Asgard

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!

I’m Not Letting You Down

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