APO Sectionals

This past weekend Drake hosted the APO Section 21 Conference and it was amazing. A lot of chapters from the rest of the state were invited down to Drake to participate in worshops and lectures and all sorts of things like that. I haven't been in the chapter very long at all so this was my first large APO gathering with other chapters, and I'm tellin' you I'd do it again in a heartbeat

On Friday night, we hosted a fellowship event in one of the academic buildings. We watched a movie on the projector and played charades. In case you're curious, my team won. Go, red team!! We had some pretty interesting drawings and some even more impressive guesses. My RA recently joined APO at Iowa State (she's a grad student there) and she was an amazing guesser... I mean, she guessed "fern." Fern, I tell you. I guess you had to be there.

All day Saturday we had workshops and things we could do with our brothers from other chapters. I spent the entire day at the roundtable discussions because they were REALLY interesting. A bunch of people from a bunch of chapters sat around and talked about how they run their chapter. We talked about everything from the recruiting process to what we do for service events. It's really amazing to see how different each chapter is despite being apart of the same organization. It was also really fun because we were able to bounce ideas off one another and talk about what worked for each of us and what didn't. I thought it was really beneficial - even if all the topics that we discussed didn't apply to me or my position on the Executive Committee.

The day ended with our formal banquet/dance which was great fun and kinda bittersweet ("kinda" is actually a gross understatement). I think it went really well and was a great end to sectionals. Everybody really seemed to enjoy theirselves. Personally, I'm not much of a dancer. I'll do "Shout," "YMCA," "The Electric Slide," "The Macarena," "The Chicken Dance," and things like that, but generally speaking I feel uncomfortably self-concious (isn't that redundant?) and awkward when dancing. Me running around my room in my sweatpants, singing karaoke into my hairbrush when nobody is looking is a different story.... correction... when I THINK nobody is looking.

I took some pictures so check them out. I might be adding more when I steal some from facebook :)



That's my RA. She can bust a move. There's a YouTube video to prove it.



Speaking of busting a move, Ms. Julie was gettin' friendly with Ben, the president of the Iowa State chapter.



Ryan graciously moved the glass away from his face to let me take his picture. He, erm... "hurt his ankle" or something. I'm kidding, he really did hurt his ankle.



Mr. Mike... I suppose you could call him my other half. He is the other Service Vice President.



Julie and Ryan finger dancing. Finger dancing is where it's at, yo!

Blogger doesn't like shoving a billion pictures in a blog, so here are a few more. :)


Me and my girls from Carpenter


Me getting ready in my messy room : / note to self: clean room

My latest addiction

Ok, so if you click on that little picture of a planet on the upper right hand side of my blog, you'll be introduced to one of my latest addctions. It's a tracker. It keeps track of my blog visitors and it's AWESOME.

It's thanks to that little guy that I know that most of the people who happen upon my blog have bulldogs with pink eye or pneumonia. Or they want to know what kind of habitat bulldogs need. Or they need to know how big bulldogs get. Or they want bulldog quotes. Or they want Keith Anderson pictures. That last one is kind of random, I know. Although, those are the people who luck out the most. My blog doesn't offer counsel for those with sick bulldogs, though I hope those surfers find the information they need. Keith Anderson pictures, on the other hand.. well, you've come to the right place.

But it's actually really cool to see because I've had hits from Australia, South Africa, Canada, Argentina, and India. I've even had visitors from all sorts of states like New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado, California, Iowa of course, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (particularly Arlington Heights - hi, Arlington Heights!), North Dakota, South Dakota, and Oregon.

Isn't the Internet amazing? I'm having too much fun tracking my hits. And the site that does it breaks it down in like nine different ways. It's awesome. I love it.

You know what I'm also addicted to? YouTube. That seems like a pretty standard answer, I know. But I'm addicted to particular videos on YouTube. I actually watch them several times a day. They're kind of a pick-me-up. I've decided to share them with you. You'll thank me later.

Actually, it's kind of annoying that I couldn't figure out how to put them all in one blog... so bear with me.

I'll give you a short description of each one..

The first one is only for Back to the Future fans. Seeing the movie a few times doesn't really count. Unless you remember some pretty specific plot points. This guy played Biff and he's a comedian now and this song is pretty much the funniest thing I've ever seen.

The second one is a guy named Greg Patillo and he's pretty much the most amazing flute player I've ever seen in my life. He has some mad skills, yo. I'm writing an article about him for Drake Mag, too. Assuming he ever gets back to me.

The next three are Potter Puppet Pal videos. Whether you love or hate Harry Potter, you'll get a kick out of these videos. They're hilarious. The puppets are really well done, the voices are great, and it's pretty amazing all around. If "snape, Snape, Serverus Snape.." doesn't get stuck in your head, you've got problems. :)

Biff's Question Song (Stand-up Comedy)

beatboxing flute super mario brothers theme

Potter Puppet Pals in Wizard Swears

Potter Puppet Pals in Wizard Angst