They walked in on an entire room of college students and some high school seniors seated around an empty cake pan, colouring pages ripped from colouring books with crayons. I showed them around my building and then bought them coffee and soda at Cro, and then we were on our way, about two hours behind schedule.
We finally got into Boston at 2. Needless to say, Liam was not impressed, but I was when I saw his dorm. The building had been converted from an old hotel - the hotel in which Eugene O'Neill died - and it had a lobby, an elevator, and hotel style rooms. I thought it was pretty nifty, but Sara says that it has the worst food. Since it was so late, we just got ready for bed and went right to sleep, end of story.
The next morning, Liam had to leave at eleven, which gave me time to wander around and explore a little. I found a bagel shop, which is not Finagle-A-Bagel and had a nice long brunch there. Long, mostly because I had time to kill and because I didn't want to go out in the rain.
I found my way to Sara's building for a quick visit, and she told me how to get to Liam's play. He was in the student-run production of The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill, and he played Parritt. I'd like to say that he was fantastic and it's not because I am biased. He, Hope, Larry, and the bartender were, in my opinion, the best actors in the play. Really amusing: during the climax, when all the people leave the bar, the door fell down on one of the whores. It was sort of amazing.
After the play, I congratulated Liam, and then I figured out where Greg was. He was at Harvard with Justina and Debanjan, so I called Sara and we figured out how to get there by the T, the Boston train, if you don't know. My phone died! I had to use a payphone to call Greg, and luckily I found them in Harvard Square! DJ had a meeting to get to, so I only got to see him for like half an hour. We got ice cream and coffee in a place called the Garage, and then Justina dragged us into Urban Outfitter's 'Bargain Basement'. In Harvard Square, there is a fob store that is largely Totoro themed and there is a Curious George store as well.
Then we went back to Tufts, and Justina found someone on her floor who had a charger I could borrow [thank goodnessssss!]. Greg and Justina had tickets to a comedy show, so I sat in her room for the duration. Mostly, I was just thankful to be charging my phone, and I got to go on Facebook and chat with Andrea and Viggi. When they came back, we hung out for a while, talking to kids in the hall. When Greg and Justina started getting ready to go to a No Pants Party, I decided it was time to go back to Sara's at BU.
When Liam had signed me in on Friday night, he signed me in as a one-night guest, so I couldn't get back into the building on my own. Since he had a cast party, I had to contact his roommate and ask if he'd let me in but he couldn't until about two. I stayed in Sara's really tiny room [but they have a HUGE closet!] and chatted with her, and we decided it would be a lot more fun if I slept in her room for that second night. At two, I walked down the street to Liam's dorm, where Stevhen let me in, and I got my things and walked back up the street. It's really cool that they're neighbours, but weird that Sara and Liam don't know each other, lol. And then we went to sleep.
Sunday, Greg and Arianna showed up bright and early [not really, it was like ten] and I said goodbye to Sara and headed back to Conn. Once there, I brought Arianna and Greg to brunch with Andrea and Kelsey and Benito and Dan and a million other people because none of us had eaten before we'd left Boston. When it came time to leave, we said our goodbyes, and Arianna gave me Kenny's fedora to keep until Thanksgiving.
That night, as if it wasn't a fun and busy enough weekend, I helped Dan make a "Welcome Back" poster out of leaves, and then Andrea, Dan, and I watched a French entitled Mon Meilleur Ami, with Daniel Auteuil [La Fille Sur Le Pont, Jean de Florette, Manon de la Source, etc.]. It was really funny and very touching.
What an amazing weekend!! :D
But the fun didn't stop there!
Would you like to know the silly thing I did on Monday, 16 November? I got back from my last class at 2:30 and sat around. I'd decided to waste time until my 3:30 German Lab. But something kept not feeling right, the closer I got to 3:30, the less I wanted to go to the lab. So at twenty after, I finally wrapped up what I was doing, grabbed my packpack, and headed out. I got halfway to the building when I realised... German lab is on Tuesdays. That was not Tuesday. And I promptly turned around and came back to my dorm.
And the exciting news from today:
Now, Uncle Yo is easily my favourite [stand up] comedian. If you know anything about me, you know that, lol. So, he's releasing a DVD of the performance that I went to over the summer, and is holding a fan art cover contest for it. Over Halloween weekend, I crafted my design from this photo, from that same event. Tonight, I finally sent in my designs, one black and white that I drew, and one that I coloured in with a Photoshop trial. Really awesome? He emailed me back with "This is awesome! my favorite entry so far. Is my face sinking into a sea of blood? 'Cause that's badass!" And I can't stop freaking out about how amazing that is.
Oh yeah, and we threw a birthday party for our friend and neighbour, Eric.
For photos, check out: this and this on Facebook!
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