Last day of 20 and the first of 21

Yesterday I had a nice lie in. It was around 11:30 that I rolled out of bed and over to my computer. I was thinking on the things I had planned for the weekend. At that point I realized I had completely forgotten to pick up the movies for the theme house event! I managed to procure all three films though before they showed. Yay for averting disaster!

I didn't really see any new films at the theme house event. I'd already seen Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and Chicago, and I decided to forgo the 2.5-hour-long Across the Universe. From what I did see I don't think I would have liked it. The two main characters were kind of ugly and there was some severe overuse of AutoTune.

After the event Matt and Rachel and I were hungry, so we walked down to the Collective for sandwiches and a "banana boat" coffee drink. Delicious!

The weather was so nice that I insisted we take a scenic route back to the apartments. We noticed when we passed by the stadium that it wide open, so we ran barefoot on the Astroturf and climbed the stairs all the way to the roof! The stadium is the second tallest building on campus, and from the roof we could see the whole city all lit up.

When I got back to the apartment I colored my hair—Revlon ColorSilk #42 medium auburn—and then styled it and put on some make-up.

At about 5 to midnight I took my last shot as a minor (it was José Cuervo) before heading back the Collective. Rusty gave me a shot of "royal peach" (Royal Crown + peach schnapps) on the house. It wasn't my first drink, and it wasn't even my first legal drink (dad took me out to a bar in Canada where the drinking age is 19), but it was my first drink as a 21-year-old!

Rachel bought me an amaretto sour (yum!) and I ordered another shot and a Marshall wheat (a local brew). We sat on the patio for a while and I drank my surprisingly tasty beer. Rachel bought me another shot (something with Baileys in it), and we listened to the band for a bit (Stevedore, a fairly popular local duo).

We went back to the apartment and had one last shot (tequila again!) We were all pretty tired, but it was SO BEAUTIFUL outside! We changed into sneakers and took a stroll around campus. We stopped in the parking lot to put a fake mustache on handicapped parking spot sign.

By the time we got to Lottie Jane it was time for a bathroom break, so we stopped into the lobby. We considered putting a mustache on the paining of Lottie, but decided that would not be appreciated. So we endevoured on.

Our next stop was Danielle's apartment, but she was asleep. Instead we left our calling card—mustaches!—on her door. While we were passing the Methodist church a group of men in a car tried to get us to come to a party with them, but they were a bit creepy so we ignored them.

Kep is always open, so we decided to stroll about in there. We bought some snacks from the vending machine on the lower floor and Matt showed us the men's restroom. The stalls are blue in there (they're red in the women's room) and there were so many urinals! Jordan liked the statue of the oil drillers so we took him upstairs to see all the little machine people figures on the upper floor. Some of them were stuffed in a bizarre little corner, which I thought made a good hiding spot.

We reminisced about the Honors House (which I never lived in or spent time in) and made observations about the sorority and fraternity houses as we crossed Harwell Field. We went down into the stadium again and bemoaned the light pollution in town. The Big Dipper was right above us though, and some planet.

When we got back the apartments the boys went to bed, but Rachel and I stayed up to watch My Super Sweet Sixteen. Around 4:30 I finally went to sleep, feeling really happy.

I woke up to my dad calling to wish a happy birthday. After that I browsed the Internet for a while and went to brunch at the caf around noon with Matt.

Mom picked me up around 2:30 and we split fajitas at Mexico Lindo and went to Gardener's (I got The Physics of Star Trek).

When I got back I ate dinner with Matt and Rachel and Jordan, and then we watched Gypsy. I can see why Sondheim had problems with this film version. The camera work was terrible!

I was really impressed with Natalie Wood though. I've never thought she was very pretty as Maria in West Side Story, but she looked beautiful as pre-stripper Louise in this film, and apparently her songs weren't dubbed.

The music was nice, as I expected. I'm going to have to add some other Sondheim musicals to my queue (A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum).

Over all, it was a nice birthday!