bars.
Get Your Geek On was also a success, and not even harmed by the fact that I had been up until 4:00 the night before. I was Maka... I've got to get some pictures of that cosplay. Good times. I borrowed Emma's scythe from her death costume, so I got to slowdance with that.
Alisa, Emma, Jen, Beth, and Betsy were Nac Mac Feegles from Discworld, which was pretty awesome. Actually, there were a lot of really good costumes this year, and only non-sketchy guys. It was pretty cool. And the turn out was much bigger than expected, so that's good, too!
Although, since there were no sketchy guys, I didn't get hit on. This may sound like good news, but being a turn-on for sketchy nerds is my one sexual thrill that doesn't involve animated ninja, so it's kind of a mixed bag.
I DID rock out to "I believe in a thing called love", which was fun.
(There's a video; if you notice Awkwardly-Dancing Maka, that's me. I'm also the last picture at the end. I like that I always have red eye. There's also some wonderful footage of the costume contest. A Dr. Who in my Invertebrate class won. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBoPHwTdoj4&feature=related)
GYGO was proceeded by a poorly-attended Harry Potter 2 Riff Track. The second movie riff is much better than the first, IMO. But also the second book and movie both have special places in my heart. (I <3 Tom Riddle and his ridiculous middle name and how he just tells Harry, "Yeah, I'm really fucked up, but therapy is expensive and killing people is cheap and fun.")
Monday Alisa had two prospies who were supposed to shadow her, but all her classes were cancelled, so I took them to my classes instead. They were pretty cool.
Also: Alisa is to Harry Potter what I am to Naruto. We spent Mon. evening quizzing her on random HP trivia and she knows what his father's wand is made of off the top of her head. I can't beat that shit.
The rest of the week was spent convincing myself not to freak the fuck out over my Invertebrate test, despite the other students having heart attacks around me. Fortunately, I'm lazy and smug, so this wasn't too difficult, although I didn't get much sleep the night before due to nerves. But I think I did okay... Allow me to qualify (Beth will probably not to speak to me if I'm too smug and/or beat her grade); I think I didn't do worse than anyone else in the class. If he curves it, I should be fine. If not, at least Beth will continue to be my friend.
My parents and my little brother are coming up for the weekend!!! They should be here tomorrow, although no one's told me anything, so I'm not sure when. I should write my paper on fruit flies before that, but instead I'm at SciFi night watching Empire Strikes Back. I took a nap earlier. It was great.
I'm not exactly sure why I'm excited; it's bound to be stressful as hell, but whatever I love my family anyway.
Vegas Night was great fun. I won 500 tokens on Wheel of Fortune, drank some sodas with salty-sugary stuff around the rims, spoke briefly to a guy with an Australian accent, and snagged an entire pocketful of mini-Toblerone bars.
Get Your Geek On was also a success, and not even harmed by the fact that I had been up until 4:00 the night before. I was Maka... I've got to get some pictures of that cosplay. Good times. I borrowed Emma's scythe from her death costume, so I got to slowdance with that.
Alisa, Emma, Jen, Beth, and Betsy were Nac Mac Feegles from Discworld, which was pretty awesome. Actually, there were a lot of really good costumes this year, and only non-sketchy guys. It was pretty cool. And the turn out was much bigger than expected, so that's good, too!
Although, since there were no sketchy guys, I didn't get hit on. This may sound like good news, but being a turn-on for sketchy nerds is my one sexual thrill that doesn't involve animated ninja, so it's kind of a mixed bag.
I DID rock out to "I believe in a thing called love", which was fun.
(There's a video; if you notice Awkwardly-Dancing Maka, that's me. I'm also the last picture at the end. I like that I always have red eye. There's also some wonderful footage of the costume contest. A Dr. Who in my Invertebrate class won. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBoPHwTdoj4&feature=related)
GYGO was proceeded by a poorly-attended Harry Potter 2 Riff Track. The second movie riff is much better than the first, IMO. But also the second book and movie both have special places in my heart. (I <3 Tom Riddle and his ridiculous middle name and how he just tells Harry, "Yeah, I'm really fucked up, but therapy is expensive and killing people is cheap and fun.")
Monday Alisa had two prospies who were supposed to shadow her, but all her classes were cancelled, so I took them to my classes instead. They were pretty cool.
Also: Alisa is to Harry Potter what I am to Naruto. We spent Mon. evening quizzing her on random HP trivia and she knows what his father's wand is made of off the top of her head. I can't beat that shit.
The rest of the week was spent convincing myself not to freak the fuck out over my Invertebrate test, despite the other students having heart attacks around me. Fortunately, I'm lazy and smug, so this wasn't too difficult, although I didn't get much sleep the night before due to nerves. But I think I did okay... Allow me to qualify (Beth will probably not to speak to me if I'm too smug and/or beat her grade); I think I didn't do worse than anyone else in the class. If he curves it, I should be fine. If not, at least Beth will continue to be my friend.
My parents and my little brother are coming up for the weekend!!! They should be here tomorrow, although no one's told me anything, so I'm not sure when. I should write my paper on fruit flies before that, but instead I'm at SciFi night watching Empire Strikes Back. I took a nap earlier. It was great.
I'm not exactly sure why I'm excited; it's bound to be stressful as hell, but whatever I love my family anyway.