I know I've written so much today, and it is so very late that I should be hitting the hay but I feel the urge to write one last tid bit about the rest of my night.
After I talked last I had to quickly change and catch a bus to Disney's Boardwalk. With my special VIP pass they ushered us in, past normal guests to an exclusive club with fake paparazzi trying to take pictures of us. Even though it was fake, i still loved it... This party was pretty awesome with some really great food, but I came across one realization... I've become way too comfortable dancing with Ann and others at least 20 years older then me (Sarah is the exception to the rule). Near the end of the party Lauren, Sarah, and I went out on the second floor balcony to overlook some fireworks and sort of reflect a little bit on this experience. Ann couldn't be with us, as she was far too busy dancing it up still.
The party ended at 9 though so we bid farewell to some folks (and leave intense intellectual conversations about cyber sex...) and decided to walk around a little, first we stopped off at a very interesting Disney store. I found these neat Disney plates, that would be great for my new room... I just feel like I need more plates... Ann had separated from us a little when we weren't paying attention, and low and behold she had bought us all gifts, and sure enough I now have four plates. Thanks Ann =)
We continued our walk around this little lake, and here I think we had some great intellectual conversation on everything from our degree and what we're doing, to ancient culture, and the future. This is one thing that I've found through working with the EMC and people like Ann and Lauren, I feel so much more like an intellectual. We aren't just game designers, we're sociologists, phychiatrists, and historians too.
While walking around the beach we came across an odd little stand, there they were selling pearl jewelry but there was this option of buying a clam, and there would be a chance that a pearl would be on the inside. We gave it a try, and in pure Hawaiian tradition we all taped the pearl once and said "Aloha," and then one more time all together for good luck and thanking the clam. We were lucky! The clam held a pearl, a fairly large pearl at that... Gabriel (the pearl guy) told us that our pearl would be worth 55-60 dollars... Not bad at all! We've kept the pearl as sort of a symbol of the EMC... Like many granules of sand went into creating the Pearl, so will so many minds further the EMC.
It was all just pretty neat.... Oh Happy Birthday Lauren!
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"I feel so much more like an intellectual."
Wes, I couldn't have said it better myself. Even though I've only been with the EMC a little over 3 months, the experiences and insights I have had are nothing short of amazing. Surrounded by thinkers like you and the other capturing individuals involved with the EMC, has definitely made ME "feel so much more like an intellectual." So for that, I say, thanks.
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