Mt Wilson

Friday night- after a week full of paper writing, and staying up late, about 25 of us drove to Mt. Wilson for a 4W. We left at 3, and got back at 3. Being up that late after a week of no sleep, you can imagine how crazy everyone went!
It started with the drive, which can be highly entertaining in a 15 passenger van, with 15 people on little sleep. We were just joking around and talking the whole way up. When we got there, we parked at the base of the observatory and had dinner. Then I walked around with a senior, Annika, who I don't know super well, but love. We had a photo session with the whole group, and played around a bit with the little snow that was on the side of the mountain. Finally, the lady who was going to show us the telescope, came down. She was amazing! She was totally Ms Frizzle's sister or something. She had a star jacket on and the rocket ships coming out of her hair :) We made our way up to the observatory (where Einstein studied!! it was a 60in telescope:). The dome opened, and the explained all their technology to us. Eventually, it got dark, and the stars came out. We saw the moon, a cluster of stars (100,00-250,00 stars!, Saturn (rings and 4 moons!!), and a couple other stars. It was spectacularly amazing. The dome had great acoustics, so we started singing hymns. I've never heard anything so wonderful. At the end, the lady, who was not a Christian, asked us to sing a couple more- awesome. It was also freezing in there. We were there from 7-1 am, with the dome open to the night. No one knew it would be that cold. So I ended up sitting on Lorah's lap, with two blankets on top of us, listening to Jake tell stories about his childhood.
I love 4Ws so much because I get to talk to people I wouldn't regularly talk to: Scouting around the mountain with Annika, sitting on Lorah's lap, listening to Jake, talking to Kevin, huddling under a borrowed blanket with Bond to keep warm- it was an amazing night.

It started behind the dumpster.....:)

I was so incredibly hyper last night. The night started off with a chorale concert, which sounded amazing. I've thought about joining choir, but it isn't a choir where just mediocre people go to sing and fulfill their fine art credit- they all truly have amazing voices. So that's out.
After the concert, I came back to campus and watched a Harry Potter film. Half-Blood Prince, I think. It was after that, that I went berserk.
I was being hyper, but just talking to people in the hall and looking for food with Justin Bond. After that, I went out with Candace, my roommate, to empty our trash. There we met Brett and Jake. Then Bond came out. Candace was still normal at this point, but I think I completely scared the guys. Then Candace and I left them. Across the street they were playing some music- so she and I held a dance party! With some pretty weird moves. We brought the dance party onto campus, and got some very weird looks from the security guard and all the couples that are still up at midnight.
Later, we ran and danced through the sprinklers. Then, left the sprinklers to sit in the hammock. That section of sprinklers then decided to turn on! Naturally. We got soaked, because we didn't want to move. Eventually, around 1am, we made our way to bed. I just never have gone so wild with anyone on campus!