FOCUS and other pre-orientation/orientation stories
ahh... I finally get a chance to write about the great week I had... I've decided I'm not posting on this blog for the sole purpose of informing other people about my life, but more as a record of the great times that I've had. with that said, on with the stories...
Freshman Orientation Community Serivce was absolutely great/awsome/magnificent/etc. etc... I've decided that our group (environment) was the best trip this year, we are just so damn "chill" (heheh, like my new slang?) anyways, we arrived at Tufts on thursday (the 21st) and got to meet all of the FOCUSers and play ice breakers and what not. Haha, some of the icebreakers were "hella" fun... bear hug is an awsome game by the way, I reccomend that you should all play it sometime if you get the chance. After dinner and whatnot, we went into the gym to sleep for the night. All of a sudden we see our leaders running to the gym doors and opening them, the next thing I see is a mass of naked flesh!!! Apparently its tradition for the support-staff of the Wilderness Pre-Orientation Program to streak the FOCUSers on the first night... it was soooo crazzzyyyy... and since our group was sitting right in front of the gym doors, we got the most exposure time. Hahaha, it was all good though. The next morning we woke up and what not and set off for our first work place by foot (we walked and took the T everywhere). For the first two days we worked by the Charles River clearing away brush and other invasive species. It sounds sorta boring, but me and Julie had a great time trying to tear down some of the vines on the trees... hehe, and also kyle and his weedwacker. The second day with the Charles River Conservancy was really fun. We were clearing brush away by a part of the river where there was this canoe/kayak livery, and they guy gave all of us free sodas and free rentals! Apparently he had been wanting to clear away the plant-life by the banks of the river for a long time now, and just hadn't gotten the chance to do it, so he gave us free stuff as a token of his appreciation! How awsome is that? Our third day was our DIB (or day in Boston). Basically, we didn't have to do work and spent the entire day meandering around the city, learning the lay out and just relaxing. It was really good times all around... Between the wading pool (enough with the food coloring already), the great italian pastry, and the yummy vietnamese dinner, it was a great day. The last two days we spent doing beach clean up with the Boston Harbor Conservancy. It sounds sorta hard, but it really wasn't. We only did two hours of work each day, so we get to spend the rest of the day bumming around the beach or other places.
at the rate this is going, I'll never be finished or get to everything, so I'll just write little bits 'o information...
Mike while playing psychiatrist: yeahhh, I like people that have two legs... and are female... oh yeah! and are pretty in the face!
Kyle and all his weird slang like hella, chill, and crunchy.
The flying bunny!!!
All of our late night laughing fits.
defrosting eggs for banana bread with Jenn's hair dryer... ewwww...
T-surfing with Megs and playing sexual fantasy on the T (haha, everyone was looking at us.. it was so embarrasing/funny)