Changing Gears

Internet family, it's that time of the semester again. It happens every fall semester. It's the week after Homecoming. All that fun and excitement is over, and one thing still remains: class. This is the time of the semester when I always remember I'm here to get my degree, and I should probably invest more time in studying. This year's week after Homecoming has hit me like a wall of bricks stuck together with the finest mortar ever made. It's been rough. This is mostly because my mind is still in Homecoming week, and my body is walking around a week later. I have lots of work to get caught up on.

Last week was a lot of fun. Quick recap: My homecoming team won. End quick recap. No, seriously, it was a lot of fun. On Saturday, I walked around and took pictures all day. The District was alive and lots of fun. The Golden Eagles smashed Tulane 43-6. One of our proud Homecoming Week traditions is float stuffing, where student organizations decorate large sheets of chicken wire with all tissue paper and Southern Miss spirit. If you've ever walked through the front of campus on the Saturday of Homecoming, you'll have seen the monstrous floats demonstrating students' love for Southern Miss. Here's a picture I took of my fraternity brother Ben "helping" our teammates Chi Omega while they decorated their float. I'm not really sure what he's holding, but this picture makes me laugh:    On Sunday, I extended my Homecoming week festivities and drove to Lafayette, LA, with Madison to see a band called the Dirty Projectors. They were absolutely amazing. So good. They have three female vocalists, and I want to marry all of them. It was a long drive (6 hours round trip) but was totally worth it.

One of my original Hattiesburg Hall crew members came in town last night. Corey lives in Oregon now but made a trip down for a week or so. Last night we had a little reunion at Brad and Sam's apartment. It was just like old times, but we didn't play night man. I'm sure this next week will be fun having Corey in town. He's giving all of us old friends an excuse to hang out again.

And last, but certainly not least, our countdown to Girl Talk. Last week at the Friday Night at the Fountain, I was given the opportunity to pretend to be Girl Talk during the Pep Rally to get everyone excited about Eaglepalooza. It was awesome. Not only did I pretend to be Girl Talk, I made a special Southern Miss-themed mashup with a little remix of the fight song and played it live on stage. We had a dance contest with a few members of the crowd for backstage passes to Eaglepalooza. It was an awesome experience and was essentially my first live show. I want to post the mix I played, but I haven't had time to record it yet. When I do, I'll put it up here, and you can jam out, Golden Eagle Mashup style. Here I am right before I started playing. (I even put plastic all over my computer like Girl Talk does. This is a serious business.)  Well that's it for this week. When I get that mashup recorded, I'll send it this way. Peace.