ack, this is a bad omen. look at the time. i'm going to die.

went to the first board meeting of the seattle smith college club last evening. it was actually a lot of fun. we started off talking business and ideas for upcoming events, the budget, the schedule, the new focus of the mission, etc. and then we just launched into a more casual, laid-back conversation about each other and what we do since this was the first time meeting all of them. i loved hearing about what house each person used to live in. in my senior year of college, i worked on a group project in my psychology seminar studying the various factors that affect cohesiveness and living in smith college dorms. one of the factors i was interested in was the stereotype of each house and the way others may perceive you simply because of what house you lived in. for example, one may easily infer that was a big party girl because i lived in cushing, or the quad. during my research, i contacted several alums and asked them what they remembered about certain houses, and surprisingly, the stereotypes have varied through the years. so as i met each of the alums last night, i wondered what the stereotype they had of lamont house, my house, while they were a student at smith.
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four hours later...i just said goodbye and a "nice workin' with ya" to erik macki. so sad. he's leaving amazon to get his masters in education and teach foreign language in high school. what a wonderful thing to do. it was so awkward--i've known him here for so long and he just knows...everything. he was a great asset here and will surely be missed.