Nails, Keys, Flags
1. Overhead pens and hot glue = nail polish
So, while waiting in to speak to Erin after the freshman/sophomore general advising meeting, I noticed some fine tip pens for the overhead projector lying unattended. This was an unspoken plea for me to start drawing with them, so I started drawing patterns on my fingernails. When the light hit the ink, I realized that was a rather beautiful bright red, and had a metallic green sheen to it. This reminded me of that super-expensive hard-to-make safflower (I think?) lipstick in old Japan, and at that point I felt compelled to color all my nails with it, despite not normally being one for nail polish. Sadly it washed off before I could get a picture, but when washed away it left the nails bright pink. And, as I discovered accidentally later on, a thin layer of hot glue makes a protective color cover.
2. Our keys are ridiculously soft.
I never realized this before, but then again I never tried bending or scratching up the key on account of needing it to be usable. But the other day, it got snapped in half. Right. In. Half. Accidental, and far too easy. It was mistakenly put in the wrong door, and then rather than just not working, it split off in the lock, which meant that not only did I need a new key, so did both of them (since we had to call a locksmith to remove it and an entirely new lock core was put on). So be careful! And don't let people get your keys mixed up with theirs.
3. CAPTURE THE FLAG, hall v. hall.
We had noticeably fewer people than the opposing team, and lost most of our offense right off the bat. We had a huge playing area, it was nighttime, and there were buildings making good cover, chokepoint, etc., which all made the game far better than any time I've played it before. I was defense, and managed to get a lot of people-- some people several times with "ninja" tactics, as they said. There weren't enough of us, and eventually we lost due to 1)number disadvantage 2)confusion about rules 3)we were only playing defensively, having lost our offense, so we could not win-- we were just delaying their victory. We're having a rematch next week! Everyone who had gotten caught early on wanted to play again right then, but defense was totally beat, and some of the opposing team just left without waiting to see about a rematch. Anyway, good times.
So, while waiting in to speak to Erin after the freshman/sophomore general advising meeting, I noticed some fine tip pens for the overhead projector lying unattended. This was an unspoken plea for me to start drawing with them, so I started drawing patterns on my fingernails. When the light hit the ink, I realized that was a rather beautiful bright red, and had a metallic green sheen to it. This reminded me of that super-expensive hard-to-make safflower (I think?) lipstick in old Japan, and at that point I felt compelled to color all my nails with it, despite not normally being one for nail polish. Sadly it washed off before I could get a picture, but when washed away it left the nails bright pink. And, as I discovered accidentally later on, a thin layer of hot glue makes a protective color cover.
2. Our keys are ridiculously soft.
I never realized this before, but then again I never tried bending or scratching up the key on account of needing it to be usable. But the other day, it got snapped in half. Right. In. Half. Accidental, and far too easy. It was mistakenly put in the wrong door, and then rather than just not working, it split off in the lock, which meant that not only did I need a new key, so did both of them (since we had to call a locksmith to remove it and an entirely new lock core was put on). So be careful! And don't let people get your keys mixed up with theirs.
3. CAPTURE THE FLAG, hall v. hall.
We had noticeably fewer people than the opposing team, and lost most of our offense right off the bat. We had a huge playing area, it was nighttime, and there were buildings making good cover, chokepoint, etc., which all made the game far better than any time I've played it before. I was defense, and managed to get a lot of people-- some people several times with "ninja" tactics, as they said. There weren't enough of us, and eventually we lost due to 1)number disadvantage 2)confusion about rules 3)we were only playing defensively, having lost our offense, so we could not win-- we were just delaying their victory. We're having a rematch next week! Everyone who had gotten caught early on wanted to play again right then, but defense was totally beat, and some of the opposing team just left without waiting to see about a rematch. Anyway, good times.