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.