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| jburt1 (profile) wrote, on 8-29-2004 at 3:17am | |
| Current mood: drunk Music: something ordinary "more than alive" Subject: high on life |
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| When I think back on it, I don't know how in the world tonight came together. It was the craziest night so far. I guess it started with Megan's idea to go down to Grant Park (by the Loop) and listen to some free music at the Latin Music Festival. After going with Theresa and Sara to to the bookstore (by the way, my math book for precalc cost $150!) I went back to my dorm to take a nap. Kenesha woke me up by the way! haha. Anyways, I was bored and didn't know what to do so I decided to head over to CFU and see if anything was going, possibily paruse all the free literature. You know, the stop light at Sheridan and Winthrop is the perfect spot to meet people. I just started talking to this kid named Keith. He's on my floor in room 232. He was in the same boat with being bored and heading over to CFU. No one was there, so we headed back to Simpson because before we left, I saw some kids hanging out in the lounge. It was a whole bunch of random kids from all over campus, eating lunch in our lounge. It was fun to hang out with them, but nothing too exciting. Then, Sara called me wanting to come socialize in our lounge, so Keith and I checked her, theresa, and megan into our dorm (You can only check in two people at a time). We told everyone about the latin festival, and keith, his roomate ryan, me, and the three girls headed to dinner. I don't know what it is, but we all just clicked. I mean, I could see people opening up from their normally reserved selves right in front of my eyes. By the time we were done with dinner it was time to head downtown. By that time, we picked up a LOT more people and got on the el. It was about 40 mins to the loop. Fortuneately, ryan knows his way all around chicago, so he got us there. I got to see Milenium Park for the first time. Man is that sweet! One of the attractions is this giant tv screen with a persons face, and actual water is protruding from their lips. Really cool. We also wandered over to Buckingham Fountain. Pretty nice all lit up at night. Finally, the festival. Speak about culture! All of us learned to salsa dance fairly well, and then we saw a bunch more people from Loyola. When we finally let, we were fortunate enough to catch the BEST TRAIN EVER! There were a bunch of theater-type students from Rosevelt University singing...and they asked us for requests. I said "Where is the Love" by Black Eyed Peas just because that sounds awesome harmonized, but they didn't know that one!? Instead, they sang "Seasons of Love" from Rent, and those of us that knew it joined in. For a good 20-30 minutes all we did was sing. It was the best ride ever. When we got back to campus, we checked out this "Carnival," which had stuff like bungee racing, pictures on this giant red chair, frisbee tye-dying, and that jousting type game. There was a band playing, and they were good, but not as good as SOMETHING ORDINARY! We left to get pizza at Zips (bottom floor of the student union) and they were playing. They rock! And some of us are going to watch them before next friday for only $3. Plus, I got a free CD! Finally, some cool local music...YES! Also at Zips, I bumped into this girl Kelly who's majoring in theater. She noticed my shirt and said that she was in anything goes. She told me I should go to Mundelein and sign up for auditions, but I think I'll wait until winter semester if I do theater at all. But after zips, the gang went to halas field and played ultimate frisbee. My team lost significantly (2 to 10), but it was a great, sweaty time. By the end, my team was getting really good. Around 1:40am we called it quits and went back to our dorms. I feel kinda bad because I may have woke up my roomate when I walked in. Plus, it's really strange because I keep on getting him confused for this other guy on my floor. I hate to sound like I'm in a clique. Hopefully, we're just a bunch of friends. It's unusal how well we all bonded tonight, but here's everyone in the "gang": 1) Theresa - the hot, popular girl 2) Sara - the smart rock chick 3) Ahpo - the thai buddhist 4) Megan - the hyperactive, yet nicest person ever...we nicknamed her "yearbook" 5) Laura - the fun-loving girl? Don't know her too well yet. 6) Keith - the tall, goofy kid, but really nice 7) Mike - aka Tex, the southern charmer 8) Kyle - the american idol look-alike. 9) Ryan - the kid who knows chicago and is open to new experiences. 10) Me - the one who can't stop laughing because this is the best group ever. We've already got plans for all of us to meet up for dinner tomorrow. I guess we'll see where the year goes, but tonight may have been the single best night of my life ever. |
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