So here at Cal Poly we have something called WOW week (Week of Welcome….week). Apparently it’s the largest volunteer orientation program in the nation.
Crazy imo. There’s over 500 groups totaling around 4000 freshmen. It’s insane, it’s fun, it’s awesome, it’s COLLEGE! The past week of activities includes but is not limited to: hiking, paintballing, eating, kayaking, swimming, crafts, exploration, free stuff, cross-campus capture the flag, mind games (I can play the key game, the key game, the key game, I can play the key game, how about you?), barbecues, and two things I want to elaborate more on specifically, the hypnotist and the big…rally…thing…in the field.
The Hypnotist show was BEYOND funny. This guy hypnotized roughly 20 people from the audience and had them do various amusing things from the beginning while the ‘most under’ did crazier things as the show progressed. Eventually, a bunch of guys took their shirts off and pretended they were in a body building competition. Things progressed to a live performance of Bye Bye Bye by Nsync. I must admit the person portraying the lead singer did an excellant job singing and dancing. However, his performance led to his downfall when the hypnotist threw a bunch of tissues on the stage and told him they were 1000 dollar bills and to hide them somewhere no one would find them (he was shirtless…). Naturally, he shoved a ton of tissue in his pants. He was then instructed to forget what had happened during the show that night. 20 minutes later I was going to the bathroom minding my own business when I turn around and there’s 9875928374928734982 people crammed into a tiny bathroom. Apparently the guy walked into the stall and people followed him to hear his reaction. The complete silence was broken– “…..hey guys….what happened tonight….? Did he put something in my pants…?”
The rally on the field included all 4000 freshmen. For about 2.5 hours, we did a TON of crazy games that became more and more crazy as the night went on. They would have all 4000 of us run around playing tag and then have to return to our lines as fast as possible. They had us organize ourselves by birthmonth and birthday with no help. They had the ladies ‘mount their mustangs’ where they had to jump on a guy’s back and shoot their finger guns into the air like a cowboy. The only catch–it had to be the same guy every time it was called. Mind you, it can be very challenging to find ONE person in a crowd of 3999. Somehow it all worked out and everything fit into place. Fun, silly, and memorable; a night well spent.
Tomorrow is a concert by some band I haven’t heard of, not sure what’s planned for the rest of the day. I just know I’m going to sleep in. ‘night all!