Lincoln Ball, Soccer, and Basketball

About a week later we had our school Ball. Of course, I hadn't brought any good dresses with me which meant I had to go shopping. Not that I was complaining, I missed going dress shopping with a group of girls. So we got a bunch of us together and went to see what we could find. There were a couple that caught my eye but I decided to try going into town first. I found a great tie die bustier dress that I figured I could wear back at home as well. Elyse found an incredible teal dress that I loved as well and we were all set!

We all got dressed up and pregamed before arriving at the Ball. It was Academy Award themed and faintly reminded me of an even crappier version of our prom. They had a picture station but fortunately at this version of prom, there was a free drink with your ticket.

There was a live band that played a lot of rock music which was different to dance to. Going to dances at Poly pretty much equaled rap the entire time. In New Zealand, its usually this thing called Dub Step, or kinda like reggae. We ended up spending a lot of time by the food table. Put out free food and I'm bound to be nearby.

My little Kiwi freshmen

It was fun just to hang out with everyone, especially when I realized its becoming closer and closer to the end. And to get dressed up! I really love dressing up nice and having somewhere fun to go and wish I had more opportunities for it. While the decorations were kinda lame, it was definitely a memorable night!

The crazy boys!

Another exciting thing happening in my life was the chance to play soccer again. I'm currently playing for the nearby University of Canterbury and am loving it! It's so much fun to get to participate in a competitive team sport again. We don't win much, actually we don't ever win, but its still a lot of fun. I'm currently playing defense and miss taking the ball up the sideline as a midfielder but I'm used to taking one for the team. I missed soccer so bad, I'm even willing to play with 2 sizes too big cleats and borrowed shin guards. But its all worth it as soon as I get on the field. Plus I'm getting some incredible bruises, which are my favorite battle scars.

I've also been playing basketball for my hall. Theres currently a interhall basketball competition and each team was supposed to have girls on it so I got recruited, despite never really playing basketball. I found that I'm still really competitive even when I suck at something and that being a girl playing against guys gives you no sympathy. Also, that interhall sports competitions don't encourage interhall kindness or bonding in any way, shape or form.

I booked a ticket for Australia from June 13 to the 17 to hangout in Sydney. I never would have imagined myself going to Australia. I really wish I had an opportunity to go visit the couple of people I know in Australia but I guess Sydney will be amazing nonetheless. I'm going with my friend Sam because we both finish our finals early. I'm really excited to experience Australia and see the Opera House. Hopefully it will make finals a bit more tolerable to know I'm going after they are all over. Other than that, not much is happening in the land of Lincoln. However, this weekend is the epic Weta Workshop trip so expect some severe LOTR nerdness happening.