An AMAZING Weekend!

I had such an awesome time this weekend. I can now say that I officially survived "the Greatest College Weekend" here at IU.

On Friday I sadly missed out on the Women's Little 5 so I wasn't able to shake Obama's hand. My friends and I walked down to Kirkwood, though, in order to eat dinner and were told that he was soon to come to the Sample Gates in order to greet more people. We really didn't have time to wait in the large crowd, so we went and ate and then walked back to see if he had made an appearance. The mass of people had dispersed because he apparently was not going to be coming after all... We walked from Kirkwood to the IU Auditorium in order to hear Feist perform. The concert was awesome! I was so impressed with her beautiful voice, as well as, with her sense of humor. She really engaged the audience well and kept us really entertained. However, I think the most interesting thing about the concert was Feist's so called "Shadow Mistress." This woman stood at the back of the stage throughout the show and projected things onto a screen behind the band. I was incredibly mesmerized by these images; sometimes I lost track of where I was because I was staring so intently at the projections. During one song, the Shadow Mistress finger painted on the screen. She painted a boat on the water being engulfed by the sea. The image was drawn so slowly and precisely and correlated exactly with the music being played. It was phenomenal.

Yesterday I decided that I should go and see the race, even though it was rainy, windy, and FREEZING cold. I was hoping for possibly a few more accidents (those are really exciting) but was glad I went in the end. I got a little bored for about 100 laps in the middle of the race, but the beginning and ending were really exciting. Now I can say I officially attended the Little 500 race at IU.