Trivial Defeat

So as you can tell from the title of my post, I finally lost at Trivial Pursuit tonight. I'll start with that I did today:

I organized a group of about 7 MatSci students to come with me to a soup kitchen in Chicago to serve Thanksgiving dinner (I guess a week early, but who's counting?). There were probably like 70 volunteers there (yeah probably overkill, but it worked out fine) and we fulfilled various tasks. Personally, I had to help wheel in a woman on a wheelchair, serve milk, and clean up tables. Others served soup, walked around with condiments, washed dishes, and who knows what else was needed. It was really a lot of fun.

Afterward, we ate at Chipotle in Evanston, and I had a chicken burrito that was monstruously sized but worth every bite. To top off the night, 6 of us came back to my apartment and played Trivial Pursuit. That's where the king's crown was sadly ripped from his head and tossed aside like pillow bodyguard.

I pretty much followed the same trend as previous games. We started off ahead 3-0 in pie piece terms, but then ended up being down most of the game 5-6. Pink is the bane of my existence! We can't answer any pink question ever (except the questions that aren't ours). Luckily we finally got one that I knew (me pulling the team in the pink category is not a good sign)- I answered "A League of Their Own" in reponse to a question about Tom Hanks being a coach in like a 1992 film. We would have gotten it sooner but I couldn't spit out "Fatal Attraction" before time ran out for the question before it- instead I was writhing under the pressure and came up with "Deadly Seduction" knowing I was wrong. I'm still proud that I got that close. You have to admit... maybe my brain is not wired corrected and its set on synonym mode. That happens too much. Anyway, the other team got some question about "The Joy of Sex" and somehow pulled that answer out of somewhere I don't want to think about. The next pink question was about what Judge Sheindlin is more commonly referred to....Judge Judy! I totally would have gotten that if we had made it to the middle (and obviously would have been asked pink). Alas... we still had a good show, even if we second-guessed ourselves a few times. Team games are so much fun.

I've got a research webpage now. It's not anything I'll update periodically, but it's more for general information for people who want to know what I'm researching (potential collaborators, etc.). The site is: http://shullgroup.northwestern.edu/member_profiles/Henderson.html . I suggest everybody check it out. I think it's a good picture of me that Eddie's girlfriend took a few weeks ago. Plus, I'm sitting on my infamous couch that everybody is jealous of... and by everybody I can think of about 3 people. Haha.

Anyway, I had a good night. The Trivial Pursuit game was more intense this time around becaues there were some underhanded tricks going down. My team personally rolled a few times extra to try to land on specific spaces without the other team noticing, but they would rig the question order to keep from giving us easy questions. Haha, plus we timed eachother's respones and made noises or sang songs to distract the other team. Well, I was the only one who sang songs... Endless Love... and Celebration. Haha. There were related to questions. I should have sang Nancy Sinatra- These Boots are Made for Walking (I don't know the title) but that was my teams question and I had to think.

Well, I need to get some sleep. Next week should be nice- classes until Wednesday and then Thanksgiving with the extended family! I'm excited.

I shall contain myself.

Until next time...