The Agrinautica

   This past weekend Kristy came up to visit.

   On Friday we attended the Phi Alpha Delta formal, which was held in the Veteren's Memorial.
   Those of us who intended to drink each donated $10 with which officers acquired alcohol which they made available at the event to those who had paid. Though Kristy & I had each donated $10, we brought our own higher quality alcohols in flasks to be assured a certain quality. But then Social Chair Tessie Cross told us that we were not allowed bring our own alcohol. However, I don't see how the alcohol we brought was any different from the alcohol THEY brought. Such a rule makes sense when a catering service is providing food/beverages and expects to be held liable for any results of consumption/embibement at a given event, but in this case everything was provided by members. On any account, as we had just finished our own alcohol supply the situation was moot.
   Anyway, Kristy & I had a pleasant banquet experience and I was pleased to introduce her to the numberous new pledglings whom had not met her yet. Kirill, whom I've rather adopted in lieu of the early disappearance of the pledglinig I was assigned as a little sib, got me a flask as a present, saying I seemed like a flask kind of guy. (=
   Towards the very end of banquet I was holding an empty alcohol container that was shaped like a globus cruciger, which I thought was rather novel, and its donator, Alvin, had said I could have. Social Chair Tessie Cross approached me and took it from me, explaining presumably "you cannot have that because _____" but none of the people I was standing with could understand what she said due to ambient noise. We just shrugged and let her make off with it. Shortly thereafter Tessie departed the event leaving the globus on a table with some other discarded trash, so I reacquired it.
   The traditional Pledge Party took place after the banquet starting at midnight -- as scheduling it the following day would have conflicted with the CoHo Formal, apparently. It consisted primarily of people standing around awkwardly for a little while and then dispersing. Many went to IHOP, where they had more fun.

   The next evening (Saturday), after various fun Davis-related adventures (such as Farmer's Market) we ended up at the Foyerhouse. What had begun as simply a plan for some of Kristy's close friends to all hang out with her on Saturday had escalated first to a facebook-event titled "Worship the Greatness of Kristy" (title not approved by Kristy) and then a semi-formal event when Kristy decided she wanted to wear her dress again. I wore my polka-dot tie, and Olivia also wore a dress. Britta & Julie came dressed as a devil & gangster, respectively, which I thought was awesomely random.
   I made some Glögg I had decided to randomly pick up at Cost Plus earlier and everyone loved it.

   Otherwise.. we just had a lot of pleasant adventures and it was quite fun.


Pictures
   Camera hasn't been working for some time now so no pictures )=


Graduation Party
   I'll be having a graduation party on the evening of the 16th, at the Foyerhouse. You are probably invited.

   Internet's been down for three days. SBC said the entire area was down, but ThickAir, whom we get internet directly from (through SBC lines) said that it should be working, but I wasn't showing up on their network. Technician said he'd reset the network and it should be up in twenty minutes. That was two days ago. Situation hasn't improved, and the technician hasn't answered or returned my calls since.
   So in order to go online I have to go into the freezing study lounge. Now, temperature was pushing 98 outside today, and everyone was complaining about it, but in here, I had to go get a coat. d=

   Anyway, today is my birthday (No one would know if it weren't for Facebook. I'm not really doing anything special, though Kristy & I might go to Rock It this evening.
   On Friday, for my birthday, Kristy made me a fancy dinner that consisted of, among other things, gnocchi (which is one of my favourite things ever), and for dessert delicious nutella pizza (pictures coming soon). She also got me some real port (I've only had $5.99 port before (= )
   My actual birthday started at 12:00 last night with Kristy calling me while I was hanging out at a campfire at Lake Berryessa with Jenn Smyrnos & Nicole Farazian, two very awesome people.

   Saturday was an official-unofficlal* Φ A Δ retreat at Lake Berryessa. It was fun. It was attended by Tessie Cross, Alex Estrada, Gena Rinaldi, Jenn, Nicole, and myself.
   Now Lake Berryessa is about half an hour away, and, it turns out, directly on our own Russel Boulevard.
   Russel, the main thoroughfare of the city of Davis: leaves town to the west; becomes a small squiggle of a road between farms; becomes a main thoroughfare in nearby Winters; becomes Highway 128; and goes right past Lake Berryessa.

* I'd like to go on the record that I think the "official-unofficial" categorization of events is dumb. Its not against our rules to have alcohol at events, so thats not a problem. Theoretically it has been argued that this categorization releases the fraternity of some liability -- I don't really buy that though, if something did come up I doubt any court would be impressed by the officially-unofficial nature of things. Really its primary effect is to violate the spirit of Φ A Δ bylaws, by explicitly reserving the right to violate Φ A Δ bylaws.

Picture of the Day

The Social Sciences Building
AKA The Death Star