When Life Gives you Footballs, Punt Away!

If you’re trying to grab a TV somewhere, anywhere on campus tonight, good luck with the search. Here, Batesies are big on football (the biggest turnout is at this sport, when literally the majority of the town literally camp out and set up tent to watch our teams play).

I’m more of a baseball fan (I won’t mention which team, since I may get in trouble for it), but even back home,  it’s  been a tradition to watch the Superbowl with friends around a few beers and chips n’ dip. And of course, the highlights are always those ingenious moments of spontaneous hilarity. Here’s one of my many, many favorites:

Curiously enough, I discovered that this rivalry all started between the AFL and the NFL to show who reigned supreme. And so they decided to wage war- how? Through two armies of football teams jostling for Middle-Earth. Somehow the concept stuck like Thanksgiving, where every year Americans get together to spar it out- although this time not with our stomachs, but through the “macho” within us.

For those wondering, the Superbowl starts tonight at 6:30 ET on FOX. Because like millions of others who don’t usually follow football, I googled this as well- ironically a few minutes before stumbling upon this article.

In conclusion, brace yourselves for any bloodcurdling “300“-sounding yells tonight.

Don’t Waste New Precious Time; We’ll Dance Inside…

this song..because

there hasn’t been a dull beat or a dance concert I’ve missed here at Bates. This Parents Weekend, I thought I’d be the third wheel along for the ride. Instead, the day proved me entirely wrong. I had initially decided to spend this time staying in, seeing as I was an orphan for the weekend. And yet again, I found myself drifting with the current of parents who temporarily adopted me as one of their own.

The highlight was most definitely the Parents Weekend Dance Concert. A parent courteously allowed me to skip him in line while anxiously awaiting to enter the theater; apparently he had overheard my excitement for the impending student and resident artist-choreographed performances of a variety of genres- step, modern, jazz, hip hop, ballroom, and Bollywood.  Here are a few clips:

After, the throng of bobcats swayed me to catch the football game on the newly renovated Garcelon Field.Unfortunately, I left before they lost to Williams- heading over to the Bates College Chapel for Navratri, a Hindu holiday, to practice some Buddhist meditation and chanting.

Needless to say, it was the longest study break that I’ve taken. I wouldn’t generally categorize myself as a procrastinator, but I’d have to say I’m glad I threw the rulebook out the window today. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have run into acquaintances and professors I haven’t seen lately, friendly strangers, or even my custodian freshman year (who still remembers my name!) I’m reminded that I will never be alone  or even homesick- because this is where I belong.