Halloween
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Hello everyone,
Wells Gordon and Tiffany Lamb continue to do a great job playing jazz at Guadaloupe's Cafe on Monday nights. The company and conversation are almost as good as the music. You guys should come out.
What are you doing for Halloween?
There is a destination a little off campus, set in the woods along the Tuckasegee River. The people who live there call it "The Blue House." It's a neat two story wooden home where college students reside. The atmosphere is terrific. If I were to film a movie about a Halloween party, this is the house I would choose as the setting. I am lucky in that I have been invited to attend a real costume Halloween party there.
Last night, as I stood on the porch of "The Blue House" looking out toward the river, I thought about where I was on Halloween last year. I stayed out late- past 11 pm- but I was working instead of having fun. I delivered mail and packages on my second route of the day, getting curious looks from "trick or treaters" and scowls from some irate customers. This was in Washington, DC, and delivering mail past 11 at night was not unusual for me or the station. I had to be back in at work at 7:30 the next morning, November 1. Days like those are what made me decide to come to graduate school. Life is just too short.
So, on Halloween I could be delivering mail in Washington, DC. I suppose if the draft were still in effect I might be in Iraq trying to dodge bullets and IEDs. But this Halloween weekend, I intend to be at "The Blue House," in costume, and having a royal time. To paraphrase actor Morgan Freeman: When you are given the opportunity to have a happy and fun life, you have the moral obligation...to live it!
The party is this weekend, but on October 31 itself, there is a CD release party at the Fine and Performing Arts Center (FPAC) on campus by Matt Williams, a student here. The party will award prizes for the best costume, and it runs from 7:30-9:30. If the information told to me is correct, this is the first time a student at WCU is being allowed to use the main auditorium at the FPAC. It is important to have a good turnout so that future requests from students will be considered. So come on out. I plan to be there as well.
WCU is one of the great places on earth, isn't it?
Until next time,
Nathan Marshburn
Wells Gordon and Tiffany Lamb continue to do a great job playing jazz at Guadaloupe's Cafe on Monday nights. The company and conversation are almost as good as the music. You guys should come out.
What are you doing for Halloween?
There is a destination a little off campus, set in the woods along the Tuckasegee River. The people who live there call it "The Blue House." It's a neat two story wooden home where college students reside. The atmosphere is terrific. If I were to film a movie about a Halloween party, this is the house I would choose as the setting. I am lucky in that I have been invited to attend a real costume Halloween party there.
Last night, as I stood on the porch of "The Blue House" looking out toward the river, I thought about where I was on Halloween last year. I stayed out late- past 11 pm- but I was working instead of having fun. I delivered mail and packages on my second route of the day, getting curious looks from "trick or treaters" and scowls from some irate customers. This was in Washington, DC, and delivering mail past 11 at night was not unusual for me or the station. I had to be back in at work at 7:30 the next morning, November 1. Days like those are what made me decide to come to graduate school. Life is just too short.
So, on Halloween I could be delivering mail in Washington, DC. I suppose if the draft were still in effect I might be in Iraq trying to dodge bullets and IEDs. But this Halloween weekend, I intend to be at "The Blue House," in costume, and having a royal time. To paraphrase actor Morgan Freeman: When you are given the opportunity to have a happy and fun life, you have the moral obligation...to live it!
The party is this weekend, but on October 31 itself, there is a CD release party at the Fine and Performing Arts Center (FPAC) on campus by Matt Williams, a student here. The party will award prizes for the best costume, and it runs from 7:30-9:30. If the information told to me is correct, this is the first time a student at WCU is being allowed to use the main auditorium at the FPAC. It is important to have a good turnout so that future requests from students will be considered. So come on out. I plan to be there as well.
WCU is one of the great places on earth, isn't it?
Until next time,
Nathan Marshburn
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