went over to the 300s last night. most of my favorite people were there, and michelle and i brought my black bag stuffed full with drinks--boones, mike's, schmirnoff, stoli, sprite, and absolut. around 1 or 2, megan started a pool for people who wanted dominos breadsticks--10 of us chipped in and ordered. then, a group of us started to play drinking jenga, which morphed into a big game of "never have i ever", which i hadn't played in awhile, so it was amusing.
michelle showed me just why she makes an amazing friend.
saw some people i haven't really seen all semester, which was nice. i gave andy some shit for my birthday--good as it was to see him last night, i'm still pissed about his reasons for not going out to dinner with us, and i'm not going to forget it.
around 4, a group of 15 of us or so trekked from meg's over to the field across from the east entrance to campus. there was already a sizable crowd gathered there, lying huddled in groups, standing, sitting in lawn chairs. people were offering each other beers, others were smoking--just everyone gathered for relaxation under the stars.
the leonids meteor shower was beautiful. the sky, which was clear all night, had become sprinkled with fluffy clouds, which seemed to glow in the night sky. they were racing by, but the stars seemed to move more than the clouds did. when a meteor burned across the sky, everyone on the field shouted and laughed. some meteors were quick flashes in the corner of my eye, while others burned so bright they left a long trail and glowed there for a second, temorarily burned into my vision. my mind flashed back to sophomore year, watching phil-dog, christopher, and collin rehearse "picasso at the lapin agile", when picasso (phil-dog) says, "i want to leave a trail, a long string of fire, so bright it leaves an imprint on your mind" or something like that.
initially, i sat by myself, looking up at the stars, but eventually, i found myself keeping warm with baz, liz and phil. i left around 5:15 or so and trudged back to my room, where i fell into the deep, intoxicated sleep that weekends provide, waking up today at 2:30 in the afternoon.
i have a 20-page research paper to write. wish me luck.