TGIF

It's a mystery the way the human social interaction works. Like how it is viewed as weak or not interesting when we say how we really feel or reveal more information about ourselves. And then it turns into a game of mystery and hard to get. I understand it. Like others, I find a somewhat mysterious person intriguing...to an extent. So then we wonder for instance in writing in a blog...which is meant to be a journal except completely public...how much is too much to make the person that less interesting?

It was an interesting night tonight. My day was a story in itself. I woke up and met up with a wonderful new girl in my SWE officer core. We talked about some of her roles and what she could do (run with it I say). I then went off to class, where we went over DFAs and NFAs. I already know about them because I already took Theory (this class is the prerequisite for Theory). After class, I headed over to lab where I intended to go to lab. But then I started getting phone calls. I spoke to a few companies and friends on SWE business. One ended up being from my Sun Microsystems contact who asked me out to lunch. So...I said sure. I packed my things and headed out of lab...so much for that.

Lunch was wonderful. My Sun contact was awesome and way down to earth. She is also very charming and charismatic. Girl style of course. We went to Guiseppes (I can't spell) and sat at a fancy table at the corner Italian restaurant. Appetizers, water, and a pasta dish. We talked about work-related things to life. It was great. At the end she put it on the company card and said I was a cheap date and that we should have gotten drinks and dessert lol.

I was driven back to campus and I headed to the Bonderson buildings for class. I had to make a few calls so I ducked into a room next to the room I was supposed to be in and called a few people up to clarify and fit people into some empty seat at SWE's EWI that evening. In the end I got to class late and our team meeting ended early. So I just hung out and walked around with Dan. He showed me his "lab" and explained his thesis project. I was intrigued. It's awesome that he can do research like that. I took him to his car, then went home myself. I had told myself that I'd wear a dress to EWI that evening. I know that it is business causal (there isn't any set dress code), but that I would wear a dress anyways. Long behold I put a dress, but when I get there and see every one piling out of their cars in business casual clothes or suits, I turn around and go home to change into a nice pair of slacks and layered sweater. So much for that idea.

EWI was alright. It was good, but not fantastic. I sat with Cisco in hope to get a better edge into their Associate Systems Engineering program. The reps that we sat with were nice, but did not know much about it. In fact, it kind of frustrates me that companies just send random people to events like these. You can't build up a relationship quite as well with someone you only see once and who is just down for the heck of it and not for anything else. Not all companies are like that. I recognized quite a few company reps there, but not at my table. So I just leaned back, and talked to them like I would any other person. No company questions, just ideas, life, and school topics. I randomly brought up a philosophical question (considering I'm in a philosophical class) and it turns out that one of the reps had originally majored in philosophy. What a small world.

I was recognized for being an OWE nominee, but didn't win the top five. That's okay. I didn't expect to since my GPA was really low compared to pretty much all the other girls. But it's still an honor to be nominated (yay!).

After EWI, I hung out and took pictures with some friends, and then headed over to campus to hit up the barn dance put on by CLDC. There were less people than last time. It was fun anyways. My friends were there and I had quite a few good two-steps (with fancy twirls lol) and was in good company. A few other people who had also been at EWI came up to congratulate me. I don't know if I looked appreciative, but I was. :)

We all danced until midnight. I took off just a little bit before it ended to meet up supposedly with Amy and Sabrina downtown. I knew Ebrah had been there before, but I figured he'd probably taken off by now. So I sent a message to Sue and she called me back saying to meet her at DTB. Off I went (I had to go home to get my ID) and when I got there, Ebrah was with her too! What a surprise. I knew that they'd gone to get drinks earlier with some other people, but I didn't really think he'd still be there. Much less at DTB. Much less dancing. Lol. Anyways I hadn't seen Sue in forever and it was so great to see her. I love that girl. I don't know why but we get along real good. So we all went downstairs, got a drink, and danced the rest of the evening away. I danced with Sue a lot since I didn't know the boundaries with Ebrah. And I told myself to look away or let it slide when he'd dance with a girl. But he grabbed my hands a few times and took me for a whirl. It was fun. As always. Especially when he wrapped his arms around me. But of course, it would come to an end. There were a few other people who moved in to dance with me, some of them I already knew. But I didn't dance back. When Ebrah is around, I can't seem to see anyone else. Perhaps that'll pass on someday to someone else. Sue left to meet some friends upstairs. I let him show me his moves lol. It was so cute. I love dancing with him.

Around closing time, Ebrah took off and I stayed behind to hang out with Sue. We all went to Woodstocks where I also got to meet up with my other friends (and take care of them in the bathroom lol), ate some good pizza, and played spontaneous DD for the night. I walked some people in to make sure they were alright, and picked up a guitar to play, then after some shocking incidences, decided to take off and I took Sue with me to go somewhere else. I didn't get home until 4am. What a day. What a night.