Sunday May 11, 2008
Poli Sci After Party
A couple weekends ago was the Political Science dinner for all the Political Science majors graduating from Trinity this year. The dinner consisted of free food and wine, and afterwards, we all went to the Sidewalk Café for more drinks.
Brent and Me before leaving with Torben, Juli, and Brian (can you tell Brent had been drinking?):
While we were all waiting in Torben's dorm for the cab to come, I had to use the men's bathroom because it was the only one open. Of course the boys would put something vulgar like this up on the wall (The bottom sign is a take-off on the top one, which is our help guide for if our electronic door locks aren't working properly):
If you can't read it, click on the picture and view the larger size.
Torben and Brent:
At the bar:
Brian and Brent:
Joe and Brent:
Torben and Brent:
Torben, Juli, and Brian:
Irish Car Bombs:
Juli and Me:
Yum:
I wonder what's so funny:
Joe, Torben, Juli, Brian, and Brent:
Brent and Me:
I can't take him anywhere:
We don't know whose birthday it was, but these things were everywhere:
Torben caught me taking "candid shots":
Brent and Torben:
Who, me?
Brian, Juli, and Brent:
Torben bought Heinekens for everyone:
Brian, Juli, Torben, and Me:
I have no idea how we got this:
Anyway, it was a really fun night that I hope we'll repeat sometime in our last week together at Trinity! I graduate exactly one week from today, isn't that crazy?
-Lauren
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Sidewalk Café
A couple weekends ago was the Political Science dinner for all the Political Science majors graduating from Trinity this year. The dinner consisted of free food and wine, and afterwards, we all went to the Sidewalk Café for more drinks.
Brent and Me before leaving with Torben, Juli, and Brian (can you tell Brent had been drinking?):
While we were all waiting in Torben's dorm for the cab to come, I had to use the men's bathroom because it was the only one open. Of course the boys would put something vulgar like this up on the wall (The bottom sign is a take-off on the top one, which is our help guide for if our electronic door locks aren't working properly):
If you can't read it, click on the picture and view the larger size.
Torben and Brent:
At the bar:
Brian and Brent:
Joe and Brent:
Torben and Brent:
Torben, Juli, and Brian:
Irish Car Bombs:
Juli and Me:
Yum:
I wonder what's so funny:
Joe, Torben, Juli, Brian, and Brent:
Brent and Me:
I can't take him anywhere:
We don't know whose birthday it was, but these things were everywhere:
Torben caught me taking "candid shots":
Brent and Torben:
Who, me?
Brian, Juli, and Brent:
Torben bought Heinekens for everyone:
Brian, Juli, Torben, and Me:
I have no idea how we got this:
Anyway, it was a really fun night that I hope we'll repeat sometime in our last week together at Trinity! I graduate exactly one week from today, isn't that crazy?
-Lauren
Posted by lauren at 01:43 PM | Comments (0)
Friday May 09, 2008
Jack's Mannequin, Common, and Zee Santiago
After Damn the Torpedoes and Cave Mary performed at Spring Weekend, Jack's Mannequin took the stage. I had never heard of Jack's Mannequin before, but Molly tells me they're a fairly popular band. Here they are!
Jack's Mannequin:
Playing the harmonica:
Next up was Common:
Brent and Me:
DJ:
After a little while, Trinity's Zee Santiago took the stage with Common and they freestyle rapped together:
And lastly... here's the inside of a frozen bottle of water I had in my room:
That's it for now!
-Lauren
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Damn the Torpedoes and Cave Mary
On the Sunday of Spring Weekend, Brent and I got up bright and early at noon, made some mimosas, and then walked across campus to the concert, where we were forced unjustly to chug the aforementioned mimosas before entering. That's all right though, we still had a great time.
The first two opening bands were Damn the Torpedoes and Cave Mary, both comprised of Trinity students who won in the Battle of the Bands.
Damn the Torpedoes came on first. Here's Tim:
Jon:
John and Tim:
Dave:
Action figures on the speakers:
Damn the Torpedoes put on a fantastic show, as always. Here's Brent and Me enjoying ourselves from the good music, and probably also from the buzz of chugging two full Solo cups' worth of mimosa each:
Next up was Cave Mary, named after the most infamous food service worker here at Trinity. As you might have guessed, her name is Mary and she works at The Cave, one of our dining options.
Will:
Bobby:
Unfortunately, I don't know the names of the other people in the band:
Cave Mary played all original songs, and I know everyone was very impressed. After Cave Mary was Jack's Mannequin followed by Common, who performed with Zee, a Trinity student (who was also won Battle of the Bands), so make sure you come back to check that out soon!
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Wednesday May 07, 2008
Done With School
I know I've been really bad about posting lately, but that's because I've been finishing up the semester, turning in all my papers, etc., and somehow trying to wrap my mind around the fact that I am done with school forever. I've been a student since I was three years old (two, if you count the toddler school I got expelled from because I wanted my mom to be enrolled too). This is the first time in my life that I have to do something other than go to classes. Wow.
Anyway, now that I've finished all my classes and my finals, I have a week and a half of bumming around campus for "Senior Week" until my graduation on the 18th. Don't bother asking what I'm doing after that, I have no idea.
I don't have any pictures ready to be posted yet (even though I have about 2,000 that I still need to upload), so I guess I'll tell a cool story from this past weekend. Brent and I were studying for finals at my house after celebrating my dad's birthday, and we decided to take Rocky for a walk one evening and we had one of the most interesting experiences, like something straight out of a dream. We were walking around my block and there was a deer at the top of the hill on the street that runs parallel to mine. It stood and watched us approach for a long time, and then ran around the corner to my street and stood in a yard there, waiting for us. It then walked right in front of us all the way down my street, wagging its tail back and forth like a little dog (I didn't know they did that) and stopping every few feet to look back at us and make sure we were there. Rocky, the yappiest little dog in America, didn't even bark, he was too mesmerized. The deer was absolutely beautiful with such friendly eyes and the brightest white tail, and I wish I could have taken a picture to show you. Anyway, it led us down to the bottom of the hill, where my house is, and then it looked back one more time, flicked its tail at us, and walked down a driveway and down someone's patio steps, then off into the trees.
Living in Connecticut, I've seen plenty of deer, but I've never had one actually interact with me like that and it was amazing. I hope that deer comes back. Maybe I'll start leaving snacks in the front yard, my dad would love that.
I'll be posting again soon, and sorry for how bad I've been about it recently. I'm done with classes now, though, and have no excuse!
-Lauren
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