Last Saturday was the thirty third annual Anything But Clothes party on Burton third. I didn't really know what to wear to this event, but after looking through last years pictures, found that most guys usually wore boxes around their waist and girls somehow constructed dresses from trash bags and duct tape. There weren't any empty boxes laying around in MacGregor and I really didn't want to go out and purchase one for a one time use outfit. I just kept putting it off, after all, psets and classes are more important than clothes to one party. I told myself I would figure it out Saturday afternoon; luckily as I walked to class Friday morning, I saw a handful of people unloading and breaking down boxes of glass pumpkins for display. I simply asked for one, and easily enough the Saturday night problem was solved.
Fabrication was very straight forward. I created some roughly suspender shaped pieces out of duct tape and put them over my shoulders, positioning the box so that it covered the important parts. The biggest problem of the night was something that didn't occur to me until we got there: other guys would also be wearing boxes of various sizes. And when you're in a box, you take up a lot more room - you're literally bigger and have funny dimensions - than you're used to. So when two guys in boxes try to maneuver in a crowded space, it gets complicated and funny pretty fast.
Someone costumes that really stood out included a guy wearing a kilt composed entirely of Christmas lights. He stood near an outlet for the better part of the night before he finally gave up and unplugged it. There was a couple wearing inflated balloons, and a handful of people wearing food. Skittles and fruit roll ups were the popular choices.
All in all, it was a fun night. I think the last few weeks had worn down my immune system, because I woke up Sunday morning with gallons of mucous in my lungs. I got some extra sleep and drank plenty of water, but it wouldn't go away. I was coughing it up every day and finally on Friday I gave in and went to Medical. It turns out it was some sort of bacterial infection; they got me started on an antibiotic routine and it's working pretty well.
After a pretty successful trip to Medical I headed back towards west campus and the boat house. On my way, I ran into a pair of Korean tourists looking for the dome. I happily led them to it - it was on my way anyway - and they snapped a few pictures. It amazes me that this school is such a destination; there are huge tour groups every day. Last week, someone took a picture of me going to class, just because I was a student here. It's unreal.
Otherwise, we just had Columbus day weekend, we had Monday and Tuesday off. I used it to catch up on sleep. I have a feeling I'm going to be getting less and less as the semester progresses, so I get it while I can. We have a three day week this week and then the next weekend is Family weekend. My mom's coming up Friday night, I'm excited to see her again and take her around Boston and Cambridge.
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