Thursday
Oct072010
Fond Memories & Changing Times
Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 4:33AM
I've uploaded more pictures to Facebook, this time they are ones from the graduation ball we had at Warwick to celebrate three great years (actually only 2 for me, as my middle year was a great one spent in the USA) of studies.
And it got me thinking about what a great time I had at university. Such a life changing experience, and one I shall certainly miss. I miss it already. Not in the sense that I desperately want to go back; no, having no work to do at the weekend puts me off that idea. But just because it was fun, and I met such wonderful people.
Graduation Ball was a terrific night, getting all dressed up in tuxedos and ball gowns, implementing various stages to get our hair all ready *nameless*, and getting ready to party 1920s style. The ball had a 1920's kind of theme; big 5 course meal (not bad), charleston dances, speak easys, big brass bands. It really went down great. And they had a great DJ to top the night off. I think the funnest part was learning how to do the Charleston, and then continually failing to master it!
After the grad ball there were just a few short days left before that was it; university life over and done with. We had some fun those days, playing some football and frisbee, having some bbqs. But I really wish we'd had more time. More time to just kick back and relax, and enjoy each others company before we parted ways. Alas, some of our exams fell right at the end of the term, and before we knew it, our lease was up, boxes were packed, vans were arriving, and we were moving out.
It saddened me to learn that one of our favourite nights, Top Banana, is no more. Warwick has now deemed Monday nights "Manic Monday". No more midnight pounders, no more Spank the Monkey. I never did get one of those toys. In honour of Top B, I made a playlist to share with the UW-Madison student population via the newspaper blog. I'll link to it tomorrow when it's live.
I also still have the bookmark for Warwick Webmail on my home tab, even though that is no more. Not only can I no longer access it, not being a student, but it has also been shut down, as the University switched to another service. Still, I like to keep it there, for posterity's sake.
Anyway, here is the public link to the Graduation Ball pictures on Facebook, we do look rather spiffing;
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=231260&id=511178313&l=9a311e226d
And here are a couple of videos I filmed, demonstrating the talents of the Charleston Dancers... enjoy!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw-QsfJcF7Y]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j88wyoUlv3M]
And it got me thinking about what a great time I had at university. Such a life changing experience, and one I shall certainly miss. I miss it already. Not in the sense that I desperately want to go back; no, having no work to do at the weekend puts me off that idea. But just because it was fun, and I met such wonderful people.
Graduation Ball was a terrific night, getting all dressed up in tuxedos and ball gowns, implementing various stages to get our hair all ready *nameless*, and getting ready to party 1920s style. The ball had a 1920's kind of theme; big 5 course meal (not bad), charleston dances, speak easys, big brass bands. It really went down great. And they had a great DJ to top the night off. I think the funnest part was learning how to do the Charleston, and then continually failing to master it!
After the grad ball there were just a few short days left before that was it; university life over and done with. We had some fun those days, playing some football and frisbee, having some bbqs. But I really wish we'd had more time. More time to just kick back and relax, and enjoy each others company before we parted ways. Alas, some of our exams fell right at the end of the term, and before we knew it, our lease was up, boxes were packed, vans were arriving, and we were moving out.
It saddened me to learn that one of our favourite nights, Top Banana, is no more. Warwick has now deemed Monday nights "Manic Monday". No more midnight pounders, no more Spank the Monkey. I never did get one of those toys. In honour of Top B, I made a playlist to share with the UW-Madison student population via the newspaper blog. I'll link to it tomorrow when it's live.
I also still have the bookmark for Warwick Webmail on my home tab, even though that is no more. Not only can I no longer access it, not being a student, but it has also been shut down, as the University switched to another service. Still, I like to keep it there, for posterity's sake.
Anyway, here is the public link to the Graduation Ball pictures on Facebook, we do look rather spiffing;
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=231260&id=511178313&l=9a311e226d
And here are a couple of videos I filmed, demonstrating the talents of the Charleston Dancers... enjoy!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw-QsfJcF7Y]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j88wyoUlv3M]
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