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December 13, 2004

Christmas Dinner with the DBNs

There was so much food. So much. And the turkey, don't get me started on the turkey. It was perfect, succulent, moist, and tender. Thank God for Nichole.

All the DBNs dressed up, while most of our guys showed up in jeans and a t-shirt. Oh well.

As usual, the guys strained around the TV, while the girls got everything in the kitchen underway. For the second time in a row, our guys have been stuck with the task of cooking the turkey. A sorority (two now, actually), full of GIRLS that can COOK, wants a bunch of guys who play videogames and whose definition of cooking involves a trip to McDonald's to prepare a turkey -- the hardest and most oft-miscooked and item on the Thanksgiving table. Whatever.

In the end, we all settled down around the TV, and Justin plopped in the tape of the Christmas Dinner in 2003 last year. I think it one of the few times we actually hung out with the DBNs back then, and there was a lot of lively talking and partying around the food. It looked like a genuinely fun time. I think I even caught a glimpse of Malina and I flirting on the couch. I miss having the old house on Rossi. But all good things must end, right?

Maybe we're getting tired of the DBNs. That's all we do anymore. If there's an event with a sorority that happened this semester, you can bet your ass it happened with the DBNs. They're not as organized as the Alpha Chis, who require months of notice. They're also not as different as the AZDs, who are harder to hang out with on account of their marriages.

It was successful, no doubt. But it wasn't the same as last year. Maybe we need to spice it up a little. We'll see. We have some time reserved specifically for the Alpha Chis, such as sledding in January, and other blocks that will be later announced. We figured since it was getting so repetitive with the DBNs, we should be branching out and hanging out with the AXOs and the AZDs more. And so we got in there before the AXOs did their calendar planning session, and now we've actually got some variety in the mixers lined up for the Spring.

With the coming up of the SAEs on campus, we have a little more competition. Which is a perfect chance for us to step it up and be the best we can be. It's no longer just the Kappa Sigs and the AKLs when the girls wanted to hang out. We'll see how it works out. They have the single largest international fraternity in the world, so they've got lots of resources to help them succeed. It's up to us as leaders in our own chapter to step it up and succeed.

So let's do it.

Posted by Danny on December 13, 2004 02:35 PM