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Ok so. I'm an ENGG Week judge. What does that mean? I get to have the most fun out of anyone during engg week. which is the first week back at school in january. Though it does involve planning and organizing in advance. Which will also be fun. We had our first meeting tonite, and met all the judges (6 in total... one from each department - mech, chem, civil, geo, and electrical [aka zoo] and a head judge). they seem like a good group of guys. And yes I am the only girl. not often is there even a female engg week judge, but when there is, there is only one.Why? because it involves a looot of drinking, and a lot of the times the girls aren't up to it. I know my limits, I know i cant drink as much as the guys but damn i can hold my weight plenty. so the events of the actual engg week are:
road trip - the week before engg week (ie jan 3-7 for participants, dec 28-2 for judges) and we go somewhere.. of our choosing.. very possibly the states... within a 24 hour drive.. and find random things for the teams to take pics of/buy .. just things to prove you went on it, and who ever has the best (kind of like a scavenger hunt) wins. And for the judges.. and everyone else, but especially for the judges.. its a non stop drinking show (save for who ever is driving on a given day)... a lot of people look at it as preparing the judges for engg week.. getting the hangovers out of the way! because once engg week comes.. the judges are generally drunk all 5 days. and we just live on campus for that week.. and make the departments feed us and such. next friday we pick our 1st/2nd year judge.. and that includes getting the applicants plenty drunk,.. and making them do stuff for us (in general, the 1st/2nd year judge is the bitch.. has to do stuff for the other judges all week long haha) so we are having that at POETS on friday afternoon of next week. then the following friday is "judge bonding" - where the judges just go out and get SMASHED. involved in that is also the picking of nicknames.. during engg week no judge is kn own by name.. they all have a nickname that is picked for them. and its embroidered onto the jumpsuits. oh. and we have to wear jumpsuits all week long. just so we stand out :) even go downtown and go to one of the radio places (in the jumpsuits) and advertise some of the events. the other side of this is that we try to make as much money for charity as possible. a lot of the events are geared towards earning money for charity... like the bachelor & bachellorette auction.. all proceeds go to charity, and the charity ball.. all ticket proceeds go to charity.. our goal is $5000.. and our charity this year (as it has been for the pas tcouple years) is the womens emergency shelter.. which i think is a very good organization to give money to. especially because it is overlooked a lot of the times... like a lot of big corporate donation things go to cancer research, etc... but we want our money to go somewhere it will actually make a difference.. and lets face it.. $5000 to cancer isnt much money... so it really wouldnt be as effective.. but to a womens shelter.. thats a good chunk of change to have at their disposal. engg week is also to get all the department rivalry up again.. each department tries to win in the little competitions we have (like road trip, snow scuptures, movies, key clue)... to have the title of engg week winners. it is a big thing to us.. and another one of those things that makes engineering such a close faculty. if you ask anyone in any other faculty, they will say they know a few people who they have a few classes with.. whereas engineers.. i know hundreds of them in my year, older, and younger... we generally have much more comradery. and engg week is just another reason to show how well an entire faculty (of 4000 people) can get together and be seen as one.. even while competing against each other. no lie.. there isnt nearly that many people who come out for engg week.. most students do still go to classes and spend their evenings at home (tho there really is no homework because its only the first week of school).. but you get to see who is out there to have a good time as well. no lie.. a LOT of drinking goes down, not only with the judges (who you rarely see sober) but with anyone involved with the teams. its so much fun and i am so excited to get to be even more a par tof it this year. last year i was a part of the mech team... competing... and this year i represent mech & manu as a judge. the funny thing is, that there is about 100 mech students in each year, and maybe 30-40 manu students.. yet for the past 4 years.. the judge for our team has always been a manu student. i figured i HAD to keep that tradition going ;)
oh and whats weird.. one of the judges.. ive slept with. last year during engg week. he was a judge then too. alumni is also really involved.. and one that i know for sure is involved is this guy james.. who i slept with last year as well. and aleks, who is alumni and often involved in these thigns (and friends with james).. ive slept with too. made a fool of myself in front of him recently. not sure if he is going to be a part of the alumni this year or not. but oh dear if brandon, james and aleks in the same room.. jen is going to feel AWKWARD! guess thats a big lesson learned :S
but at the same time, i really dont have to worry about any of it because i have nik :) who i really really like.. and we've been taking things pretty slow.. which is nice.. we've been together 1.5 months.. and just in the past like 10 days has he found out about my nipple ring & my below the belt piercing.. which to say he was suprised.. is an understatement. we actually talked about my piercings after making out and he asked if they hurt & i said the one below the belt did.. but it was more like a flinch.. and he told me i didnt have to act so tough around him. i guess i do put up a "im tough, i can take anything" front.. but i sure didnt expect him to see through it. have i mentioned i really like him?? because i do. a lot.
