Hello, readers!
This post is slightly overdue, but better late than never, right?
Before I can catch you all up on some of the events that happened these past few days, I’m going to rewind to the weekend before this past weekend (June 15th-June 17th) and tell you about my chaotic Sunday evening.
WARNING: This blog post is filled with a bunch of side notes, parentheses, and a slightly confusing, and lengthy plot. I will attempt to make this make as much sense as possible. But, I apologize in advance. You have been warned.
So, it’s been a while since my last post. I was kind of saving up my weekly blog space for Friday’s scheduled event. Little did I know, just how crazy and awesome of an adventure I was going on this particular Friday night.
The initial plan: Kenyetta (an admissions fellow), Tim (fellow rising sophomore), Sarah (Kenyetta’s friend from home), and I were going to see Childish Gambino at Penn’s Landing on the Riverfront.
Side note: Each year, Swarthmore puts on a large scale event (or LSE as we like to throw around on campus). This April, Childish Gambino came to the campus and performed for some of the students in Upper Tarble. I didn’t get to see very much of the concert because I was in the student dance concert that was happening at the same time. So, I was really excited to go see his full concert.
Hello, hello! Greetings from the Swarthmore Admissions Office.
Currently, I’m sitting next to Steven, anxiously anticipating eating lunch and thinking about all of the things I need to pack before I head home for the rest of this week. But, as I stare longingly at the refrigerator, I realize that there is something else that I can cross off of the bucket list: visiting the Magic Gardens.
Now, I did not complete this task with any other summer workers, but with a friend from my hall, Lorand.
Because Lorand is about to head off to China to do research with another Swattie, we decided to go into Philadelphia on Sunday (June 17th) and explore.
I should preface this post by saying that I am not good at sports. Really, I’m absolutely rotten at them. While I took up running in high school, games such as basketball, soccer, and volleyball never seemed to click with me. Because of this, I usually tend to avoid sports that involve a ball. Eddie, however, recently reintroduced one into my life: tennis.
So, without further ado, let us discuss another item on our Summer Bucket List. Ladies and gentlemen, this summer, Eddie and I will successfully play one game of tennis.
I know you are all dying for an explanation of the name. Have no fear, the wait is over!
I got nicknamed Cthulhu during my work at LPAC (Lang Performing Arts Center). My claim to fame around the office is busting a lamp in a really cool manner. Although the death of the lamp wasn’t technically my fault (all great lamps must come to an end), the lamp did cease in exist under my operation of the board…and I now like to think that it was my epic mind control that destroyed the lamp in the most creative way possible.
The Political Science and Pre-Med pamphlets we send out.
In addition to giving tours to prospective students who come to campus, as summer workers we are also responsible for sending out information to student who have shown an interest in Swarthmore.
On Thursdays, the names and addresses of interested high schoolers are pulled from a database, so we can send these students a letter from the college along with any additional information they have requested.
1) Do Sparklers
So one night on a grocery/stuff run to Target, Aileen, Alexis, and I came across a display full of mini-fireworks and sparklers. Sparklers? Now that just screams summer. We decided to knock this one off our summer bucket list immediately. Aileen, Emily, Sam, and I gathered in the front yard of Mary Lyons (ML) and lit sparklers to our heart’s context.
Sparklers!
Welcome to Swat’s Cooking?, the cooking column on our blog that shows you the inner workings of our (efficiency) kitchen.
A huge part of the Swarthmore Summer experience is cooking for yourself. Because Sharples does not provide a summer meal plan, students must brave the supermarket (and let me tell you, unless you have a member card, those prices can be very scary). Each night, Lauren, Steven, Eddie, and I will attempt to find new recipes and learn how to make meals that do not come pre-made and prepackaged. And, it can be especially challenging because I have a some tricky eating restrictions (I’m a vegetarian with a dairy and peanut allergy).
We’ll show you both the good and the bad, and, hopefully, gain some cooking skills along the way.
Ayo! My name’s Eduardo Montenegro, but you can call me Eddie.
Just a day in the life.
Work @ Swat 