2nd day of Orientation

Here we go again. Orientation continued starting with a fire alarm at 830AM!! i woke up and walked outside not really thinking we'd be out there long. Much to my chagrin we were out there for at least a half hr. All I had on was my tshirt and shorts. Short shorts I wore to bed. AYYYYY. Later in the afternoon we had to sit though some very long information sessions. Dull although some of it was really interesting. Gallaudet has many cool traditions like Rock Fest which is where we party lol and the Rat funeral - at the end of freshman year the freshmen bury fake rats in a grave somewhere on campus. Apparently you can see the grave markers if you look carefully. Each class has its own traditions. Junior class (MINE) get to create class jerseys :) I cant wait!!! Anyways to end the night I played basketball with some new friends including a one on one with Abdul. Really cool guy and cute too when he doesnt have his HUGE red and white headphones on - which was pretty much all day except while playing bball. We played knockout for awhile then just dribbled around. Then a guy named Matthew came over and the two of us decided (this was his idea) to slam the ball into the floor to see if it would bounce into the basket. I got mine to go in TWICE!!! He was so upset lol Boys will be boys whether they are Deaf or hearing lol He was really funny; found out he used to be a volunteer firefighter. Cool huh? Almost no hair but not bad looking either. I figured out where the laundry room was yayy! Did my first load tonite. Not used to having to use quarters. I miss IC's laundry room but at least at GU there are five washing machines and six dryers lol compared to three washers and two dryers at IC. I really liked not using my voice but there are times when people are signing really fast and I have to rely on the interpreter. That I dont like too much. I really cant wait till I am fluent. Another great day at Gallaudet concludes.