TMI = Technology is Modern and Indecent.

One of 443's professors has a blog AND twitter.

Guess who knows more about their professor than they care to?

(He posted pictures of his house and used the term "snowpocalypse"... do you see the resemblance to Notes from the Craft Room? Maybe 443 should share their blog with said professor.... maybe... NOT.)

Also, cross your fingers for Kimmy and her horrendous amounts of work due tomorrow - you can do it!

Successes of the Week

...because if sorority interviews teach you anything, it's to make sure you show everything in a positive light! also, 443 likes lists.

1. snow = melted, temperature = 40s and even 50s at times. ah, normality.

2. reinstatement of the chore chart = clean 443 again. thank goodness. (and thank you, spax!)

3. visits from high school friends, little sisters (and pseudo-sisters), and grandparents (sub-success = making the liquor cabinet look "nice" and covering up dirty song lyrics on the cabinet before the grandparentals arrived)

4. survival of midterms (443 wake-up calls came in handy), 4 days until spring break/liberation/sleep/road trips.

5. although the Bachelor ended rather unfavorably, Liz pointed out that at least the two skanks deserved one another. so... semi-success?

6. Hosted Feb Club double power hour. Discovered the secret of 4th year: no one actually does all of Feb Club, or even half. This consoled 443 and made us feel like slightly less of party-poopers.

Basically, when it rains it pours and last week it poured midterms and busy-ness on 443. More exciting posts to come post-SB when 443 lets loose and goes wild for one final hoo-hah before graduating. Final countdown = commencing!

Pseudo-Scary Weekends

443 was full of scary moments this weekend. We'll let all of our whopping two followers pick the scariest:

(a) watching Shutter Island

(b) being told about Shutter Island

(c) waking up at 5am in the dining room with spaghetti sauce in your hair.

(d) reality

(e) weddings (again, reality)

(f) how messy 443 is right now.

Goals for next weekend: get a job, clean the house, sleep, do homework, drink less wine, don't hug kimmy when her eyes are closed after she's been told a scary story (the fear is tangible), turn the next srat Candle Pass for engagements into a Handle Pass instead.

Summary lesson of the weekend: being a legitimate person is scary and not fun right now.

Shrove Tuesday = Pancake Races

Once upon a time, Emily was a small child who celebrated Shrove Tuesday with a pancake supper at her church every year. After supper, the pancake races would be held, and she would (obviously) dominate her age division every year (until a new boy came to church and proved to be some stiff competition. But no worries, he's so drugged up now he wouldn't know a pancake if it hit him in the face).

Once upon a later time, Kimmy and Liz kindly indulged Emily's childhood reminiscing during Shrove Tuesday 2010. Liz took her to pancake dinner at St. Paul's, and then pancake races were held in 443 later that night.

Kimmy and Emily tied for first place in the races, Liz won the pancake-eating race and the good-sport race for taking the burnt pancake (it seems our stove really just doesn't like her lately - check out the epic scar on her hand for more proof). A door jamb was the only casualty.

[begin cliche here] 10,000 Maniacs once said: "And as you feel it, you'll know it's true that you are blessed and lucky." Shrove Tuesday was that kind of night. Thanks 443!

Knowledge in Kollege

The state of American education: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQfHyq-0ljg&feature=related

For more information, join a 443er in Media Studies Class, MW 3:30-4:45, Cab 132.

Also, if you decide not to watch it all, make sure you get at least the first 20 seconds, and then skip ahead to 2:21. Enjoy.

Today Marks the Beginning of Valentine's Weekend...

Sarah and Kimmy vegged out today and watched "What's Love Got to Do With It", the Ike and Tina Turner Story. Not the best movie to kick off Valentine's Day Weekend... Looking for other movies to avoid this weekend? Slate.com offers a no fail guide http://www.slate.com/id/2244354/. Enjoy!

Couchez... en ma presence

"Coochie in my presence"

Sometimes 443 switches homework and Sarah's French plays get butchered.

Just an average Monday night over here.

