Sunday, September 17, 2006
lawnparties
i really should be productive and get down to writing my paper for my freshman seminar, but right now i'm tired and mentally retarded so i can't expound on what my ultimate values are. it's going to end up cliched and puerile and i don't seem to be able to sound profound. gahhh.so today we had our first big social event of the year: lawnparties! basically the eating clubs here host parties on the first sunday of the fall term and everyone turns up. we imagined that it would be fun, with music blasting and people dancing around, but it turned out to be a letdown since most people were just standing around talking and guzzling beer (at 3pm in the afternoon!), but the music was blasting so you can't have a proper conversation. the party scene is reputed to be much better on thursday and saturday nights though, but then again the focus is on drinking and sex so i doubt i will be there too often. anyway, the lawnparties were really preppy since everyone (including me!) were dressed in prep gear, i.e. sundresses for girls and outrageous pastel-coloured polo tees and plaid pants for guys. i can't believe how many guys were there in pink polo tees with popped collars and rainbow coloured pants. i hope it was a parody and everyone was mocking the prep image instead of being true preps. there were tour groups on campus today and i think they were astounded. if they thought that's what we wear to class everyday then they were very very mistaken.
again i should start on my paper, since there's a free ballroom dancing lesson from seven to nine and i have class tomorrow at nine so i aspire to sleep at 12 tonight. i aspire to sleep at 12 every night but it's not happening. i find myself flipping through readings and stifling yawns at 2am. you are really running here and there doing rubbish the whole time. like today. i woke at 10, plopped in front of the laptop at 10.30 wanting to do my assignment, wasted time online, went for brunch at 11 plus, came back and lazed around, got dressed for lawnparties and went at 1, hang around the clubs till 5 and now i'm blogging. GET PRODUCTIVE, GIRL! but i love the place and the whole atmosphere of being in college. definitely still in transition mode and not used to the whole sex'n'booze culture but otherwise college is great. i'm spoilt for choice. there're amazing performances every night, people to talk to, classes to run to and a whole lot of activities all the time. fulfilling lifestyle!
i will do my assignment now. if you see me online, ask me if i'm done and chase me off if i'm not. i need to discipline myself now that my parents are not here to do the job.
ray at 2:30 PM
