Happy Halloween!

Oh wait, I missed it. Darn. Why do I stay up so late?! Aargh, happy belatedness then. Well, since I just finished my chemistry and am still in a somewhat Halloweenish mood (note: hyped up on too much sugar) I will write about Halloween at MIT.

Halloween is surprisingly popular here. It is more interesting than my high school was - more than 5 people dressed up. There was a gorilla handing out party invitations out, and I saw a guy wearing a hat with wires taped on indicating i, j, and k (David should have gone and asked him 'What's up?!?!').

This morning, there were some people handing out candy on the front steps of 77 Mass. Ave. They were part of some volunteering service/department of MIT, and so they were all in costume and giving out flyers and candy. And the coolest (scariest?) thing was that the school mascot Tim the Beaver was there!!

Side story about Tim the Beaver: Okay, so I knew that our mascot's name was Tim the Beaver, but I did not actually realize the significance of the name until Wednesday night. It was my first Jiu Jitsu PE class, and we were in this room with a wooden floor and mirrors on the front wall. There was this guy in the back with a MIT shirt on. But I didn't realize what it was at first because I was looking in the mirror. I was thinking, "Why does his shirt say TIM? Is he broadcasting his name or something?" And then I realized, "Oh, duh! Mirror means backwards. That's an MIT shirt." And then I realized.... Oh horrors! MIT is cheesy and sad. Not only is the volleyball team (and probably others as well) called the Engineers, but our mascot's name is our school name spelled backwards! Aagh, I am so slow to notice these things. But now I know... *evil laugh*

Anyway, enough about our buddy Tim. Since I'm thinking about 77 Mass. Ave. I guess I should mention the killer oak tree. There is this set of trees you have to walk under to get to the crosswalk - rather, to get to the whole school building. And one of these trees, I swear, is an oak tree with murderous intent. I was walking under it the other day, when an acorn fell out of the tree really fast and landed with a loud crack on the pavement near me. If that had hit me, I probably would have gotten a concussion or something. I thought it odd, and promptly forgot the strange occurrence. But today, there was a guy walking under the tree and the same thing happened to him! Luckily, the vengeful tree has bad aim and didn't hit the poor person. Still, I figure it's only a moment of time before someone is actually hit by these acorn missles. A bad business all around. I wonder why the tree is so mad in the first place... I will be careful whenever I'm over there, and walk by as quickly as possible.

I have been driven to paranoia. Someone followed me home after I bought my lunch and headed back to my room. I figure if it was a friend, they would have said something. But no, this person said nothing. They were dressed up in a costume - didn't really check what. I figured that once I got into the dorm, maybe they'd give up. But no! The desk captain let her in - obviously, since the pursuer was a girl, the desk captain didn't care. So much for security. So I took off and started climbing the stairs. And this person followed me up! Aargh! I got onto the 4th floor before the other person made it up, and I ran into my room and locked the door. I figure, if it was a friend, she would have come over and knocked on my door or something, and we could have had a good laugh about the whole affair. But no! The person never knocked. So either they didn't know who I was and was just randomly stalking me, or it was a friend with a really demented sense of humor. So now I have decided that I don't like Halloween. Hopefully that will never happen again. I am easily creeped out. Plus, I am a major wimp. Next time, perhaps I should try a confrontation? Hmm.... I am not an aggressive enough person. X_x

- Flykyr Skysong

Rumor of the day: Someone heard that on Halloween you can't buy eggs from any local grocery stores unless you're 30 or over, and you need an i.d. to get any. Can you imagine - being carded for eggs?! What if you had to cook for dinner and needed eggs and were too young? Hahaha... We love rumors. ^_^
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