First Year Focus

Halloween

Just when you thought things couldn't get any scarier in the Research Triangle, Halloween arrived. Let's just say it was a little different than your typical weekend of trick-or-treating.

We had a "Screw Your Roommate" dance in G-A on Thursday night. This appears to be some kind of college tradition - my friend at Georgetown says they have one too. The basic idea is that your roommate sets you up with someone via their roommate, so no one knows who his or her date is. The problem was, my roommate Brittany and I are both very talkative, so we knew within minutes. Brittany set me up with my best friend Jon, which turned out well. And he had no clue... until I got too talkative and told him!

Anyway, the dance was a lot of fun, despite completely weird music (probably a DJ from UNC.) Everyone dressed up in costume. Jon and I, however, decided we'd rather go in formal dress We had quite a few interesting costumes in our dorm - a blue devil, a Southern Belle, two sheep, a cigar, people dressed up as their roommates, typical scary people, and about 80,000 Men in Black.

But there are some things that aren't fit for show... namely the pictures we took the next night, when a group of us headed to Greensboro for the Rocky Horror Picture Show and a private little Halloween party at the Marriott. Now, for those of you who don't know much about Rocky Horror, the first requirement is that you go dressed like a character. So we went wearing bras and bustiers, leather and polyester, boots and thrift-shop treasures. One of us (whom I won't name for the protection of the innocent... okay, okay, her name is Jamie) wore a shiny green cropped jacket, black bustier, metal leash, and thong underwear. Nothing else.

The show itself was a trip. The second requirement of Rocky Horror is to throw stuff during the movie... so we threw oatmeal, mashed potatoes, toast, rice, and mac 'n' cheese. You can imagine how nice and crusty we looked after we came back to the hotel. The line for the showers was almost as long as any line you'll find here, and they don't get much longer than the lines at Duke.

The only bad thing about Halloween weekend was that I didn't get to go to Chapel Hill, which is supposedly one of the best places in the country for Halloween celebrations.

Oh well. There's always next Halloween.

On a completely unrelated note, did I mention that Duke beat the Upstate All-Stars 128-74 this weekend? Now THAT'S scary!