Day 263: Free Food and Free Events

September 20th, 2011Nothing says welcome back to UCSD better than a ton of free food and free events. Today was full of it. After going to work for a couple of hours, I went to the BookStore to buy my Vietnamese book, where I conveniently noticed my Debit card was missing. Subsequently I cancelled it at Chase requesting a new card before meeting up with Geetha. We went to the Bookstore to chillax for a bit, before waiting for Bee-John outside (he took the bike & bus [41]) to get here. We proceeded up to SunGod Lawn for the first free event of the day: the Intervarsity annual BBQ. Speaking of which, I have gone every year since my freshman year (video attached below), making it an annual tradition. I was with Bee-John and Geetha, so the recruitors didn’t dare approach us as I got both a delicious hamburger and a delicious hotdog.

When all was said and done we went to Spaces to get some wonderful free planners. They were kind of nice, except for the simple fact that they had the Spaces logo on them. ICK. What a waste of money – it’s pretty ridiculous how much A.S. funds that terrible organization. I walked Bee-John over to the Cashier’s office so he could get a new I.D. Card. While there, I saw and talked to Pam for a bit, before Bee-John and I proceeded back to Warren for the organization fair. I somewhat tabled with PAW seeing Rosario, Lauren, Amy, & Julia for a bit, while also mostly tabling with Nick, and Gavin at the WTCC table. Intermidst all this was some free cookies and otter pops provided by Brittany the Warren ambassador, as well as some free cake me and Cody took at some Engineering event (that wasn’t even open to us. TEEHEE).

Next free event of the day? Convocation. This time, the food wasn’t so hot, as me, Lauren, Cody, and Bee-John sat through 2 hours of ridiculous speeches all to get some terrible chicken wraps and bad-tasting Udon noodles. The highlight of it all though was talking to Bee-John and grabbing literally free handfuls worth of ice cream (now sitting in my fridge). I snapped a picture subsequently for my blog before meeting up with Geetha at the bus stop. We went back to my place to chillax before the Glee party, where the lowest ever attended party occured: Amy, Rosario, Angie, Geetha, Tiffany, Michelle, Robbie, Ryan, & their friend came making an single-digit 9 people attending. We also watched an episode of “New Girl” afterwards which was alright, but not exactly all to die for. I’VE HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE!

Final free of event of the day? Target. Me and Geetha went to TapEx first to get her Calimari rings before going back to campus, where we took the SunGod Shuttles to Target for an exclusive A.S. Target event. We expected lots of free things, but were mostly disappointed by the energy drinks and mac and cheese provided. We both failed to get a dishrack, instead setting on 70 cents worth of notebooks between the two of us. When all was done, the night was over, and the events of the day left me both satisfied in my stomach and in my head subsequently.