May 02, 2005
Founder's Day 2005
well, my last founder's day as a vassar student certainly was different and memorable. a sizeable chunk of the student body religiously check the weather forecast in the days leading up to saturday and it became increasingly clear that we were in for a wet day. now, for people unfamiliar with founder's day, it usually involves a horde of people sprawled on blankets all over sunset hill, imbibing various and sundy beverages and substances and participating in lots of wonderful events geared equally towards little kids and drunk college students. think bouncy castles. sooo... what would a rainy founder's day be?
it turned out quite well. we started the day with a wonderful mimosa-brunch. i had gotten to go into full caterer-mode in preparation of this and was enjoying myself immensly. after consuming a lot of yummy food (baked challah french toast, scrambled eggs, fresh biscuits, prosciutto e melone, a large fruit platter, cinnamon streusel cake, coffee cake, coffee and of course mimosas!) we armed ourselves to head up to the field. it hadn't started raining yet, and from our lovely perch atop the path we had seen a fair amount of people heading towards the festivities.
while the rain had scared some of the entertainment inside, we were extremely pleased to discover that this year brought not only a bouncy castle, but also an inflatable obstacle course and a jousting thingie (think large q-tips). weeeeeee!!!!! anyways, the rest of the day was wonderful. eventually the rain did start, but it was warm enough and we were drunk enough that it didn't really matter. jen and i had a blast dancing in the mud in front of the stage and i saw lots of fabulous people (and a few i could have done without). i got to swing dance in the mud, which was truly an interesting experience. and jen and i did our drunken honors to abby's jazz moves : ) tired and caked in mud, we returned to our sleeping comerades and spent a few hours slouched on the couch munching and then headed out for barefoot monkeys and fireworks. oh how easily we are entertained!!
the evening rounded off with more munchies and part of Star Wars Episode 6.
i *heart* our campus. i love my friends. i love founder's day. i will miss it dearly. if anyone ever wants to fly me back from norway for it, i will be forever grateful ;)
Posted by lara at May 2, 2005 07:57 PM
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picture link is broke dude ;)
Posted by: xxdesmus at May 5, 2005 11:26 AM
