Friday, December 16, 2005
I'll get the presents; go take off all your clothes
Here are the reasons why Albion is the best house.
1. Dinner every night
Albion house knew who was making and cleaning up after dinner for the entire semester within the first week. And we did it, too. Albion House was the unrecognized gourmet establishment at Williams-Mystic. Some houses had really gourmet food sometimes and not so good food most of the time. But we had solidly good food all the time.
2. Food on Sale
If it was on sale and we would eat it, Valerie bought it. Some examples follow. This also led to (4) below.
Klondike Bars
We had perhaps 60 Klondike bars over the course of the semester, because sometimes they were on sale. We had regular, dark chocolate, crunch, and peppermint patty-inspired, and we had them a lot of the time. There is a malicious rumor circulating, which I propogated after I deduced it by subtraction, that Valerie once consumed seven Klondike bars in two days.
Grapefruit
Bags of grapefruit were two for one, so we got four. Two weeks before the end of the semester, we had 31 new grapefruit in the recycling room. Valerie and Ashley love grapefruit, but they just couldn't quite keep up with the magnitude of the task. But we ate a lot of grapefruit in the last couple of weeks.
3. Iambic Pentameter with Sexual Innuendo on the Refrigerator:
And I quote:
4. Grocery Fantasies
Some houses with leftover money would be more likely to say, "great, we have all this money left over, let's go out to dinner every night." Not so with Albion House. "Great, we have all this extra money, let's go get awesome groceries!" So we made a grocery fantasy list. I got fresh blueberries, sushi, and Cracklin Oat Bran. We had six pints of Ben & Jerry's and one of Godiva in the freezer. We had brie and crusty French bread whenever we wanted it. Basically, it was like fantasy land, and everyone else wanted to be us.
5. Mary
We had the best advisor, because we had Mary. Mary made the whole program run smoothly. Plus, she came over to lunch and dinner and she thought our food was excellent. She is taking tap dancing lessons, which further cements her reputation as the best advisor. Also, we got her a top hat, a boa, and a cane to further her career as a tap dancer, which further cements our reputation as the best house ever.
1. Dinner every night
Albion house knew who was making and cleaning up after dinner for the entire semester within the first week. And we did it, too. Albion House was the unrecognized gourmet establishment at Williams-Mystic. Some houses had really gourmet food sometimes and not so good food most of the time. But we had solidly good food all the time.
2. Food on Sale
If it was on sale and we would eat it, Valerie bought it. Some examples follow. This also led to (4) below.
Klondike Bars
We had perhaps 60 Klondike bars over the course of the semester, because sometimes they were on sale. We had regular, dark chocolate, crunch, and peppermint patty-inspired, and we had them a lot of the time. There is a malicious rumor circulating, which I propogated after I deduced it by subtraction, that Valerie once consumed seven Klondike bars in two days.
Grapefruit
Bags of grapefruit were two for one, so we got four. Two weeks before the end of the semester, we had 31 new grapefruit in the recycling room. Valerie and Ashley love grapefruit, but they just couldn't quite keep up with the magnitude of the task. But we ate a lot of grapefruit in the last couple of weeks.
3. Iambic Pentameter with Sexual Innuendo on the Refrigerator:
And I quote:
Hadst I my lady yielding wickedlyThis poem is by Ariel and Andrew. It's Hilary's Shakespeare-inspired magnets, and it's our refrigerator.
I'd make full haste lest soon she idle be
But could my saucy tale know wanton grace
If his drunk lordship warrant yonder dream
Like merry codpiece wilt he give me hence
And please her vulgar bosom slander'd here
& ere thine farwell vow you speaketh
The loathsome night comes hither to torment
And lazy winter will besmirch death
4. Grocery Fantasies
Some houses with leftover money would be more likely to say, "great, we have all this money left over, let's go out to dinner every night." Not so with Albion House. "Great, we have all this extra money, let's go get awesome groceries!" So we made a grocery fantasy list. I got fresh blueberries, sushi, and Cracklin Oat Bran. We had six pints of Ben & Jerry's and one of Godiva in the freezer. We had brie and crusty French bread whenever we wanted it. Basically, it was like fantasy land, and everyone else wanted to be us.
