Prog Formal. And a Dead Rabbit.

*SQUEAL*

The horrible week-back-from-spring-break is finally over! And as soon as it ended, the weekend-of-ridiculousness began! It consisted of Prog Formal, which I will soon talk about.

Thursday, right after the Physio exam, I ran 3 miles. Then, we celebrated Malinda's birthday at The Corner Room, one of the restaurants on College Ave. We sauntered down College Ave, looking into stores for prog formal accessories. Later, we went to watch Milk which was playing at the HUB. Sean Penn totally deserved this year's Oscar for playing Harvey Milk.

On Friday, I woke up very rested, didn't go to class, and finished writing my paper for my Ethnomusicology. At about 4 PM, Ramya P, Ramya V, Shruthi, Moksha and I took a bus to the mall in order to prepare ourselves for the the events of the weekend. I didn't buy much, since I was mainly looking for a dress that could possibly surpass the one I already owned. I didn't find one. However, I did buy a top that would be wearing at the stop-light party that night. A stop-light is a party where people come dressed up in different colors: green means you are single, red means you are taken, and yellow means that "it's complicated". You could also wear pink, which means that you just feel like hooking up. Shruthi and I decided to wear pink, partly because we couldn't find any nice green clothes and partly because we thought it would be hilarious (all the DSI guys were going to wear pink, apparently).

After a very lengthy shopping trip, we hopped on the bus back to campus and went to the stop light party. It got really crowded after a while, so some of us went back to Stephens and chilled until we passed out.

The next morning, I got back to my own room and started the arduous process of straightening my hair. Because I have a lot of curly hair and because I like to do it thoroughly, it took about 2 hours. I headed over to Stephens to finish getting ready with Moksha, Arthi, Swetha, and Mausam who had all decided on much more complicated hairstyles. At about 5, I decided I couldn't wait any longer and got a ride to Ramada with Sharon and Peter, where all of the 2nd years had already arrived. The place was looking pretty snazzy with all of the decorations and people in nice clothes (for a change). We had dinner, followed by TIRAMISU and CANNOLI (!!!). Perhaps my favorite part of Prog Formal. The theme for our formal was Casino Royale.

Then, we all had one enormous photo session until everyone's faces started hurting from smiling too much. After that, we watched a funny video made by the second years.



Soon, it was time to either hit the dance floor or hit the tables. I was forced to hit the tables since I was dealing Texas Hold'em for a bunch of second year, high-rolling gamblers. By the time I was done with my shift, Jay and A-Bro had amassed large fortunes.


The rest of the night continued with poker, blackjack, and dancing. My legs were aching like CRAZY by the end of the night, especially from having to stand up and deal in heels. At 10:00, We cleaned up the place and went back to campus, where I quickly changed before the afterparty in Calder.

Needless to say, we were pooped by the end of everything. I surprised myself by waking up the next morning and going to Puja. On the way to Puja, I was almost attacked by a crow! Not really, but it was flying very close to me. Then, we saw where it was coming from: a disgusting mass of flesh on the road next to the parking deck. It wasn't roadkill because there were no tire marks on it, but it was clearly attacked and killed by something. At first, we thought it was a cat but then saw that there was green stuff (leaves, grass) spewing out of the intestines. Then, we saw its ears and determined that it used to be a rabbit. By the time we came back from Puja, the crows had devoured most of it, though I still got a picture. I know you don't really want to see it, but here:


By the way, if you enjoyed the Twinkle Twinkle Desi Style video from YouTube, you will certainly enjoy this: