Friday, July 26, 2002

Author's Note: All characters in this title are purely fictional. Any resemblance to real persons or characters is completely coincidental.

Yesterday morning heralded a crowd of half-conscious Satorians stumbling toward breakfast. Again. There they were greeted by soggy hash browns yellow blobs that were assumed to be eggs.

In morning classes, guess what? We at the Harold wrote your newspaper, the actors acted, and the physics class learned about all sorts of fun stuff involving physics. I don't know about other classes, but everyone on the Harold staff was pretty mesmerized with the rain storm.

Midday classes included the archaeology class rejoicing at the end of the digging, saying, "Yes! No more dirt!" Once again, the Ethics class featured arguments over controversial issues such as the legalization of drugs and capital punishment. When interviewed about the Karate class, one of our staff writers said, "I think they kick stuff." Not the wall, I hope.

Lunch featured undercooked chicken burgers or a choice of surprisingly decent chow mein. This writer opted for the chow mein .... which was much better than other lunches we've had this week. -cough- enchiladas -cough-

In the afternoon, the Cognitive Science class was assaulted by a giant piece of "sith haggis" floating menacingly on the board. The ceramics class continued their work, while the Fun With DNA class, well, had fun with DNA.

Campers then headed over to the PHASE where campers enjoyed their last rec. time. During the dance class, Tyler was floating through on a rolling cart, while some of the dancers were content with sprawling on the floor. Other campers swam, fenced, or just sat on the benches near the climbing rock.

Dinner consisted of spaghetti with marinara sauce and garlic bread. You didn't get anything else unless you wanted to go through the line again for a salad. One CIT suggested that if eating marinara wasn't appetizing, you could just imagine your pasta as a brain. Yummy.

After dinner, campers hurried back to the dorms to get ready for the dance. However, before the dance could start, campers filled out a survey about this years classes. When everyone headed downstairs, it took some time for everyone to get dancing, but wonderful dancers (Seriously, I'm not being sarcastic this time) like Nathan Collins and Brendan Johnson helped to get the dance going. Highlights of the dance included (but were not limited to) dancing to "Shout" out on the patio, Mike's traditional "Purple Haze" dance, and the entire camp joining arms to dance to songs like "With a Little Help From my Friends" and "New York, New York."

Bedtime was extended, but that didn't help the popsicles, which were too late to be thoroughly enjoyed. Some went to bed later than others, but all looked forward to their last day at Satori.