Like, Who Like Made These Hills?

So, there is so much to write about and I have no idea how I am going to remember it all. I guess I will start from the begining. This weekend was the First Year Retreat put on by the campus life ministry. I signed up at the end of the summer for it and was so glad I did. About 150 freshman students traveled in charter buses to a city called La Canada in the northern part of Los Angeles County. We left at around 5:30 Friday evening and arrived around 8:30. The drive up was a lot of fun but really scary because for about 2 hours we were slowly winding up a mountain. There were twists and turns and ledges that went hundreds of feet down. As we started to make our way up through the mountains the sun was begining to set and the view was amazing. The sillouettes of the mountains were backed by a pink and orange sky. The girls behind me and Brandon, who was my bus partner, talked like such valley girls and were incredibly funny to listen to. At one point in on the way up the mountain one of the girls said, "Like who like made these hill?" and the other girls responded in a serious tone "I think the Indians." Me and Brandon could not help but burst out laughing and repeated that converstation at least a hundred times the rest of the trip. When we arrived we went into the main lodge as a group of freshman and were introduced to our retreat leaders. I was in a group of about 7 people and my group leaders were Nick (sophmore theatre major) and Janice (Senior liberal studies major) They were the funniest and nicest people and really made the retreat a lot of fun. After we did a lot of activities we finally went to bed around 12:30 a.m. Saturday morning we woke up and ate breakfast and then did more activites. Later in the day we had about 3 hours to do whatever we liked. I played volleyball and ultimate frisbee but many people did the zipline and pole jump. The pole jump looked incredibly scary. It was a tall wooden pole that was about as tall as a power line and you had to climb to the top of it, stand on its 1 and a half foot circular top, and leap from that to a monkey bar about 8 feet away. That night we had the option of going on a star walk/hike. It was probably my favorite part of the retreat and that is where I met Bree, Mallory, and Kathleen. Bree is a film major so we really had a lot in common. As we were walking down the dirt path (without a flash light) the group decided to veer off and go down this really sandy steep slope down on one of the hills. We were going through shrubs and rocks in the dark of night and finally we reached a large pile of boulders that were smashed into the side of the mountain. Fr. Mahn was with us and he was said, "If you want to maybe die just come up here" Well of coarse we couldn't miss out and so we climbed up to the top of the formation. About fifty students made it to the top and valley was, literally, hundreds of feet bellow us. It was very scary but well worth it in the end. We could see all of the constellations and stars and stayed up there for about 45 minutes just enjoying nature. We finally made it back to the cabins and got ready for bed. The next day we celebrated mass, did more group activities, ate lunch and got ready for our trip back home. I arrived back at LMU at around 4:30 and immediately took a really long shower. I never thought I would look forward to using a community bathroom but I really did.
Sunday night was the Emmy's and me and Eileene decided we wanted to watch them. They of coarse take place in L.A and so we thought, "awesome we will find out who wins first." That definitely was not the case since the first airing is in Eastern time and Pacific time is a three hour delay. While we were waiting for them to start, Eileene and I decided to go the The Lair to eat dinner. We sat down and the entire time Eileene kept looking over my shoulder. I couldn't figure out what it was. Finally when we left she said, " I wanted to tell you the whole time but Misha Barton's sister was sitting right behind you. She's like Misha but a brunette." then she said, "Yeah and she was really twitchy since apparently she just got out of rehab." I could not stop laughing when Eileene said it becuase she was serious. Finally, while we were watching the Emmy's Eilleene's roomate came in and said, "did you know that Hannah went to the Emmy's?" Me and I Eileene couldn't believe it but it turns out that Hannah Selleck, a girl in our hall, is Tom Selleck's daughter. Magnum P.I. anyone? I guess that's a regular occurance when you live in L.A. We were really excited that The Office won best writer but dissapointed that Rain Wilson and Jenna Fischer didn't win. Overall I had a really awesome weekend. (The picture at the bottom is Bree, Me, and Kathleen) Mallory is the girl with her hand waving in the air on the cliff.