migblog

that weekend felt wonderful.

beginning on friday with the senior tourguide send-off at 3 was a good kickstart. it was in senior hall, one of the more architecturally interesting buildings on campus, and it was solemn. it was funn. and man, it was memorable. of the many people i've met through my years here at cal, tourguides really are a different breed. they're spirited, but contained; reserved, but outgoing; and of course, unique to the core.

we even got to climb down the steps of the campanile (who else gets to do that but carillonists and tour guides?!?)! it was totally a cool experience -- we got to peek in the floors where the animal bones and fossils were kept, and we even got to listen in to a carillon student practice his final piece.

then there was the big giant bash at raleigh's, where we downed three tablefuls of food in the span of an hour. (and let's not even mention the pitchers of happy juice made of fermented hops and barley and all other kinds of goodness.)

we then traversed over to the sigma kappa house to see one of our very own, ra-ra, sing at the air concert. it was good (they sounded awesome!), but we couldn't keep richard awake especially since there were some parts of the show that were, say, more dramatic and eyebrow-raising than others.

soon after, we all met at the campanile, this time to go underground. the steam tunnel outing was definitely one of the most memorable times i have ever had, especially with a ragtag group of people, capped off by escaping wheeler hall being chased by two university employees while the thirty-or-so of us ran wild westward. we all reconvened once gain at the tower, where we all watched the men's octet and the overtones sing their sets in a wonderful stupor.

when they finished, i got dragged along by artists in resonance (who too were there in attendance, as were my brother and three other new members) to sing (!) at the u-bench, and then made our way to kappa delta rho to end the night with -- what else? -- more singing, more alcohol, and more breaking the ice and evading awkward silent moments.

i got back home at 4.30, ready to wake up at 2 in the afternoon.

then there was a day of hiking, all around campus and then up to the big c, and then it was a walk over to the cal jazz choir show. they also sounded great, and it was a good change of pace to see them decked out in their fancy outfits. the girls looked gorgeous.

but more memories are coming, i'm sure. and that's only a weekend i'll never forget -- hopefully there's another one waiting in the wings, hopefully taking me away to distract me from the fall season, or even make me forget about next spring.

good times.

posted by Open Source Food @ 12:01 AM