Black and White and Trying New Things

Saturday, Aaron abruptly or at least to the outside person appeared to randomly decide to test the fire escape system out of his room window. I don't know if this was a farewell gesture to his room before packing his stuff up and trading places with Kate, or he had a moment of heroism or masculine audacity to do something gutsy. It really is perfectly safe, but I was nervous and feeling all that apt to try, even with my adventuresome and hyper spirits accounted for. I don't do heights. He wrapped the rope around his body somehow and basically threw himself out the window, and unsurprisingly this safety escape system was safe as expected.

Aaron can't help but hide his excitement. Look at that face!
This is the weirdest thing ever. I don't know if this sort of thing even exists in the U.S. but I must say it is quite the unassuming little contraption. You never would guess that it could hold as much weight, nor work so niftily as it does.
Ryan, not one to be left out and feeling bold, belees (spl?) out the window with some assistance from Aaron below. Notice that form, he gets plenty of practice through his little spulunking and caving expedition earlier this year where they dropped down some nearly vertical cave shafts. Not for me.

With Aaron operating as our impetus, and coming up with such a novel idea, we finally after weeks of debate managed to have our Black and White party. Aaron first suggested it to me like a month ago in Starbucks. It didn't catch for a while, then I got Mary hooked on the idea to do it for Aaron's B-Day but folks were still a bit questionable as to timing and plans, and thus that following Saturday, Kevin motioned through a facebook invitation to have this fiesto, lest it will never happen. That's just the type of group we are. It's tough to make us move and come to a decision as a unit. But aren't all large groups like that?
Whilst (Using a bit of the old tongue, fancy eh?)most of the ladies minus Anna were in Lincoln repeating what us guys had done the week before (see previous blog) Kevin and I went shopping in town for decorations and booze. You see, we needed a bit of a variety of alcohol and enough of it to do this right. Not only were we to have a candelit dinner with some kind of Chamogne esk cheap stuff, but for drinks for the party, no usual beer, or lager was allowed, but instead fancier mixed drinks such as cosmopolitans, Sex on the Beach, etc. (Never mind the Un-classy names) and had a nice bonding evening. No TV, solely...fellowship.

He got a bit of a tongue lashing by some of the ladies for having Pink in his tie, but come on. It looks pretty dang nice!
Hey, hey hey!! It's the new couple in the flat, and looking oh so happy! Emily and Aaron have hooked up and thus have pushed Mary and I out of the new, exciting and cute relationship to more of the "old couple" status with these new arrivals. I wonder if Nottingham has ever had to relationships start at once in the flat? Wish them all the best!
The ladies vie for Kevin's affection.
Yes! This is a great pic of Mary with "the face". Something that is rarely captured in Photos, and I've only seen it on paper maybe twice before, or at least once. Something about her expression or smile in this way I just love!