Tonight sees the close of homecoming week and it has been a mighty fine week indeed. I'm still not overly certain what homecoming week is inspired by but it is a considerably big deal over here. Homecoming is usually celebrated with a 'dance' similar to a prom adorned with fancy dresses and dates in High School however it's far less flamboyant during University.
Monday evening kicked off the festivities with 'Falcon Fiesta' - a small and slightly ill attended garden party where some questionable poultry was distributed, souveniour photographs of students masquerading as football players in helmets were taken and to complete the outrageous selection of activity there was a 'bouncy house'. Katie and I willingly took advantage of most of these freebies. The following day we also raped the union of resource when we tie-dyed t-shirts in BGSU representative colours. The orange and brown stains marginally suggest the XL t-shirt has been used as a replacement for loo roll after a spicy curry but this is merely a technicality.
Wednesday was without a doubt the most inspiring day of homecoming yet surprisingly I did not take part in any pre-planned homecoming amusements. My friends and I rose from our much-appreciated beds at around 7am in order to arrive promptly at the Stroh Center for 8.30am where we had registered to volunteer to help get students and locals registered to vote in Wood County. Sounds pretty dull, right? Well you are most mistaken as in return we got to watch Barrack Obama present a speech to 5000 individuals made up of BGSU students and some of the general public. We circled the car park a few times pouncing on unsuspecting guests asking 'Are you registered to vote in Wood County' and intermittently chanting something about being 'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO' or 'GOBAMA'. Whilst persistently pestering people to complete forms I stumbled across a darling old man who was born in Wolverhampton (for those of you that don't know that is the town I live in). We exchanged pleasantaries and he generally just made my day. That is until Obama shared the most jovial anecdote - he sees a portrait of himself mounted on the wall of a house he is visiting and the parents of a 3 year old ask 'Who's that on the wall?', the boy retorts 'It's Barrack Obama!'. The family enquires ' What does Obama do?' and the boy responds 'He approves this message.' I died, no really I did. Obama was a really influential - but I guess that's the point of a politician. Nevertheless, I got me pretty psyched for election day which is in just over a month (Tuesday 6th November).
**more photographs can be found on my picture blog - http://s584.photobucket.com/albums/ss286/irbbyckz/ **
Thursday was a lot less enthralling but still included some desirable freebies. This time an precious build a bear that sports an 'I <3 BG' t-shirt. Wooster Street was closed off for an hour or two on Friday as the Homecoming Parade took place at around 4pm, I was meant to hold up a cute little animated octopus with Meredith but I was pre-occupied with a foul mood.
Tailgating was a totally new concept to me but it's one I'm now pretty partial to. Americans use the term 'pre-game' rather than 'pre-drink' but pre-football game this Saturday, we tailgated like crazy. This effectively means a series of organisations set up tents and display delectable looking food to entice you into pretending to express an interest in what they have to offer (aside from food) until you are satisfied with the amount you've digested. This week BGSU Falcons competed against Rhode Island's Rams. Competed isn't a very accurate term actually, smashed is far more representative as there is no competition in a 38-6 score. Nevertheless it was an insightful experience as I learnt a little more about the logistics of this folly. Accordingly, the ball is floored in the touchdown area, most often, by the quarterback and the running back is usually the player to cover the most ground with the ball in scoring a touchdown, which gives a team 6 points. Downs are the progress across the field to the touchdown area and the ball can be thrown through the scoring posts after a touchdown is accomplished and if the thrower is successful the team earn an additional 1 point. As if this new knowledge was not overwhelming enough, during the excitement a marry proposal between two cheerleaders too place. It was beautiful, I cried, needless to say she accepted his request.
Homecoming Week was concluded with an epic Cobra Starship concert, supported by 3O!3. The temptation to remove my bra and enthusiastically launch it at the delectable Nate Motte was almost overpowering however I misinformed Facebook as I subsequently rewarded my willpower with Burger King instead of McDonalds. With that eventful week recapped it's about time I began studying for Tuesday's mid-term.
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