3 December 2008 | Jason
So I never did finish my paper until morning, so I had no time to write any Thanksgiving break posts. This still isn’t it. So last night, we went to Asgard for trivia night. Mark, Andrew, Zac, Ana, and I gathered and headed to the lobby to meet Conner2 for our IFAF(interfloor activities fund). When everyone was there, we headed out to Mass Ave toward Central Square towards Asgard. As we walked, Snively was talking about shooting and what he would do if someone broke into his house. (Beware all) We made it to the Irish restaurant and sat down in the corner. We ordered our food and waited until 9 for the trivia to begin.
“What river runs through the Grand Canyon?” The Colorado, of course! Yes. Easy questions. This is going to be fun. I sure was wrong about the easy questions. They got hard, weird, and obscure. They were also hard to hear. In the entire restaurant, there was only one speaker, and we were around a corner from the speaker. Lots of people were talking also so we couldn’t hear over them. With these problems, we were getting tired of trivia and left halfway through. We didn’t want to struggle through another hour so we headed home. Free food is always good and delicious.
When you’re trying to do a trivia thing with people reading the questions in a loud restaurant, make sure everyone who’s trying to play can hear. Add more speakers!
25 November 2008 | Jason
Sunday, I wake up at 1:40 and immediately call Sarah. It is our responsibility to supply dinner with drinks, so we head out to Shaw’s to get some. We head down the aisles looking for the drinks. We find the soda aisle and try to decide what everyone would like. I see some large 3 liter bottles that are a dollar a piece. Yay, cheap drinks. Only problem is that all the drinks shouldn’t be be carbonated. We keep looking around for more drinks and find some apple juice and orange juice. Sarah very much wants apple cider instead of apple juice, so we continue searching. It takes us a while, but we eventually some. Ultimately, I think we got about 8 gallons of drinks. A little bit much.
Holiday dinner begins at 5 in the conference room. I visit Caroline to see what she is making for dinner and find her making cheese stuffed croissant things. She is excited because it is her first cooking experience and she is already experimenting. They all quickly cook and we try some. We sample them and they are quite good. At 5, we start bringing the food down to the conference room and set up the room for everyone. Kristina and I carry tables from Porter Room to try to make room. The food all looks delicious.
Mark is elected to cut the turkey and begins to hack away. There is so much food on the table I don’t know where to start. The first thing my fork makes it into is the glazed ham sitting in front of me. Everything was quite delicious. I eat so much that I feel full, and I keep eating. Food is still on my plate before I can’t fit anything else into my stomach. Everyone seems to have finished so Kristina announced the superlatives. I won three: most like a potato, most likely to be asleep in the lounge, and least likely to go skydiving.
When everyone on the floor cooks a dish, there will never be a lack of food to eat. So much food too many times will make you fat.
20 November 2008 | Jason
After an enjoyable nap, I wake up in time for my IM sport this time. Zach comes over to my room just as I am putting on my shoes. We head down to the gym and the pistol range and find Jeff there waiting for us. After preparing the targets, they let us in to shoot. I get the gun and set out the pellets I am about to shoot. It takes me more than a few times to fully understand how to charge the gun and load the pellet, but I do it eventually. I take a good number of practice shots to get a feel for the gun, and I begin shooting the targets. The first two targets I am still fumbling with the gun a bit, but eventually get the hang of it. By the last few shots, my arm is tired and shaking. Holding three pounds with an extended arm for forty minutes gets tiring. I finish shooting and leave to get scored. I finish with a total of 174-2x of 30 shots targets. I got two bullseyes at least!
I go to Anna’s to get a burrito for dinner, and in line, I receive a text. It’s Najah. She’s asking if I’m going to go to the carnival. I had completely forgotten about that! I finish getting my burrito and walk to Johnson. I find a Cathy on the phone as I walk, and we go to the 2012 carnival together. We make it there and find Omar getting some cotton candy. The cotton candy is a nice sugary purple.
In the actual gym, we find lots of inflatable bouncy things like human foosball and slides, but not that many people.
Disappointingly we leave. Cathy has her pistol session soon after so I walk with her to the range. She goes and gets ready to shoot and I head home after a good distraction from my 18.01 studying.
Luckily I had my camera this time to take some pictures. Camera is a necessity at all times. Also is learning how the gun works before shooting.
20 November 2008 | Jason
It was Monday when Johnathan announced to the conner5 mailing list that the new shirts were in. A simple blue shirt with the C5 logo on the front. On the back, each person’s dinosaur name. Mine is Nqwebasaurus (n(click)kwe.ba.sau.rus)and a jersey number, 96.
On Tuesday, we had an IM hockey game against BTB (Burton Third Bombers). Everyone was looking forward to the game including yours truly. After classes on Tuesday, I thought I’d take a nap and be well rested for the game. I went to sleep at around 4, and didn’t wake up until I received a text message asking for help on the Mastering Physics. This was at 11:30. The game was at 9. I overslept! This was very disappointing and I missed out on an opportunity to use my camera to share with you all.
Make sure to be well rested well before anything important, not just immediately before. Sleep can bite you on the ass.
16 November 2008 | Jason
I wake up at 12:40 and realize, I need to get dressed and get down to the lobby. I hurry to brush my teeth and change. Oh no, it’s raining outside, I need an umbrella. I should probably get shorts. A drink would be good to bring. I need a bag to hold all this. I scramble to gather everything I need; I only forget one important thing: my camera.
At 1:00 we all met in the Burton-Conner lobby. All of us except for maybe two are freshmen. We walk all the way to the Kendall T stop and Itaru is surprised. “Never have I been in a group larger than like three where everyone had a CharlieCard.” All of us climb on the Red Line and change at Park St. to change to the Orange Line where we get off at the Wellington stop so Itaru can call the people to ask for a shuttle. We wait there for probably a good 20 minutes before Itaru calls again only to find out we missed the van. We wait another few minutes and a green minivan pulls up. We clamber into the van. It’s 10 of us plus two more people and the driver trying to fit into a 7 passenger van. No need to say it was a tight squeeze. We finally make it to Read More
15 November 2008 | Jason
I finish my refresher on how to belay in the floor lounge and search for something to do. Then Mark comes around and asks me if I’m doing anything. I question why, but go along. We head down to the second floor to grab a box from Jeremy’s room. The Settlers of Catan. I always wanted to learn how to play the game, but never had the chance, until now.
We venture back up to the fifth floor and set up the game. Itaru gives me a quick lesson on how to play and we begin. Other people from the floor watch us for a bit and Kristina even asks if there were animals other than sheep. We didn’t hear her and continue playing. Jeremy, Mark, and I plot how to defeat Itaru who takes a quick lead but who ultimately ends up winning the game. I enjoyed playing.
Know what I took from this? Do Not trust random new people who will use you to try and win the game.