SENIOR NIGHT DHAMAKA!

By Rohit (May 10th, 2004)

What?! $45 for this piece of shit? Why would I pay so much to stay awake and that also at school!

I would soon answer those questions myself. Having bought the ticket, I just wanted to check the place out. Senior night is what it was called. In the event description, it was going to be a fun-filled night with games, food, acts, raffle prizes, and much much more. Driving through the parking lots made me feel like I was waiting to get cleared for Area 51. Not that there was a lot of security, but just a lot of parent volunteers with orange jackets pointing here and there with flashlights. The valet parking (haha) was sort of pathetic. Some random parent got in my car and drove 5 feet to the parking space (but I guess it was easier that way for their organization). That's what surprised me the most about the night, it was the way the parents and administrative staff ran everything. At the place of entry, we had to remove all items we carried (well not the clothes) and we got little fanny packs with a pen, some advertisements, and a disposable camera. So I decided to check out the place first. Plenty of games I saw, karaoke, and fun for the night.

The karaoke video of Felix, Alex, Anubhav, Adnaan, and myself on some horrible Spice Girls song will never go out. I didn't win shit for the raffle either besides a $10 gift-card to best buy. The magician act was fun, the food was provided by Connies' and McDonalds and was acceptable. Anubhav and I got a caricature of ourselves (very funny). I got some body paint, which looked very cool. All in all, it was something worthwhile (maybe not worth every penny). But spending the last moments with people I will never see again was worth every penny. This feeling, I know, is going to get much stronger as we near the end of our senior year. Although I try to play it down, its certainly going to be emotional.

Well, coming back to the night, there was a disappointment at the end. The 'finale' they called it. Oh, did I mention this horrible obstacly coursegame? Well it was a good plan, but it was never going to work too well. So we're sitting there very tired at 4AM in the morning waiting to go back home, and suddenly they introduce some odd woman with her world-famous Frisbee catching dogs. Now, no offense to the dogs (who were really good) or the woman, there was just no way we could've really appreciated the show at 4 in the morning. When it was all over, I couldn't wait to go home and crash. I was glad I came.

*Haven't got the pictures developed yet (and then I have to scan them $!@#!#%)