Jo Sings the Blues

As mentioned earlier, Jo has taken to calling Grace and me "Judas." Here he expresses himself musically.

Lyrics:I’ve been betrayed with a kiss.
Well no, actually, I’ve never been kisssed.
I’ve been betrayed without even a kiss.
I’ve never been kissed!

Been only kissed by a mutha.
What’s up with these mutha-nnng…mutha…uh…
*something*

Grace: we got taters!

*here Grace joins in, playing percussion with a kitchen knife, a carrot and a cutting board.

Jo: I wonder if there is someone
someone who will kiss a guy like me.
Doesn’t mind Amish beards
cause the mustache don’t get in the way!

Jill: wrap it up, Jo!

And the outro:


The blues are a lifetime thing!
You can’t rush a man when he sings!
So just stop that video
cause I’m so alone…
still…

Beautiful Music...and Some More Music

TA37 is preparing for the first weekend since we can remember that we won't have anyone sleeping over at our TA! It's kind of sad. But anyway, updates!

On Wednesday Michelle and I performed the song "Now I See the Light" from Tangled at Vassar's Kaleidoscope event. Grace was supposed to record it, but there was a user error. So your ears are spared! Here's a picture though:
Thursday night Jo, Joe, Theo and Zach performed "Dare You to Move" by Switchfoot at the RSL Coffeehouse while Sarah, Abby, and Cayla danced. My poor phone doesn't have the skillz to get a good video of their dance, but we have pretty okay audio:




And this morning, my ears were 'graced' by this jo-cular tune:




"You know," said Grace afterward, "I--I heard you thinking about recording it. I heard you. I knew you were going to."

That either means that Grace and I have a psychic connection, or that my schmuckiness is getting predictable.

Alumni Reunion Weekend

TA37 hosted an unofficial Vassar Christian Fellowship reunion this weekend! We were visited by such illustrious alums as: Dan, Tiffany, Chris L., Sarina, Tian An (who comes so often that it's not that special anymore), Sarah T., Rich, Grace T. (G-Tan), and, the star of the weekend, Samuel R., whom I haven't seen since my freshman year!

Sam and T.A. came Thursday night. It wasn't until Friday that the true invasion began.

I got back to the TA at 6:30 Friday evening to find the living room full of crazy people, and the delicious smell of T.A. and Grace cooking dinner.

I have cute friends.
I don't know what's happening here.

Then even more people showed up!

Preparations for dinner turned hazardous, but Sam used his army muscles to save the day.

For dinner we had kosher chicken that Sam brought from the city, tofu seasoned with soy sauce and scallions, Grace's famous lime-curry potatoes, seasoned rice, and of course, lots of kimchi. For dessert, Sarina brought us pie and wine!


By the evening, look how many people were there!
We played Mafia, then the Adverb Game.

Here's a video of Nora being Sam's personal trainer in the manner of the word "dangerously." Because that's how we live at TA37!

Then in a moment of indecision, an unfortunate bout of weenis rodeo broke out.

Sam opined that our having weenises is a result of the Fall. "If we're made in the image and likeness of God," he said gravely, "I just can't imagine we're supposed to have something called a 'weenis.'" Speak on, Sam.

Anyway, we watched Tangled after the games, and then went to sleep around 2:30. Five alums slept over. The next morning, Rich and I made breakfast!

Thanks, Sarina, for this gem of a pic.

Anyway, Rich made Bisquick pancakes and flipped his first flapjack in the griddle! Then we added pumpkin and cinnamon to the batter--and then chocolate chips! Meanwhile I made scrambled eggs with sauteed onions and Vermont cheddar cheese. The pumpkin-chocolate chip-peanut butter pancake I had for breakfast was fantastic.

That afternoon a few of us went for a walk. Grace T. and I took pictures. Her camera's better (though my phone has served this blog valiantly), but here are a few of mine:

In this case, 'thumbs down' is a good thing.

After, T.A. and Grace made another late lunch/early dinner for us--fantastic curry and rice and naan! The rest of the afternoon was whiled away playing Super Smash brothers, jamming on the guitars, and chatting.

Here's a video of Jo and Chris serenading Sam:



Annnnd some pictures of the music sesh getting started:

Rad tuneage

By the end Sam, Tiffany and Dan had joined in too, while Rich labored valiantly to unlock Wolf for us in SSB:B. I didn't last past 11pm though. The almost three-day party was too much. When I went to sleep Sam was showing the remaining people pictures of his army unit.

So now it's Sunday morning and only Sarina, Sarah and Tian An are left at the house. So before I finish this long blog post I just want to thank everyone who cooked over the weekend, everyone who helped us with the massive amounts of dishes we went through (though having chosen vessels helped), and most of all, just everyone who came for being awesome. Come back any time!

Okay, now I seriously have some homework to do!

This Girl Named Jill

Skip to about the middle to get to the good stuff. The first half is your faithful reporter (named Jill) wheedling the performance out of an otherwise occupied musician by bribing him with promises of Domino's Pizza. (It's black because I'm standing outside Jo's door and the lighting was bad. You can briefly see Grace standing at the top of the steps watching us.)

And FYI, the Roundabout Ramblers are performing at Babycakes this Wednesday! Everyone should go!