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Archive for October, 2007

The International Super Social

I’m addicted to International Socials. That’s right! I admitted it! And doing that is half the battle, right? Or maybe not, considering I get a kick out of going to these things. The tight rooms, the loud music (none of which I listen to in everyday life), the people who drink a little and revert to their native tongues so that I cannot understand a word they’re saying. I’m sure it has something to do with the fact that Justin Timberlake does not sing international-worthy music. This time, Justin just rings through the dark halls of the bar over and over and over and over again. Come on, guys. There are other songs to play, other hoppy beats out there. Play some of them for us.

The whole affair—the SuperSocial with the Superhero theme—was held at a place in downtown Richmond called Godfrey’s, a gay/drag joint in a dark part of town with a bunch of great characters working behind the bar. Okay, it probably wasn’t in a dark part of town but I have no directional skills so I couldn’t tell you even if I knew how to get there on my own. Anyway, the entire night played out fantastically. I went as McLovin from Superbad (it has super in the name so it works). The bar owners were so nice and the wall art (I am referring here to the large collages depicting all the drag stars on them) was so eye-catching I enjoyed standing there with a group of girls and smiling at how many of the men looked better than physically-real women.

Yes, I enjoyed every minute of it. Yes, I want to go back. Yes, I can’t wait until the next I-social because I can just have a great time surrounded by a huge group of friends. No weird stuff, no expectations. And this time all of my friends came with me!

Love and peace,

Jordan

Quote of the week:

“I can understand why the rest of the world might hate our country. We have a game in our country called Survivor. That’s a game in our country. We’ll pay you a million dollars for surviving 30 days in a place where people already live!” - Daniel Tosh, Completely Serious

Parents Weekend

Crisp Virginia Autumn touches me in the morning. I rise from my bed, in the dark, dress, in the dark, and leave when light is barely illuminating the edges of the Robins Center, which I can see from one of my windows. I walk across campus at a slow, sweet pace, carving a space through the air with my body, flowing to my internal soundtrack. Suspiciously, it incorporates a few James Taylor oldies and a few very slow, very modern jams. I eat breakfast with my favorite Rhode Island star—Stephanie, Crazy for short—and leave in time to do some reading before my 8:15 English class. Life’s more hectic now, the scheduled events are stacking up around me and Fall break (and midterms) are right around the corner. But there’s no reason not to take a few moments each day to experience the quiet of a sleeping campus, especially one as beautiful as the University of Richmond campus.

This weekend was Parents weekend and, yes, the campus was inundated with adults dressed in their Sunday best. So too, incidentally, were the students. And yours truly stuck out like a sore hippy. Hehe. Couldn’t help myself. And yes, I will be the one to crash a formal all-white dinner wearing bright red. It has nothing to do with attention and everything to do with my inability to do what I’m told is proper in social customs and traditions. I take responsibility for my randomness and I’m not sorry. Someone’s got to shake the world up in a harmless but agitating way.

Something else happened that was a little out of the ordinary this weekend. Someone dressed up the statue of Mr./Dr. (?) Robins that stands in the main quadrant on the Richmond side of campus in a football jersey, red pants made of some type of tissue paper, and a ball cap. Very interesting and the parents seemed to like it too. And apparently we won the football game, so YAY for us and YAY for dressed-up Robins.

Dr. Robins in crepe…

yes, this is a statue.