| To CTY To my roomates, halls, classes. To cheesecake. To Gyro's Fez. To no-mores. To cool nicknames like Danger McJeebus, Shaft, and Glass House. To techies-the talent behind the show. To the talent-the show. To couching and couchers. To RA's named Nick. To Owen and his spiffy clothes. To Archaeology-the best class ever. To pants. To Qatar because it has no U. I love all of you. I love the Passionfruit. |
| I Love the Passionfruit... |
| What can one say about the essence of all that is passionate and fruity? From my first one...way back in 2001 I think, to my last one this year as Empress, I've enjoyed every one of them. It's a crazy tradition, and describing doesn't really do it justice. I went to my first...let's see, it was after an illegal interhall sleepover with Keara, Clara, and Kit's hall. I was devirginized by Owen, one of the coolest guys on the planet. This I know, though I never got the chance to know him very well. A quick sum-up of what Passionfruit is, for all you wayward wanderers who may come across this site: Passionfruit is a tradition, started at Carlisle, sweet Carlisle, I believe, but it has since spread. You get up at an obscene hour of the morning (7 for the 2 Sundays, 6 for the last Friday) find an open grassy area (lower quad at Carlisle), sit in a circle and take turns toasting. That is, you bring a drink, preferably fruity, and, one by one, you stand up and salute things that make you happy. Your class, tech crew, Nick Hudac, whatever. It sounds silly, and in a way it is. But most traditions are. Devirginizations: If you've never been to Passionfruit before, you are a Passionfruit virgin. So, the folks in charge (the Emperor and Empress) think of something you can do as a sort of initiation. NOT HAZING (in case any RAs are watching.) You don't have to do anything, but it's kinda of a bummer if you back out, because the devirginization is one of the things that everyone at Passionfruit has in common. And it tends to be harmless and mostly painless anyway. Take a look at a partial list of my and my emperor Greg's devirginization ideas, which we put into action at CTY Carlisle 2003 second session. |
| I've been to...maybe 10, yeah, I think 10 Passionfruits. Lots of things have changed...but many have not. Check out an interesting sampling of my toasts: The First (I think), and The Last. |
| Carlisle, Session 2, 2001: The Last Friday |
| Carlisle, Session 2, 2003: My Last Friday (Remember, I was Empress and a nomore so I could talk for as long as I wanted.) |
| To the Bo Bathroom To Nick Hudac--even though he's not here, he's still dreamy To Techies To Talent To Ken--who's totally still a CTY student at heart To Stacey--my sexy RA To my hall--one of the best halls I've ever had, and they were kind enough to show up To John Williams and Nick Shunda--Never my teachers, but everyone else has toasted them and it's my turn To Starcrash, MSTK3, Cave Dwellers, and Dark Side of Oz To Claire, for running Dark Side after I nagged her for a whole session, and for general sexiness for the past 2 years To Bret and Pete--Partners in crime To Rinas and Redskins To the HUB To dances and canon To devirginizations--I've enjoyed every one of them To Greg, a friend, an Emperor, a strange young man with a duct tape crown To Reuben because he's short but that's cool To roommates past, present, and not future To Anna Brenner, my Law and Poli roomie--the best friend I ever made at CTY To Tim, who isn't here, but he's sexy anyway and I miss him To John for showing at the dance, dancing at the dance, and coming here today To Music Theory, Archaeology, Crafting the Essay, Law and Politics, Crafting Drama, Intro to Psych, and Crafting Fiction To Eli and Lizzy for giving me the chance to be part of this awesome tradition To all the friends I've ever made, lost, found, kept at this bizzare and wonderful place And to CTY, which, believe it or not, has really had a lot to do with the person I am today...which is either a good thing or not. It's given me what I needed to outgrow it...or it's outgrown me. I leave you with a quote someone I once knew wrote in my memory book: "Keep CTY going in the form in which I fashioned it." I love CTY, I love all of you, and I love the Passionfruit |
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