April 21: Is This Weird? Part II

Remember that little obsession of mine I let you in on about a week or so ago? The whole Towson Volleyball thing. Sure, it’s admittedly a bit obscure. Not exactly a staple of many college sports fans’ list of must-see games. But it is the absolute truth.

I love women’s college volleyball. There, I said it.

If you had told me, at any point in my life prior to arriving at Towson, that a volleyball tournament would be the highlight of my day week, I probably would have pointed you in the direction of the nearest mental health clinic (there’s one conveniently located just around the corner from Towson’s campus). But that was the case today. The matches didn’t even count. It was a spring season tournament. With matches that lasted just two games (rather than best out of 5). And it was hosted by Loyola College, so I (kind of) had to go out of my way to see it.

No. I did not have to pay.

I already gave you my dissertation about the closeness I have developed with the team through my three years as their Towerlight beat writer. But I will say, it is cool to have a team you can proudly say you know more about than 100% of the world’s population (excluding the players and coaches, of course). I’m talking the type of information not available in media guides and player bios. It’s a byproduct of earning the team’s trust, and looking to get them as much pub as possible.

Anyways. Towson Volleyball was finally back in my life, even if it was just for the afternoon.

This is the first of a few fairly busy weekends leading up to graduation. Here’s what else is coming up.

Saturday, April 28: Tigerfest. Towson’s annual Spring festival. The blood alcohol level on campus will be far beyond the legal limit. If the Tiger statue in front of Stephens Hall was forced to take a breathalyzer, it would immediately be locked up for public intoxication. Usually it ends up being a pretty miserable day. And this year Dashboard Confessional will be taking the stage to cheer everyone up! I won’t use this medium to trash the band, but the Facebook group ‘Beers Not Tears: Anti-Dashboard Tigerfest’ will:

“Last I checked, Tigerfest was a day where students got together to drink and get crazy to some fun, festive music to close out the school year. Not a day where we go watch some melancholy, over-sensitive soul whining about his problems over underwhelming, mid-tempo rock music.”

Ouch. Some high school people are supposed to be making the trip down I-95 for the festival, so it should be fun. Also, I have a Towson Volleyball end of the year banquet that I have been cordially invited to (yep). So that will all have to be sorted out.

Friday, May 4: Annual Mass Communications and Communication Studies Student Recognition Banquet. According to the invitation letter it is the “2007th” such event. That’s quite a history if you ask me. The event is nothing too crazy, but it makes for a nice evening. I went last year. This time I will be accompanied by my mom. I’m sure she’ll get a kick out of it.

Saturday, May 12: WMJF’s annual end of the year Gala. This is always a good time. Each show runs a blooper reel, and people put together special videos for all the seniors. I have purposely been screwing up at least once an episode this entire year just to make sure they have enough good material on me. I can guarantee my first appearance on Towson Sports Weekly, in which I wore a Towson Basketball t-shirt and had my old afro, will appear at some point. I’m curious as to what else they dig up. With all the videos for the seniors and each show, we will probably eclipse the amount of programming that was aired this entire year in one night. I should probably change the above date to May 12-18.

May 18-21: On the 18th myself and a few friends will be driving down to Birmingham, Alabama for the wedding of Jordan Conn and Beth Ritter. Jordan is a high school buddy of mine, and the first of our friends to lose his freedom. God bless him. In all seriousness, it should be a lot of fun. The wedding is on the 20th, and I am one of his groomsmen. The rehearsal dinner is obviously the day before, and I hear they do it up in the South. I have been wanting to go on a road trip like this for a little while now, so it should be fun. And of course the wedding will be great.

Thursday, May 24: You do the math.