Another not terribly eventful week here in Perth. Last Wednesday was intercollege athletics (track & field). I didn't compete in the races, but I went as a spectator and Currie Hall did very well, winning all the races I saw. After the races we had a tav show, where there was music and dancing at the Guild Tavern (lucky for me I didn't have early class on Thursday!)
Friday was the big event of the week, our Murder Mystery dinner. This was just something I just signed up for on a whim but it turned out to be really fun. Essentially how it worked was each person participating had a character within a 1920's gangster speakeasy. Each person had their own secrets to keep hidden and secret motives to be carried out using whatever means necessary. A little while in we all drew randomly from a box of cards to either get a blank card or a weapon card - if you want to commit a murder, you had to have a weapon card.
My first character was Al Capone - not the Al Capone of historic fame but within the context of the murder mystery universe a "bouncer"/hitman for Don "Big Jim" Ravioli in Chicago who had secret designs to take over the Chicago operation. Alas, it didn't work out too well for me - I got murdered by the in-disguise leader of a rival gang which I had killed three members of the night before. I came back as a second character, the corrupt mayor of Chicago, and managed to make a shady deal or two before the game ended. The ultimate success story of the evening was Matt and Noam (Matt on the far right, Noam with the card in his hat), who managed to pull off two big murders and set themselves up nicely to take over in Chicago - Matt was a mob boss from New York and Noam was his enforcer posing as an itinerant gambler.
The whole crew after the game ended. Thanks to Noam for the photo.
Saturday we have interhouse tug of war, in which C House failed miserably (but we got participation credit which means we win the overall interhouse competition title; supposedly there will be a reward forthcoming). Played some basketball and relaxed for most of the afternoon, then we had a C House floor outing to an all-you-can-eat pasta/pizza restaurant in Fremantle, which was quite enjoyable but we didn't get back until about 11.
Sunday I woke up to the pleasant news that Husky football picked up its first win of the season (and I was pleasantly surprised to learn today that the Seahawks won as well, and apparently the Storm are leading the WNBA finals). Went for a run but then had to buckle down and get to work, which occupied me for the rest of the day. Pretty much the same stuff today, homework and class.
I do have some exciting news for the days ahead, though: Currie Hall has International Night on Wednesday evening, and the theme this year is the Subcontinent, which means there will be a Bollywood dance production which I most assuredly will be a part of. We just wrapped up practice for this evening, and we're getting pretty good - there will be video evidence. I also am supposedly representing the USA in the opening ceremonies or whatever we do to kick off the evening. I'm supposed to be wearing traditional American clothing - I honestly have no idea what that's supposed to be but I can only assume it's a little easier than garb for some other countries. Suggestions are welcome.
(Wednesday night I'll basically be the guy in the middle here)
Planning also continues in earnest for the big semester break trip, which is now less than two weeks away. I'm also going to be part of an excursion to Rottnest Island, which is off the coast of Perth, this weekend. Should give me some more exciting stuff to blog about.
You should dress up as Abe Lincoln. You're certainly tall enough... :P
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