Queer Prom and Basketball
Man, I had a great time last weekend. I did no work whatsoever of course, but carpe diem, tempus fugit blah blah nevermind. On the Friday afternoon I went to a random screening of Saved! in the Physics building and then realised it was run by the Reed Interfaith Council. We had a discussion about the religious issues of Saved! and they took all our names and sneakily put them on the Interfaith Council mailing list. Friday evening was a wine-tasting evening- Beaujolais- run by the French House. Upon arriving at the SU, I promptly ditched my under-21 friends and proceeded to drink an awful lot of wine, all evening. There was a particularly piquant Cabernet Sauvignon, but I was only sober enough to realise this for about half an hour before it all turned into wiiiiine... Ended up in the French House, talked in a pissed manner to half the members of my Empire and the Novel class, got back to the dorm about 5.30am.
I felt about as good as a mouldy flannel the next day, and let that be the moral. On Saturday evening we all went to the Queer Prom in the SU. We got somewhat dressed up and had a little drinkie beforehand, (at least mine was little, but where did all my Southern Comfort go, Charlotte?!) Queer Prom was mostly just a massive dance party with conversation on the periphery- is that what Senior Prom is about do you think? The music was just the right mixture of cheese, danceability and semi-coolness. It has been reported that I danced like it was 1999, all night long. During the prom they crowned Prom Queen, Prom King, Best Couple and Best Genderfuck, (as in, "Is it a girl? Is it a guy? Is it something in between?", according to the compere, Pookie. An amazing Wildean drag queen with a cane won that.) The cool thing about Queer Prom is that it wasn't just a gays-only thing, there were straight, queer, bi people there; people dressed up, dressed-down, dragged up, drunk, and sober. Most everyone basically. It was generally just a really inclusive, friendly party atmos. Good old Reed.
On Sunday I mostly slept all day, but in the afternoon I went to a basketball game with Garan, Charlotte, Alice, Bryson, Asha, Noah and Leon (Leon?) Portland Trailblazers versus Dallas Mavericks; Trailblazers lost after a tense game. Now, I am not exactly a follower of sports, but this was amazing fun. I think it was the snazzy stadium, the cheerleaders, the snackfood, and the cinema atmosphere; so festive! The stadium was huge, but you got a great view of the court, and it was really fast-paced. I think we're going again week after next, I am so looking forward to it. The girls took pictures of the game, but they are using them as blackmail, since they won't let me have them until I get Facebook. Bah.
I felt about as good as a mouldy flannel the next day, and let that be the moral. On Saturday evening we all went to the Queer Prom in the SU. We got somewhat dressed up and had a little drinkie beforehand, (at least mine was little, but where did all my Southern Comfort go, Charlotte?!) Queer Prom was mostly just a massive dance party with conversation on the periphery- is that what Senior Prom is about do you think? The music was just the right mixture of cheese, danceability and semi-coolness. It has been reported that I danced like it was 1999, all night long. During the prom they crowned Prom Queen, Prom King, Best Couple and Best Genderfuck, (as in, "Is it a girl? Is it a guy? Is it something in between?", according to the compere, Pookie. An amazing Wildean drag queen with a cane won that.) The cool thing about Queer Prom is that it wasn't just a gays-only thing, there were straight, queer, bi people there; people dressed up, dressed-down, dragged up, drunk, and sober. Most everyone basically. It was generally just a really inclusive, friendly party atmos. Good old Reed.
On Sunday I mostly slept all day, but in the afternoon I went to a basketball game with Garan, Charlotte, Alice, Bryson, Asha, Noah and Leon (Leon?) Portland Trailblazers versus Dallas Mavericks; Trailblazers lost after a tense game. Now, I am not exactly a follower of sports, but this was amazing fun. I think it was the snazzy stadium, the cheerleaders, the snackfood, and the cinema atmosphere; so festive! The stadium was huge, but you got a great view of the court, and it was really fast-paced. I think we're going again week after next, I am so looking forward to it. The girls took pictures of the game, but they are using them as blackmail, since they won't let me have them until I get Facebook. Bah.
posted by susie r at 9:43 PM
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Oh, blimey, they're not Facebook pushers too are they? My house pressured me into getting an account. It was worth it though: where else could I join an online Mr. Soft Advert Society?
deduct points for enjoying basketball. i mean, even as far as Merkin sport goes, it's worse than ice hockey, american rugbyfootball, even baseball!
Dude, the basketball was funnnn. I can see your point about american football and baseball, but I think even ice hockey might be enjoyable. We were thinking of heading up to Seattle to see an ice hockey game actually. And, wait, did you just compare all American sports to a pubic wig?! Oh no wait, that was just your weird spelling of the nationality. Don't do that, it scared me.
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