0 what? '06!

Can I just say that I love Duke and all my friends here like crazy and I DO NOT want to graduate. ever. This weekend was so much fun. Saturday night was the senior party in KVille. I was definitely reluctant to go out there at all, firstly because I wasn't sure about going to the game and didn't want to waste the effort of getting a wristband for nothing, and secondly because it was freezing last night, and I'm a total wimp about that sort of thing. But as soon as I got there I knew it would be fun, and I wasn't let down all night. I got to KVille literally right as the Coach K talk was getting out, and Carrie came out and practically tackled me as I was walking past Cameron. We all went to the senior party where I got my free pizza and beer and saw Stine who was visiting this weekend. She's doing well, but it seems like med school is pretty rough. I'm really glad I dropped the whole premed thing; I definitely did not want it bad enough for all of that. She's crazy as ever though, and it was a blast to get to see her again.

I hung out there with the rowing girls for about an hour, then headed over to Dillo to have some margaritas with the Chi O girls, Carrie, and Carolyn's older brother Nick. The band there was really loud and not that great, but we had fun. We headed out to get our wristbands at around 12:30. What a mess. You would think that Duke juniors and seniors would be capable of organizing some reasonable way to distribute wristbands in a semi-orderly fashion, but apparently that's just not the case. The line was more like a mob of people practically tackling the line monitors and each other and get their bands. More than once, some kids stole a whole sheet of wristbands out the monitors' hands and ran off to give them to their friends. It was chaos. Luckily there were more than enough bands for everyone, though, and we were out of there with our bands after about 15 minutes.

From there we regrouped at MCC's and headed over to the Joyce where the rowing kids were. I always love it when I can hang out with them and the MCC crowd at the same time. It was a lot of fun despite that fact that Wiggs and I kept getting hit on by some sketchy old British guy who wouldn't leave us alone. We headed back to MCC's at around 2:30 and played flip cup till around 4. We played North v. South on my suggestion, which resulted in teams of me, Carrie, and Josh vs. Carolyn, Nick, and Kim. Our team got off to an inauspicious start as the North took the first 4 games, but in the end the South prevailed, winning the next 6 in a row. woo.

The game today was AWESOME. Once again I got to hang out with both the Chi O girls and the rowing kids the whole time. I was pretty bummed that I had to skip church and miss seeing Andie celebrate for the first time (nerd! I such a church nerd!), but in the end, I was really glad that I went to the game. When JJ broke Johnny Dawkin's all-time scoring record, Cameron just erupted. I've never heard it that loud, and when you're talking about Cameron, that is saying something. We screamed for about 5 minutes straight. It was a little sad knowing that that would be my last game in the stands as a Duke student, my last chance sing the fight song (the non-crew version anyway) and do the lobster dance, and my last opportunity to chant "Our House" with all the pride of a Cameron Crazy. All in all, though, it was the perfect game to end it on.

Decisions, Decisions...

Why am I incapable of making a decision about anything? Right now I'm debating about 2 things, both involving basketball, with no prospect of coming to a resolution on either one anytime soon. First, and more immediately, I can't decide if I want to wait in line to get a wristband for the senior game tonight. I know I should, number one because I'm a senior and it's senior night, and number two, because literally ALL of my friends will be out there tonight, and I'll be pretty bored if I don't. Plus, there's free pizza and beer. It's really freaking cold out there, though, and I'm not really even sure I want to go to the game. I mean I love going to games, and this is one of my last chances to see a game in Cameron (from the student section, anyway), but I have other stuff I could be doing tomorrow at that time.

Then I still can't decide if I want to go home for the weekend of the Carolina game. I still haven't been to the UNC game, and I know that's something I really should do before I graduate. Plus my birthday is that Tuesday, and I think I'd probably have a little more fun partying here with my friends than at home with the 'rents. Just a guess. This is, however, my absolute last chance to go home before May. I think I might need some warm weather and a Tex-Mex fix to sustain me until then. Plus I haaaave to get my internship and job applications done at some point, and I have a feeling that that's just not going to happen here. Not having the option to wander over to MCC's and whine about them instead of actually doing them would be key. Aaahh, what to do, what to do...

About job stuff, I'm still not 100% decided on all that either. I really feel like the route I'm taking at the moment is a good one, okay a great one. It's something that fills all my needs, feels right, and really could be a life-changing experience. I'm just so nervous. I really wonder if I'm getting myself in over my head. But I did finally get some balls and told my mother about my plans. It went surprisingly well. She was much more, well maybe not understanding, but definitely more accepting than I would have expected. She actually seemed more interested than skeptical when she asked for details, and now she'll do the dirty work of relaying all this information to my dad. I'm still not sure how well TJ is going to take all this, but thankfully now I won't have to be around for the initial reaction. At this point I'm mainly just nervous that I'm not capable or ready for something like this. But sometimes you just have to go for it, right.

So other than all that indecisiveness, there's really not too much interesting stuff going on right now. I think my BME project group is mad at me. Malkin hated our presentation Thursday, so we have to redo our design. I can see where he's coming from; we essentially just copied someone else's design and changed the packaging. I'm just annoyed that I spent 5 hours in Teer putting the world's largest circuit into the schematic editor for nothing. Zach sent out an email asking if we could meet today, but Ed had lacrosse and suggested Sunday instead. Well apparently that was far too late for Lori who wanted to spend all weekend on it. Over-eager engineers kill me. She sent out an email asking if we could meet last night instead, and after I responded saying that I absolutely couldn't because I had an exam, practice, and a concert I'd had tickets for for 3 months, she sent out an email saying that the rest of the group could meet without me if it wasn't my top priority. gah. chill the fuck out.

Keith Urban was worth it though. I went with a crowd of lovely senior rowing ladies, namely Tonia, Leah, and Emma Wallace. I felt like such a midget standing between Tonia and Emma, which at 5'11, doesn't happen to me often. We had a really good time, though. Keith is hot. I'm such sucker for accents. Maybe I'll move to Australia.

Practice this morning was miserable. I think there must be some sort of rule saying that we can't have a double practice unless it's freezing cold and raining. Actually today it didn't rain so much as snow. It was disgusting. And people wonder why I want to go back to Texas... I came home and hid indoors till we had to go pick Charla's brother up from the airport. He actually seems pretty cool. I don't know why, but I kind of expected him to be really nerdy. He's totally not though. Hopefully I'll get to hang out with him some this weekend, but as Char is never here even when she doesn't have someone to show around, it seems unlikely.
Okay, enough sitting in front of the computer. People keep calling me, and I think I've finally caved and decided to head out to kville with everyone else. Now if I could just decide who to wait in line with...
Quote of the day:

“Too many times we stand aside, and let water slip away
Till what we’ve put off till tomorrow, has now become today
So don’t you sit upon the shoreline, and say you’re satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids, and dare to dance the tide” –Garth Brooks “The River”