Broomball

— March 8, 2010

Wow. It’s been a while. How does one go about writing a blog post again? I feel like I should lure you all (the two people that might be reading this, kudos to you) in with pretty pictures or something, but sadly, I have none. That will change, though, after spring break when I’m reunited with my camera. We’ll totally be faithful to each other and never leave each other’s side after the reunion.

Anyway. College, as you all know, is chock full of new experiences. One of those new experiences was broomball for me (and it should be for you, too!). It happened two days ago. A friend of mine invited me to a broomball tournament that was happening through her church, and I went and had a BLAST. I’ve always loved floor hockey (not so much field hockey and ice hockey — the ball doesn’t move on grass, and my skating skills are mediocre at best), and broomball is basically floor hockey on ice. Or ice hockey without the skates.

I mistakenly thought the ice would be far more slippery at first, so that people would be falling left and right and all over the place, but the ice was pretty rough, so it wasn’t like we couldn’t even move two feet for fear of falling. Most people still fell at least once, though, including me. I have small-ish blue bruises on both knees (why did I just write “news”?) and a giant one that’s still red on my right knee to show for it. Totally worth it, if you ask me.

Bottom line: Broomball — you should try it. Blogging — I will get back into the swing of things. Soonish.

The REAL new Facebook layout

— February 8, 2010

It’s whiteboard themed and exists on my door:

Yes, my floormates are just that cool. I love them.

I don’t really love how much Facebook has permeated everyone’s lives.

Snow sculptures

— February 6, 2010

Last Saturday, I saw life-size snow and ice sculptures for the first time at “Snow Days in Chicago.” It obviously wasn’t a life-altering event, but it was a “first” nevertheless, no matter how mundane:

This one was my favorite, but it wasn’t in the sculpture contest — it was sponsored by Cuties Clementines, which are only the best things ever.

These two tied for my second favorite. The “Bug’s Life” one looks better, but I’ve always liked clocks and time symbolism.

Chi-town!

After seeing all the sculptures, my friends and I watched part of an amateur snowboarding contest (one snowboarder wiped out every time because he needed to pull up his pants — they were down to his knees! I would’ve probably sympathized with him more if he weren’t practically mooning us), ate Cuties (!!), and then headed over to chat at an Italian café. They didn’t have tiramisu, which was highly upsetting.

The night before, all the fraternities came to the sorority quad on campus for serenading (they sang to us and handed out roses, and we sang back), followed by eating and dancing the night away (each sorority was paired up with a frat). If any of you were wondering, I’m going to go through with initiation and officially join my sorority. Last night we had a retreat/sleepover, which made me further realize how much I love those girls.

So other than that, I’ve been going to classes, working, sleeping, shoveling food into my mouth, etc.

P.S. Doppelgänger week on Facebook is annoying! Half the people who change their profile pictures don’t look anything like the celebrity they think they look like. And I don’t have a doppelgänger, sadly. MyHeritage told me my best match was Gabrielle Union. She’s black. I’m Asian. Does anyone else see the problem here?