Sunday, October 26, 2014

howlin'.

If you are from around here then you have probably heard of The Howl, if you have no idea what it is, it is just a giant Halloween party/concert/rave/circus/strip club that Utah State puts on every year. It has acquired quite a rep for being pretty crazy, but to be honest I was a little underwhelmed with it. Yes there were tons of people and lots of craziness, but I didn't feel unsafe or like I was somewhere super sketchy. I didn't even really talk to strange men (but that was probably because of my unattractive costume). Last year for Halloween Caroline and I were cats because cats are my favorite animal and I am completely obsessed, so this year we decided to be her favorite animal which was....a unicorn. I found us these ridiculous hats from Zurchers and they became the center piece of the most magical costume I have ever seen. The rest of our costumes consisted of a feather boa tail, glitter body tattoos, and bright blue eyeliner. Clearly looking "cute" was not our first priority here haha. 






Lots of friends from back home got to come up for The Howl, and it was really fun to party with them again. We spent most of our night with Chelsea and Maddy, which makes any dance party 150% better. They go full out the entire time, which is admirable and inspiring. Also, Rockstar energy drinks sponsored this thing and were handing out free drinks the entire night. This caused for the most intense and embarrassing mental/physical break down ever. So apparently I'm not supposed to combine significant amounts of caffeine with the medication I take, and having two Rockstars definitely showed me why. Long story short, I pretty much passed out, had a tingling body, lost my mind and thought I was going to die. I have never really had an energy drink before and even though mango Rockstars taste so beautiful, they lead to unpleasant feelings. Anyways, these lovely friends of mine carried my to the car and put me in bed and bought me some chicken nuggets. I don't think friendship gets better than that. So thanks ladies for not hating me when I wouldn't shut up about Greg Kinnear and Matthew McConaughey and how hungry I was and how I didn't want my mom to find out. 


Oh and on Friday we went with some friends to Angie's and cleaned the sink! Forget about kissing on the A, I think this officially makes me a true Aggie. Even though we had six people, it was still enough ice cream to make me feel nauseous for 24 hours.  


 So all in all, it was freaking great weekend! Thanks to the nice people in my life who help me have the best nights ever. MY HORN CAN PIERCE THE SKY. (high five if you understood that reference)

Sunday, October 12, 2014

masquerade.

My stellar roommate Carly (babe on the left) and her friends threw the most amazing masquerade party ever. It was held in the ballroom at the Blue Bird and there was a live band, an incredible DJ, and lots of super fun people. This night was probably the most fun I have had up at college so far. Although there are a shortage of boys up here at USU, I'm so grateful for my awesome girls who make me so happy and dance weirdly with me in public.


(we may or may not have been on the roof when we weren't supposed to be)

So clearly I wouldn't be representing myself very well if I didn't get a cat mask so....I was a cat. Because I am Emily McKenna.


 Such good roommates and such good friends. How did I get so lucky?






 Never has there been a picture that more accurately describes our relationship.