…me regarding the ever virtuous rachel and emily duo, as quoted in rachel’s profile.
last night i met emma in the “heated tent” for the matt nathanson concert. i’d never heard of him, but apparently he’s been on tour with john mayer, maroon 5, train, oar and is opening for howie day. he was pretty good, i liked his twelve string and the general style, but his dialogue was kind of crude. like i don’t hear enough college boy humor, right? that, and it’s hard to get into a concert if you have no idea what’s going on. the highlight was his “living on a prayer” bon jovi tribute at the end. and the fact that when i took a personal intermission to order chicken fingers at the diner, they gave me a bonus finger.
i discovered that even though i get three bars of service, way more than i ever get in my room, my cell phone refuses to dial anyone when i call from the hill. it works great at the bottom of the hill, which i guess is good, seeing as a live here and it would be so frustrating if i couldn’t dial from my room at all. but it doesn’t make any sense. since when do service bars still mean no service??
i met emma again for dinner in commons tonight, which was probably the highlight of my weekend. she is so nice. and when we discovered that there were no more cookies, she went for hot chocolate with me. and when the hot chocolate turned out to be lukewarm water, she was the first to suggest we substitute ice cream. that’s so my kind of girl! and she was upset to discover that the dining hall just throws out the stacks of pies that don’t get eaten every day. but not in a raging activist kind of way. just a normal concerned way. and she has the picture of us the night we went quad camping up on her wall! i can relate to her.
then i went to the jazz concert in the barn. it started at 9, so naturally i left west at 9:03, and i was glad i did b/c a car pulled aside right in front of the door and a girl asked if i could tell her where the events barn was. well, that depends, are you going to give me a ride there? 😉 so i hopped in back and the guy she was driving (boyfriend? i don’t know) immediately introduced himself and explained that they were from colgate coming to see the show for a class. and i introduced myself back and we chatted for a minute while the girl found a parking spot. and i was excited b/c a) i didn’t have to hike the hill again and b) now i had potential seating companions. the guy was really friendly and nice and suggested that we sit together, but the girl was so cold and stand-offish! which lead me to believe that he was her boyfriend and she was afraid that my natural charm would steal him away. a message to all my fellow ladies in the world: i may be cute, charming and dress pretty well, but i have no game, i’m not a threat, fear not, your significant others can sleep safely. the concert was okay, not the most exciting, but i stayed long enough to absorb about a page-long essay worth and then came back to bundy to watch the end of the game.
when i got back to my room, “court1190: i love u!” was the most recent message. aww! campers!
tried to make that phone call, but i got the answering machine and chickened out.
quote of the day: “we’ll give it a shot” – bon jovi
love always, em locke
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