w.i.r.i.p.

this trip has been in the works for quiet some time.

mardi gras 2011... 

certainly had me and some of my college buddies name on it.

ana, erin, kavitha, matt and i headed ourselves to the red roof inn for a taste of the big easy. the weekend included: friendship, beads, reminiscing, debauchery, parades, inside jokes, experimentation (i am a biology major), laughter, beads, a trip to the jv house for their party (since my college buddies were coming in town i didnt go to mardi gras with the jvs. sad face. but was able to see them a few times... happy face), papa johns pizza, rain, hurricanes (not the storm), beads, disposable cameras (only kavitha knew they still made them) and LOTs of other fun things that i cannot think of right now.

but take a peek for yourself!

 blog reader (high dad), meet my roommate (who i know you know). she was just elated to be back in her home state of texas. our trip had to start with a stop at spec's so she could get her favorite beer, lone star light. and to share our love of ed hardy paraphernalia (which we do not actually love at all).

 ok so mardi gras isn't really celebrated in the north. i mean i don't know anyone who has ever done anything for it. but obvi it is THE THING in new orleans. we went to both day and night parades and the time when we were at the day parades it eventually poured.... which in mardi gras land is kind of a good thing... because the people on the floats throw out EVERYTHING to you. we got TONS of beads, souvenir cups, coins, stuffed animals, inflatable animals, bouncy balls shaped like inappropriate female body parts, puppets, stress balls, a bag of cookies... i mean the list of strange things we got could go on and on.

 as cool as the floats are... some of the groups were even better. this gang of guys were dressed ridiculous, slightly intoxicated and doing VERY IMPRESSIVE SYNCHRONIZED dances. happy mardi gras (hide your children).

look at these beautiful friends of mine. 

matt. erin. kavitha. analisa. 

happy mardi gras!

kavitha! (and me)

so maybe you might notice that we all have similar/ the same shirts! pretty exciting. the front said mardi gras 2011 and the back said "it needs us."  this is a play off of some sweatshirts we had made last year (senior year) for marathon monday that said "they need us" (in reference to the runners needing boston college students to cheer them along).

thanks for the mardi gras surprise!


p.s. the title of the blog.... an exert from a text erin received. we didnt know what it meant (found out later "when it rains it pours") but we made our own BETTER version of it

wicked. intense. rip. in. pants.