history, foga, and clubs

Yesterday was an interesting day.  I was so lost in the sports history class:  not only do i know very little about the sports we were talking about, but i know very little NZ and british history (at least not well enough to keep up).   it was alright because it was just lecture for the first half, but then we read a short article and proceeded to discuss it.  it was about the history of south african racism and rugby.  the teacher asked me something about rugby history and i had no idea what he was talking about.  oh well, i guess i'm getting what i wanted- to learn about their sports which i know nothing about.

later on i ended up going to the "foga" party, and it was actually pretty fun albeit a little gross.  there was a live band and a foam machine.  we pretty much just picked the foam up off the floor and rubbed/threw it on each other.  i hope someone puts some pictures on facebook so i can transfer them over here.  my toga looked awesome too. haha

today was clubs day on campus, ergo all the clubs had a table set up in the center of campus where we could sign up.  lyndsay (one of my flatmates) and i went a little crazy and signed up for several clubs.  if i'm remembering them all, i signed up for the alpine club (outdoorsy stuff), the surfing club (they'll teach us and let us borrow boards and wet suits!), the summit club (more outdoorsy stuff), the fire club, ultimate frisbee (i'll probably never do this one, but i was standing by the table and the guy told me to just sign up), and, if i'm not forgetting something, volleyball.  i asked if they needed a setter and they said they did, so i'm going to try to go that route.  plus, they only practice once a week for two hours, so i'm down with that.  there's only two tournaments while i'm here though, so i might lose interest.  we'll see how much of this stuff i can handle, and i think it's going to be an adventure...