| My senior year at HSU I had the priveledge of working as Special Events Cordinator for Freshmen Orientation. My job was to plan the evening off campus events including one major tradional movie. Abilene has a beautiful historic theatre, which is rented out by New Student Orientation each year, and a special movie that goes in accordance with that years theme is shown to all the incoming freshmen, transferes and returning students. The theatre is packed and I have choosen to watch Indiana Jones, the Last Crusade. I'm a huge fan of these movies and think it would make a great Orientation movie because in the finale, Indiana Jones finds the Holy Grail. Our theme that year was "Thirst for Excellence," what a perfect movie. Being that I planned the evening, the dean of students asked me to welcome everyone to the theatre and introduce the movie. I was so nervous about getting up infront of so many people, but bit my lip and forced myself to walk out on the stage. Blinded by the stage lighting, all I could see was the faces of students on the first two rows. The balconies were filled with returning students, my peers and classmates. I started off great, I gave a huge welcome to the upperclassmen in the balcony and reminded everyone that there were free concession stands downstairs. "And now for the feature of the evening," I said with a ring leader sort of voice, "Sit back, relax and enjoy INDIANA JONES AND .... um..." I panicked, for the life of me I could not remember which Indiana Jones movie I had choosen. I looked off stage right to the other committee members in the wing and wispered quickly, which movie is it? Totally shocked they told me "The last crusade." Without pausing, i grabbed the microphone and yelled "AND THE LAST CRUSADE!!" The crowd cheered and I got my butt off stage as fast as I could. I was totally embarrased and couldn't believe how I had forgotten the name of the movie that I had choosen, and in front of so many people. Friends told me that it wasn't that noticable, but I knew otherwise. The embarassment was topped off by me chugging two cans of Red Bull on a dare. The energy drink over reacted in my body and I was high strung half way through the movie and in my 'drunken state' as some like to call it, I asked the Dean of Students if she would catch me if I crowd surfed across the foyer full of people. I can't explain what I was thinking, but I look back and regret ever having spoken those words. Students and leaders congregated outside the theatre in the street and upperclassmen traditionally signed the beenies of the incoming freshmen and transferes. Among the crowd of people, I started being teased by Jake, a guy on the steering committee with me. And in, what I like to call the "red bull state," Jake and I started running around playing tag... I can't explain how it started, but I do remember how it ended. In my sandals I jumped up on the slippery sidewalk, and as I turned in a mad dash to catch Jake, my feet went from out under me... and I ate cement. I ate it good too.... but I was laughing so hard, I couldn't get up. I just sat there on my butt for a few and then allowed someone to help me up. I was mortified to look up and see my crush standing right in front of me. He didn't even laugh which made it worse. Talk about a sobering moment. I wiped the smile off my face and in total mortification, I walked away in the other direction. Jake still calls me Red Bull girl to this day. |