Topsy Turvy!!

 S'mores on the cliffs at Point Loma
A couple of the guys re-enacting our Greek Skit on the cliffs
the boys look like they are on a date!
At my friend's house with my best friend and twin!
INFLATABLES
So...life is back on track!  This past week has been even more hectic than the week before!  Why?  It was my very first Greek Week!  I had different activities going on every single day AND normal classes, AND Greek Skit practice for at least 3 hours every evening!  Oh, that plus a sinus infection equals a recipe for disaster.  I took as much medication that I could to tolerate my schedule, and I didn't miss out on one thing!

Friday was the most exciting part of my academic week:  Greek Skits!  Each sorority was matched up with a fraternity to devise and spend hours practicing a dance routine.  This year's theme was video games, so the boys seemed to get pretty into them!  My sorority won first place in skits and second place in all of Greek Week (this means that we had high participation in the weekly events and collected the most canned goods).  Here-->   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcDaa8fpJ1E    is the link to the video of our dance!!

Friday and Saturday were interesting to say the least.  Some friends visited and a group of us went to a friend's house on friday night.  Saturday we went to the beach all day, then we had a cookout at the cliffs at Point Loma that night.  Sunday, my sister and I went to a concert at the House of Blues with a couple of friends. It wasn't all necessarily "my kind" of music, but live bass gives me the BEST feeling in the world!  I also took care of one of my younger brother's birthday presents when I bought him a concert shirt!

This week is full of application, scholarships, and meetings galore, on top of it, it is RHA (Residents Hall Association)  and LIFE week!

RHA Week   Monday--Inflatables day

Tuesday--Tie Dye day

Wednesday--Softball game with prizes

Friday--Battle of the Bands (winner gets to record in a studio!)

Life Week is bringing multiple speakers and movies to campus (including "Slumdog Millionaire").  And, of course, I can't forget that I am hosting incoming freshman overnighters on Thursday night as well as attending a scholarship luncheon.  Think you will run out of things to do here?  Think again...

A (wo)man's gotta do what a (wo)man's gotta do...

ERIN!

Berkeley Much Anyone?

Gonzaga game...we lost, but all's fair in love and war!
Before our "Shamrock your Socks Off!" dance!
work those suspenders!!!
Activism.

That is the story of my life at the moment.  I have been working on a couple of on-campus issues recently, and then there is a BIG event I will be partaking in.  On April 25th, I will be "kidnapping" myself, along with thousands of other people (and my sorority).  We will spend about 24 hours in Balboa Park waiting to be "rescued".  This is all being organized through the student-led organization "Invisible Children".  Students all across the world are in this club, and as such will hold events nearly identical to the one at Balboa.  The purpose of this "kidnapping" is to raise awareness of the kidnappings of children in Africa and their being forced to become child soldiers.  Over 32,000 have been recorded missing over the last 10 years...and that's only the ones that have been recorded!  We will also be writing our government and the United Nations so that they may arrest/support the arrest of the rebel leader in Africa.  This is a big deal.  This has become a great interest of mine that I plan on turning into a passion.  I believe that each person should fight for what they believe in, even if it's risky.  I have especially found that supporting the people you care about the most is something that everyone should make a priority.  Everyone.

Another big move I will be making soon...my transition back into the Music Group's main gang.  I've been on sort of a hiatus (not of my own choosing), so it will be great to be working alongside the music again, especially when we have DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL headlining our Alcala Music Festival this spring!  As always, the dates are TBA/TBD and so are the remaining bands...surprise!

This week is Greek week.  We have had so many events!  Next week is RHA week and it is the same way!  jfidls;jk;  I need to get some shut-eye!

Please shoot me a line with any questions, comments, or concerns, my ears are always open!

Go out to eat, then do it again!  Man I love college!

Erin