road trip - the week before engg week (ie jan 3-7 for participants, dec 28-2 for judges) and we go somewhere.. of our choosing.. very possibly the states... within a 24 hour drive.. and find random things for the teams to take pics of/buy .. just things to prove you went on it, and who ever has the best (kind of like a scavenger hunt) wins. And for the judges.. and everyone else, but especially for the judges.. its a non stop drinking show (save for who ever is driving on a given day)... a lot of people look at it as preparing the judges for engg week.. getting the hangovers out of the way! because once engg week comes.. the judges are generally drunk all 5 days. and we just live on campus for that week.. and make the departments feed us and such. next friday we pick our 1st/2nd year judge.. and that includes getting the applicants plenty drunk,.. and making them do stuff for us (in general, the 1st/2nd year judge is the bitch.. has to do stuff for the other judges all week long haha) so we are having that at POETS on friday afternoon of next week. then the following friday is "judge bonding" - where the judges just go out and get SMASHED. involved in that is also the picking of nicknames.. during engg week no judge is kn own by name.. they all have a nickname that is picked for them. and its embroidered onto the jumpsuits. oh. and we have to wear jumpsuits all week long. just so we stand out :) even go downtown and go to one of the radio places (in the jumpsuits) and advertise some of the events. the other side of this is that we try to make as much money for charity as possible. a lot of the events are geared towards earning money for charity... like the bachelor & bachellorette auction.. all proceeds go to charity, and the charity ball.. all ticket proceeds go to charity.. our goal is $5000.. and our charity this year (as it has been for the pas tcouple years) is the womens emergency shelter.. which i think is a very good organization to give money to. especially because it is overlooked a lot of the times... like a lot of big corporate donation things go to cancer research, etc... but we want our money to go somewhere it will actually make a difference.. and lets face it.. $5000 to cancer isnt much money... so it really wouldnt be as effective.. but to a womens shelter.. thats a good chunk of change to have at their disposal. engg week is also to get all the department rivalry up again.. each department tries to win in the little competitions we have (like road trip, snow scuptures, movies, key clue)... to have the title of engg week winners. it is a big thing to us.. and another one of those things that makes engineering such a close faculty. if you ask anyone in any other faculty, they will say they know a few people who they have a few classes with.. whereas engineers.. i know hundreds of them in my year, older, and younger... we generally have much more comradery. and engg week is just another reason to show how well an entire faculty (of 4000 people) can get together and be seen as one.. even while competing against each other. no lie.. there isnt nearly that many people who come out for engg week.. most students do still go to classes and spend their evenings at home (tho there really is no homework because its only the first week of school).. but you get to see who is out there to have a good time as well. no lie.. a LOT of drinking goes down, not only with the judges (who you rarely see sober) but with anyone involved with the teams. its so much fun and i am so excited to get to be even more a par tof it this year. last year i was a part of the mech team... competing... and this year i represent mech & manu as a judge. the funny thing is, that there is about 100 mech students in each year, and maybe 30-40 manu students.. yet for the past 4 years.. the judge for our team has always been a manu student. i figured i HAD to keep that tradition going ;)
oh and whats weird.. one of the judges.. ive slept with. last year during engg week. he was a judge then too. alumni is also really involved.. and one that i know for sure is involved is this guy james.. who i slept with last year as well. and aleks, who is alumni and often involved in these thigns (and friends with james).. ive slept with too. made a fool of myself in front of him recently. not sure if he is going to be a part of the alumni this year or not. but oh dear if brandon, james and aleks in the same room.. jen is going to feel AWKWARD! guess thats a big lesson learned :S
but at the same time, i really dont have to worry about any of it because i have nik :) who i really really like.. and we've been taking things pretty slow.. which is nice.. we've been together 1.5 months.. and just in the past like 10 days has he found out about my nipple ring & my below the belt piercing.. which to say he was suprised.. is an understatement. we actually talked about my piercings after making out and he asked if they hurt & i said the one below the belt did.. but it was more like a flinch.. and he told me i didnt have to act so tough around him. i guess i do put up a "im tough, i can take anything" front.. but i sure didnt expect him to see through it. have i mentioned i really like him?? because i do. a lot.