5. Mary
We had the best advisor, because we had Mary. Mary made the whole program run smoothly. Plus, she came over to lunch and dinner and she thought our food was excellent. She is taking tap dancing lessons, which further cements her reputation as the best advisor. Also, we got her a top hat, a boa, and a cane to further her career as a tap dancer, which further cements our reputation as the best house ever.
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Minnesota & Set
Anders and Kasia made this Minnesota Heritage Night last night. They made lots of lovely food, including Hot Dish, Orange, Green, and Red. There were also potatoes with cheese and Special K bars. Here is a picture of Ellie, Abby, me, Christine, potatoes with cheese, Red, and Hot Dish:
Then Valerie and I played the WORST GAME OF SET EVER.
Actually, we played a few good games of Set first. Valerie actually got more sets than me. That has not happened since I was maybe 10. But sometimes I got more sets than her, too. You know how when you play Set, you look and you see a set, so you pick it up, and then put more cards down, and the next person sees a set so they pick it up, etc.? This DID NOT HAPPEN in the worst game of set ever. There just weren't any sets. So we'd sit there and try to prove that indeed, there weren't any sets, and after a few minutes either one of us would find one, or we'd put down one more card. It took forever. It was so annoying. After that, we had to stop.
But at least Valerie was willing to play with me. Usually people refuse to play Set with me. But now I have downloaded Set onto my computer, which is quite possibly the WORST IDEA EVER. I can beat the Expert setting handily, but the Pro setting beats me. Fortunately it is only in one color, so that it's not that fun to play. Otherwise I would probably play it all day. Maybe over Winter Study I will program Set on my own so that I don't have to pay $19.95 for the version with all three colors. Does this make sense? Spend hours upon hours programming Set when it only costs $19.95? Or better yet, bring your cards to school?
Yes, it makes perfect sense, because I welcome a challenge. We shall see how that goes.
Monday: 15-page history paper due.
Tuesday: Oceanography or Ecology exam
Wednesday: History and English exams
Thursday: Field Day (clean house day) and closing dinner
Friday: Some of us depart, others don't, still others depart and then come back
Now you know.
Yesterday I went running in shorts. More people than ever before told me I was either brave or crazy. I think it was less about the shorts and more about the ice. It was about 29 degrees out and sunny, so it was not bad at all. On my way back I went to the toy store and CVS and bought Christmas presents. In the afternoon I wrapped them. Here they are:
Yup, Santa Claus is definitely coming to town.
Then Valerie and I played the WORST GAME OF SET EVER.
Actually, we played a few good games of Set first. Valerie actually got more sets than me. That has not happened since I was maybe 10. But sometimes I got more sets than her, too. You know how when you play Set, you look and you see a set, so you pick it up, and then put more cards down, and the next person sees a set so they pick it up, etc.? This DID NOT HAPPEN in the worst game of set ever. There just weren't any sets. So we'd sit there and try to prove that indeed, there weren't any sets, and after a few minutes either one of us would find one, or we'd put down one more card. It took forever. It was so annoying. After that, we had to stop.
But at least Valerie was willing to play with me. Usually people refuse to play Set with me. But now I have downloaded Set onto my computer, which is quite possibly the WORST IDEA EVER. I can beat the Expert setting handily, but the Pro setting beats me. Fortunately it is only in one color, so that it's not that fun to play. Otherwise I would probably play it all day. Maybe over Winter Study I will program Set on my own so that I don't have to pay $19.95 for the version with all three colors. Does this make sense? Spend hours upon hours programming Set when it only costs $19.95? Or better yet, bring your cards to school?
Yes, it makes perfect sense, because I welcome a challenge. We shall see how that goes.
Monday: 15-page history paper due.
Tuesday: Oceanography or Ecology exam
Wednesday: History and English exams
Thursday: Field Day (clean house day) and closing dinner
Friday: Some of us depart, others don't, still others depart and then come back
Now you know.
Yesterday I went running in shorts. More people than ever before told me I was either brave or crazy. I think it was less about the shorts and more about the ice. It was about 29 degrees out and sunny, so it was not bad at all. On my way back I went to the toy store and CVS and bought Christmas presents. In the afternoon I wrapped them. Here they are:
Yup, Santa Claus is definitely coming to town.
