WE HAVE THE AXE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In case you haven't heard, WE GOT THE AXE BACK FROM stanfurd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big Game Week has been CRAZY, without a doubt. It's been eventful, tiring and fun. All those long nights and fun-filled days. I'll do a longer post later, but here are some photos from the hill. I was on Cannon Crew and had spectacular view.

View from the hill before the game.

What the fuck is that thing in the middle? Do you really call that a mascot?

NEXT UPDATE: Big Game Week and Big Game (with lots of photos). GOOOO BEARS!

Music, Mucus, and Phelgm

Of course, I am magically sick the week of Big Game AND the week when I have three concerts. Yesterday after class I had to rush to Walgreens to purchase cold medicine so I wouldn't cough my guts out. The medicine hasn't done much. It claims to be all these magical things: "pain reliever/fever reducer, nasal decongestant, cough suppressant, antihistamine*", but it could might as well be just a sugar pill stamped with the Tylenol logo.

Anyways, the Voices of Light/Passion of Joan of Arc concert last night was a great experience. The Castro Theatre is quite a unique, historical venue. I didn't expect a very large audience, maybe just a few friends or family of members from Alumni chorus. Quite the contrary. At 7:30pm, our listed curtain time, there was still a line going down the street with people waiting to buy tickets. Who knew so many people would come on a weekday to attend such an event? It took until 8:00pm to get the last people in the door. Luckily, there was an organist that entertained us during the wait. We packed the entire place. The full house made the experience that much better.


During the show, my phone rang during one of the silent scenes. Luckily the ring was muffled and hopefully not many people heard except for Patrick who was sitting next to me. I had a miserable time with my runny nose and sore throat. Every few minutes I would need to cough or blow my nose in order to sing. I had to do it discreetly to not disturb the audience watching the movie. After the show, the audience gave us a standing ovation. This response made me even more excited for this Sunday's encore performance on campus in Hertz Hall.

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BGW

This is the start of a busy weekend AND upcoming week. Big Game Week will be similar to Hell Week in that I will be up and about every day of the week. Let's hope that my professors and GSIs have a nice heart and not throw something sudden in our way because it will NOT be fun.

Anyways, while walking around campus, I noticed that banners for Big Game Week (BGW, for short) are now hanging from various buildings. They're used to advertise the numerous events happening during BGW. These banners are all painted by lovely Rally Comm members. My favorite is the Bonfire banner.

In addition to the million Rally Comm events, I have three concerts for Men's Chorale. So I will be cheering and singing my week away with an essay due on Tuesday. Indeed, now's the time to start and I am actually working on homework on a Friday night. Let's hope I survive until Thanksgiving or at least until the Big Game.