As I write this, I am still recovering from attending this concert. It has been many moons since I’ve been to a concert. In fact, the last major concert I went to was when Bobby Brown wasn’t a crackhead…yeah…the Don’t Be Cruel Tour waaaaaayyyyyyy back when. I did go to a free Hed PE/Papa Roach concert, but it was more of a promotional thing than a concert.

Rebekah, my cropping turned concert buddy, is in love with My Chemical Romance. I couldn’t ID these guys in a lineup, so I wasn’t sure what I was in for. Once I saw that Linkin Park was the headliner, it was all good! The Projekt Revolution Tour consisted of 2 stages and 11 bands. I found 2 new musical obsessions that will make their way to my permanent playlists - Styles of Beyond and Mindless Self Indulgence. SoB was the hip hop/rock combination that also has nice bass lines. MSI was enchanting with their heavy bass and playful lyrics. They also had 2 females in the group that really rocked out - I think they were the only femmes on the tour!
I was not prepared to go to a concert. Actually, it is possible that I was over prepared. I had a large bag with food, water, DS, and other essentials (forgot the blanket…damn ants tore us up!). Other seasoned concert goers had little more than the clothes on their back and maybe a beer in place of water. There were lots of mosh pits and crowd surfing, dark clothes and mohawks, painted boys and girls who could have used some more covering and enough black finger nail polish to cover the sun…almost…

One of the most interesting things was the ’send a text message for all to see’ feature. It gave us the ability to send a message to one number and hope that it shows up on the screen. I have never seen so many informal requests for marriage!!! The best was screaming if something applied to you like “scream if you like the Redskins!”. It was definitely a good way to tie us over as they changed the sets for the next group. I even had my name on the screen! Didn’t mange to get a picture though…

I had lots of fun and I look forward to attending more concerts in the future. If this tour stops in your city, definitely check it out!

Last week, I attended SHU Skit night. I haven’t been to a Skit Night in almost 10 years. It’s cool to see that some things don’t change. My Brothers in Omega Phi Kappa came in 1st place and my Sisters in Delta Phi Kappa came in second place. Even years later, we still got it. We got it so much that other Greeks on campus have to copy our formula for success.

Skit night is more than just having a funny, engaging and entertaining story - you also have to be able to give a little extra. The extras have been in the form of Stepping, dancing, ’sitting’, ‘clapping’, and ‘drumming’. I will go into each one a bit.

Stepping - For years Omega and Delta have been known as the Steppers on campus. Being the most culturally diverse Greek organizations, we have adopted the art of Stepping performed by the Divine Nine National Black Fraternities and Sororities.

Dancing - whether full routines (MJ’s Thriller sequence) or those from the SHU Dance Team, they were performed by Beta Delta Phi, Neu Epsilon Omega and Zeta Iota Lambda this year.
Sitting - a series of coordinated preschool hand claps performed by Lamba Sigma Phi years ago (nothing like grown ass men going back to elementary school days. From what I remember, they were pretty good!).

Clapping - a series of coordinated ‘high-fives’ and exercise-like movements that was performed by Phi Omega Tau. They did not do that this year (and from what I heard about it - thank God!!!).

Drumming - take one part Drumline, one part Stomp, some folding chairs from the cafeteria along with recycling bins and you got yourself a mini headache courtesy of Alpha Sigma Psi (Lamba also did this for Skit Night).

Apparently, this formula does not work for everyone. To me, it is in poor taste to do certain things. For example, if Omega were to ’sit’ as part of their skit, it could be perceived as disrespectful. The only universal thing that is accepted across the board is dancing. As part of their skit, Lambda decided to incorporate a Step. Not to say that Omega and Delta are the only ones that should Step, it is more along the lines that they are the only ones that CAN Step. Those boys looked so uncomfortable doing it that it was hard to watch (kinda like these guys here - the girls help them out a little). Once the shock of watching them do a Step (that is very close to what Omega does) wore off, the part where I got insulted set in. It was an insult to the art of Stepping. Whether they did it to be a part of their ‘winning formula’ or it was a intended to get a rise out of Omega, it was an absolute disgrace. If a Divine Nine member was in the audience, they would not have been flattered at all. Note for the future boys - leave it alone!!!

I recorded Delta’s and Omega’s skits. Once the movies are formatted, we will include them in another post. For now, here is a sample of what my Sisters have done recently at the SHU Family Showcase. It is so good to be a Founding Sister and be able to see a tradition started so long ago still strong years later.

I arrived late to today’s team-building event. Stupid me, it never occurred to me that if the game starts at 1, that means tailgating events take place before 1. Here I am, showing up at 2, wondering “where is everyone?”

In my defense, it takes a long time to get to RFK from my just-outside-Baltimore home. Additionally, I really thought the tailgating would start at 1.

I got there, made some calls, waited 30 minutes, then decided to go back home. Oh well, if i really wanted to be there, I would have been there on time. Can you blame me? I suffer from HPT, the Latino version of CPT (definition #2), the condition that Nadia struggles with every day. It’s genetic!

I took a video of me standing in front of the stadium. Check it out.