443 February: Superbowl and [more] Snow

Updates from the first week of February in 443:

• More snow. Apparently global warming is so conniving that it managed to switch Arctic and Virginian weather patterns for this winter. Liz led a valiant attempt to clear the driveway that ended with lots of cursing at a crappy shovel and nursing sore limbs over Mary-Kate and Ashley's final movie, "The Challenge"
• Emily, Kimmy and Liz finished rush finally and have returned to semi-normal lives (like hosting 130 girls for a potluck in 443)
• Cap and Gown week demanded that we all begin to face reality. Most of us took our garment bag of reality and put it in our closets immediately. SE also rocked C&G week in a different way, raking in the dough for our class with visions of a Newcomb class plaque dancing in her head. (Emily will probably graffiti SE's name next to said plaque when it is put in. Don't tell Casteen.)
• Sarah has a cold. Bad news bears. She discovered some delightful sparkling water in the process though!
• Emily has a fresh new crop of first years to corrupt (one of her final semester goals) between her First Year Seminar facilitation group and her new srat little-little. She has already begun sharing with them the glories and stories of 443 and beyond.
• This week was laundry week. Just in case anyone wanted to know the mundane details of our lives as well. (Although we consider ourselves lucky in comparison to a man in Charlottesville who lost his life in a washing machine accident this week)
• 443 paused for an epic House dinner on Friday night, provided by Liz and her miraculous ziti. Wine and childhood stories were in abundance (ie. Liz and her sister used to play "who-can-keep-their-face-in-the-snow-the-longest" and Kimmy's family has a home video of her sister chasing her with a booger)
• Liz hosted a Superbowl Party (although still devastated by the absence of the Patriots at the event), leaving the house with an excess of chips for the rest of time. SWEET.
• SE took Liz sledding on the corner on a pool raft - aka. the best moment of Liz's semester thus far.

peace, love, and 2010.

Snow Day at 443

Charlottesville continued it's unusual amount of snow this season when we woke up to 5 inches of snow this morning! While Emily and Kimmy checked for rush updates and Sarah set out determined to conquer the sidewalk (you should see the hardcore snow-melt salt we have), SE caught up on some sleep and Liz decided it was time for some quality playtime in the snow.

Emily and Sarah soon gave in (although the sidewalk was cleared first).

Liz made snow angels.

Kimmy even joined the fun for 16.79 seconds before she rushed off to rush!

We took advantage of the playground across the street, with only minor injuries ensuing.

Happy Snow Day from 443!

First week of spring semester

Just one week ago, we were still blissfully unencumbered with classes. Hard to believe because a lot happened over the past 7 days. Some highlights:

• Kimmy returned from India and was nearly done in by jetlag. She did make it to her classes, though, and was the shining star of her bump group.
  
• Sarah Elaine got a job and celebrated with an absurd trip to McDonalds with the 443 5! She then spent the rest of the week celebrating with cosmos, lots of bad TV, and doodling in her notebooks. Hopefully a reflection of the rest of the semester.
  
• Liz, as with everything she does, put her heart into helping first year girls through the rush process. She also went to a basktball game and a hockey match (sorta) and spent Sunday afternoon watching the playoffs. She did not, however, clean her room this week.
  
• Emily put in long hours for ISC, dealing with plenty of complaints and heavy sandwich platters with grace. She also decided to step back from her thesis so that she could have more time to handle all the other wonderful things she does, and to make sure she doesn't spend 4th year spring break in Alderman!
  
• Sarah was the ultimate hostess: A fabulous visit from her old friend, Anne Douglas, was kicked off with a round of winetasting and Thai food and a night of homemade cosmos. Sarah then spent hours slaving over a Lyon reunion/birthday dinner on Sunday. The rest of the house was lucky & got some of the left overs. Julia Child ain't got nothing on Paxton.
  
• The entire household stopped everything in their busy week to watch the premiere of Lifetime's "Pregnancy Pact." We wouldn't necessarily watch it again, but it was a lovely night together. We'll definitely drink to that.