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July 25, 2005
10 Ugly Men
***NOTE: Pictures have been posted for 10 Ugly Men****
So this weekend was CRAZYYYYY!!! Friday night, Seymen and I decided to take it slow in preperation for Saturday morning. We went with the guys and Maki to Shiki for dinner, and then rented two movies from Blockbuster (Million Doller Baby, and Hitch). We were both beat and feeling a little sick, so we ended up just crashing and not even watching the movies.
Saturday morning I woke up BRIGHT and EARLY! Sooooooo excited for 10 Ugly Men. Seymen was a little slower to wake up, but we finally got up and at 'em. Nate arrived and we headed to Jena's for Bagels and Coffee. We were running a bit late, so we had to eat really fast and run. We made it to the parking lot OK, and as we made our way to the volunteer tent, we were able to pick up more and more people from our group. After a LOT of confusion, we finally registered and headed to our station. We were assigned to the food tent. Somehow, Jena, Cathy, AnG and I thought it would be fun to volunteer for the HARDEST job ;-). We ended up being Servers...Where we took people's orders and ran and got them their meat. Everyone else seemed to have the right idea when they picked their jobs (greeters and security). ALl they had to do was move people into the correct line, stand together and drink beer ;-) But it worked out. I actually had the most fun being a server, running around like a chicken with my head cut off. We met a ton of people and formed this strange bond with the other servers. By the end of the day, we (I) were hugging anyone in sight. Screaming at the top of our lungs and drinking FREE beer!! It was an absolutely BEAUTIFUL day too! It was so warm, and sunny...Poor AnG got stuck behind the burger grill so she had a mouth full of smoke all day. But we all got really into our jobs. By the time our shift was over (at 1:00PM) we tried to relax and take a break...but I think we were still pumped, so Jena and I jumped in again and helped out until 4PM. AnG and Cathy re-appeared at one point, and then suddenly Nate had joined in as well! It was great :-) I saw a bunch of people from Irondequoit, and from LMNK. Seymen had his own fun with his friends on the sidelines. They would come over periodically to refill my beer or take candid shots ;-)
By the time we left, around 5 we were all BEAT. Oh yeah, and pretty intoxicated too. Nate was our DD. He didn't drink so he was able to drive us home in Seymens car. Goood thing he left his truck at our apartment, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to get home! Once home, we both felt like JUNK. After a shower, we decided that the best thing for us would be GREASY pizza hut pizza. Jena called after her power nap, but was too tired to come over and eat our pizza...so she order one at her place and we "ate together". Well actually, I ate mine first and passed out before hers arrived...but same difference right? :-)
So, that was pretty much it. I laid in bed all night and woke up at like 9AM feeling like a BRAND new person! My english class was cancelled for the day at the last minute, so Seymen and I tackeled the laundry room and started cleaning out the old. We threw away about 3 boxes of stuff! Which was excellent progress. Ryan showed up later in the day and moved most of his furniture out. Afterwards, we headed over to his new house to check it out. (I can't believe he bought a house. It's WEIRD that our friends are old enough to do that!! So strange:-). Anyway, we then tried to resume our usual Sunday night schedule with dinner at mom's.
So that's about it! Now it's back to the grind. Tonight we're going to the red wings baseball game! So that should be fun and exciting! I can't wait to eat peanuts and cotton candy...and bang those noise makers :-) That's my favorite part! (Because honestly, I don't really like baseball...It's kind of BORING to me)
Posted by beth at July 25, 2005 09:54 AM