Random Update (10.31.12)

First, some catching up. On Wednesday the 17th I went to see a band called The Wombats with Jeff and Hannah, which was a blast. They're from Liverpool! And this was their last show before shipping off, so the opening band thought it'd be grand to dress up as the Ninja Turtles, Gandalf, and Robin, run onto stage after the encore, and have a ten minute alcohol-induced jam session. It was pretty crazy, I must say. Unfortunately I also missed out on an intramural derby match against some senior friends of ours, which we won, 1-0. We are tied for 6th place going into the post-season. And this is the big leagues, not the lily-livered freshman outdoor soccer league. It's very competitive. 

Two days later, around 2:17 PM, the BC club soccer teams departed to Downington PA (male and female teams, that is). It was a long ol' bus ride, full of witter banter, interesting and new smells, and sleep cycles that varied like sin and cos curves. We arrived late at night to the Sharaton or Hampton Inn, I forget which, to find out that we were playing the best team in our group at 8:00 AM the following morning! So we slept quickly after we settled into the rooms, and in the morning we got up and bused out to the fields at a local high school. We had an amazing start again UConn (6 seed), we scored off a free kick midway through the first half and went into halftime up 1-0. All our hard work went down the crapper with one mistake from our keeper, though. He came out to punch a lofty ball from a free kick, missed, and the ball trickled into the net to tie the game. We pressed to get the lead again, hit the post, had a lot of shots, and got counter-attacked to lose 1-2. That really sucked, I hated losing that game. We had worked really hard and now our chances at advancing from our group were slim indeed. Losing the afternoon game to Johns Hopkins confirmed our early departure. Bill and Sue showed up though! That was great to see them, they dropped off some food as well, which quickly disappeared. Unfortunately they had to watch my (and our) worst game this season! Men's co-champions: Navy and Harvard (we crushed Harvard 3-1 the previous weekend... so upsetting). Also, the women's BC club team were co-champions too. We had a long bus ride back.

Monday the 22nd was exactly what I needed to lift my spirits: Demetri Martin live-tweeting the presidential debates. My roommates and I were in stitches. He is so funny. Last weekend was the beginning of Halloweekend v1.0. Since Halloween falls on Wednesday, that is license to party in style for seven days and two weekends. People are funny. There were some costumes I appreciated a lot. Top Three:

1) Replacement Refs: referee shirt + blindfold

2) 70's Gameshow host: ugly plaid coat and tie

3) Elton John: swag red fuzzy zebra trim shirt + swag red fuzzy zebra trim pants (Pat's costume below)

This Monday a hurricane named Sandy hit the East coast. There was a lot of wind and water; I had purchased lots of Brie and smoothie materials so I was set. We played cards, played risk until risk-overload, watched terrifying movies (like Insidious), played FIFA 13 (fantastic game), and basically just had a good time on Monday, because classes were cancelled! It was great. I felt guilty for not doing school work... but not for too long.

Left to right: me, Erik, J.M. (coming to t-giving!), Veb, Jim, Zach, and Pat in the middle thinking he's cool