As some of you may know, there is a journal/log of Mountain School Spring '10 in existence. Here's the first day--comment if you want more posted. The only trepidations I have about putting the whole thing up are the poster's anonymity quickly fading, though that might have already happened for some, and certain more personal sections, though those can be edited out. One more thing--[brackets] indicate something I remembered as I was posting this that I forgot to add while writing it.

Without further ado, here is our semester.

Day 1 (written day 2)

We arrived at around noon, had spanakopita, a Greek spinach and feta dish that is very flaky, some turkey and noodle soup, of which I got mostly broth, and some bread for lunch. [Susie advised me on how to get actual ingredients: drain the broth by tipping the ladle against the side of the bowl. She ate with Phoebe and I and our parents.] We unpacked everything into my dorm, which looks very nice, then proceeded to wait around for the parents to have their meeting at 2. I feel like I met everyone... but only remember around 30. Apparently there's a 2:1 girl to boy ratio. Alright.

We then proceeded to learn about our various chores: I get to clean the office bathroom and sweep the floors. Shouldn't be too bad. Dinner was very good- amazing bread, decent salad, a delicious pasta dish with fettuccine-like sauce that involved tomatoes, mushrooms, and much more, and brownies for dessert. I've met with my advisor, Susie, and Alden so far. After dinner (the order of events might be a little mixed up, but at least the events are present.), Susie, Kate, Kiana, Zoe and I shoveled the snow off of the pond, which may or may not have a convenient rectangle shape, and may or may not be natural. After getting it all off (and getting hit in the gut by a sudden shelf in the ice a few times) we slid around on feet and jackets before heading (in this alternate timeline... we might've gone to dinner in the actual course of events.) to the library to hear the Rules. Alden gave a great presentation, and we all listed things we liked to do, and where we're from.

Oh! Also at dinner Charlotte (who looks like Cristina) asked about secret talents, to which I responded that I can count binary on my hands, giving a rather poor description [of binary] (I think.). Rafi (who everyone says looks like Michael Cera, but I think looks more like Andy Samberg) asked about how squash is played... end of tangent. I learned and promptly forgot about Nora's grandparents in the library, and heard the story of Hardy Hard-Head from Alden. The first half, at least: the second half will come on the last night. Among the activities described after the story, broomball looks the most appealing.

We all regressed to our dorms and had an epic jam sesh: A-D-G-A for like half an hour. We have a pretty full band: 3 guitars, 2 violins, a mandolin, and a harmonica. Rafi wants everyone to play Wagon Wheel together, which might be fun. Patrick asked about a lot of songs that I don't know how to play, but I did silence everyone with Goin to California. Kit and Comfort then held a dorm meeting, and handed out activity sheets with choices ranging from photography to volunteer fire department. We ended the evening with more jamming. I tried to read The Color of Magic, but there's not really a comfortable angle with lots of light.