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Sorority Life. Not what I thought, at least for Lamba Delta Sigma. To begin with, I didn't know what a sorority was until the day I joined. I thought it was full of prissy girls who go shopping, gossip, and wear pink all the time (kind of a Legally Blonde persona, see picture). But my friend Nadia didn't want to join alone so she dragged me along and convinced me to do it too. By the time I left the first day, I could see my presumptions were wrong. It wasn't full of silly blondes in pink skirts and high heels at all, instead they were all young women like me. This was great news because now I can tell blonde jokes without having to explain them fifty times!

Since I'm not taking classes this fall I decided I needed a change in things to make sure I keep active, especially after not doing too much this summer when it came to friends. Not that it was that bad being a homebody. Watching my sisters turn their pretty faces into gruesome troll expressions is quite amusing. However, originally I was just going to go to the U's Institute, but on a whim I found myself picking a chapter in the sorority. And I have to admit when the Kappa girl told me they'd had Masquerades before I was pretty much sold. I've always wanted to go to a Masquerade; I even have a mask!


So far I feel kind of bad because I haven't been to any of my chapter's activities because of scheduling conflicts. But I've been to some larger sorority and fraternity events where all the girls and the guys come. Can I just say, I'm really excited?! First I went to a carnival and I had sooo many guys just come up and talk to me or say hi. I think I talked to more guys in one day than I had in a month! Plus Nadia and I about killed ourselves on a giant blow-up obstacle course. The girls I have met in my chapter seem really cool so far too. I can tell I'm going to get along with them off the bat. Everyone there feels like instant friends, so friendly it's almost weird.

Last Saturday we had my favorite activity of all so far with the Pledge Breakfast (pledges are new people). The guys made us breakfast, escorted us into the gym to our table, took our plates and got the food for us. Nadia and I were near the end of the line and they were running out of guys so they started taking 2 girls each. We were quite amazed when we got the actual president of the whole fraternity named Patrick. After he brought us our food he got caught up in directing stuff for a minute, and sent us another guy to entertain us until he got back. So even though we started out with one guy, we got two anyway. They were both really cool guys and we had a lot of fun talking to them. Nadia and I were both sad when everyone else started cleaning up indicating it was time to go.

I'm really excited for the rest of the year because I know this is going to be a blast! Especially since they're having a Winter Ball. What could be more fun than prom dresses and dancing?
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  1. Skybird9/12/09, 11:57 AM

    Hey you! As an old guy, I never did the sorority thing! But Laurel and I just went up to USU a couple of weeks ago to help a subchapter of our State chapter of a National Chapter get things off and running! They had a quad day with all sorts of joining, and it was fun to be around all that young energy! I helped the co-president set up a bank account yesterday as I am treasurer of our State chapter. So this was a fun read! You always have been a socialite! As to friends... you may not be just meeting! You may be meeting again... from a prior time! Look for that! The "pre-earth" spin to this! I'll bet some of them are deeper friends than you know! Have fun!

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  2. KrippledWarrior9/15/09, 4:15 PM

    How about sacking and pillaging a coastal town, pirate style? That sounds more fun than getting i a dress to me. But I never tried on a dress. So I'm not sure.

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  3. Becki Jacket9/19/09, 2:45 AM

    YOU'RE MAKING FUN OF BLONDES! I'M TELLING MOMMY!!! MOOOOOOMMM!!! *starts sobbing* NANNY'S MAKING FUN OF GIRLS WITH BLONDE HAIIIRRR!

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