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[lnr]

In other news on Saturday 12 of us, kindly organised by Rachel, went to Girton Spring Ball. We were greeted at the gate by a bloke in armour on a horse - presumably there to stop people rioting when they saw the length of the queue. Sub-zero temperatures, ball-dresses and 45 minute waits do not go particularly well together. Still, we warmed up once we arrived. Highlights in rough order:

• Hog roast inna bun
• Pizza, curly fries and guacamole, waffles with icecream, maple syrup and nuts
• Sorting fruit into size order
• Sorting fruit into alphabetical order
• Pretending Ellie is a fruit
• Ice-skating - this was useless, the skates went better sideways than forwards. Don't know if it was the skates themselves or the surface.
• Candyfloss
• A doughnut with toffeeish filling
• DJ Osymyso (sp?) mashups
• Some impressive dancing by a couple of people to the above
• Some less impressive dancing by me ditto
• Chilling out in the Fellow's drawing room watching the world go by and listening to the piano
• Watching The Rifles from right at the front, and being accused of knowing a song by their singer, because I'd picked up the chorus and was singing along
• Catching up with the others and just hanging out for a bit
• The end of The Upper Room's rather short set
• Finding cushions to lounge on to watch The Betamax Band (string bass, accoustic guitar, and percussion on a tea-chest - while sitting on said chest!)
• Bacon and egg butties
• Walking home with Andrew in the pre-dawn, breaking the ice in the puddles, listening to the birdsong and putting the world to rights.
• A comfy sofa to sleep on, having forgotten my door keys in the wrong coat
• Company in the morning and fried-eggs on toast for breakfast
• A lift home from Rach

I had a great time, even though I wasn't drinking.

Comments

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

The ice skating thing, if it was the plastic slot-together one, is dreadful like that, people keep breaking their ankles and things and may balls still hire the bastard. But the rest of it sounds fun! I think if I told medieval_bunny about the man in armour she might just die...

[lnr]

That's the stuff. Not at all like skating on real ice. We rather suspected it was easier for those with no previous experience.

There were supposed to be some medieval fighting displays on in the main court, but it was just too cold to hang around outside for them really.

[dunkdunkdunk.livejournal.com]

Are Eve and I just utter misery guts for thinking it was a rubbish ball and going home at 1?!

Will post the alphabetical / size fruit pictures soon!

[lnr]

I don't know to be honest. I've not been to a college ball before so I've nothing to compare with. And I admit there were a few bits I was flagging in, and once it got to 4am me and Andrew were really struggling to find anything to do. It helps that I'm really into gigs at the moment I think, otherwise I'd have been fed up on my own instead of bouncing at the front of the crowd for The Rifles.

I look forward to the pics