Alumna Initiation - Navane
 

Hi everyone!

Well, the thread I was using to post my alumna initiation updates got deleted from the system when GC had that crash/hiccup a few months ago.

So, instead of barging in on someone else's thread, I've created my own.

Of course, I don't have anything terribly exciting to share. I went to London two weeks ago and met two GreekChat members UKAXO and kittyuk! They are so much fun! What a riot! :) Yes, I did get a picture of us and I will try and post it when the film is developed. kittyuk, who is also hoping to be alum initiated one day, and I had an inside joke about having to start our own sorority. It's called "Lambda Beta Sigma" and our motto is, "Exclusively for Everyone" ehehehehehe....you HAD to be there! :D :D Anyway, the whole day was lots of fun and it helped me see the positivity that sorority sisters can bring into your life.

On the topic of my quest for alumna initiation with "sorority #2", I'm still waiting. I e-mailed my contact last week just to see how she was doing. She e-mailed back yesterday and told me about the neat things she's been up to. She even mentioned how she had run a local marathon and that she crossed the finish line holding the hands of two of her sisters. Now how's THAT for sisterhood?! Anyway, it's nice that she still e-mails every now and again.

So, I guess that's it for now!

PNAM,

.....Kelly :)

I wish you the best as you pursue Alumna Initiation. I can't wait to read this thread. :)

Damn, Kelly, is good to see ya still hanging around and in the game! I am so glad you ran into some other GC crazies.

I still have the Postcard you sent to me and look at it lovingly everytime I sit down to the old Screen!!!!

Wish I could fly over the Big pond in my private plane and take you back to the S H PUB and buy you a Pint ( Ladies are only supposed to drink Half Pints) and have a couple of Scotch Eggs!

I just wish that when you come back from your tour of duty for learning that you could fly into Kansas City and I would take you around town to show off the Princess That You Are!!!!!!!!

Luv You, have a great time and look forward to being back in the USA with all of us!:)

Keep a stiff upper lip as the British say!;)

Hey everyone,

I thought I should bump up my thread because A) it was getting lost down at the back of the listing and B) I just realized something interesting today.

This afternoon I was PMing with someone when I mentioned how long I had been working with "sorority #2". Here's what I said, pretty much word for word:

It took ONE AND A HALF YEARS from my first attempt to contact sorority #2 to the last meeting I had with the regional coordinator. I'm not even counting the year and a half I've been away overseas. If I include that, it would be nearly THREE years on ONE sorority! :eek:

Can you believe that???

PNAM,

.....Kelly :)

That's dedication...........:)

Yes, navane, I can believe it.

We're coming up on Year #1 of my own AI pursuit. Time seems to fly when things are going smoothly, then slow to a crawl when there's any hint of a wait.

Take heart, many of us understand and are in the same boat right with you. I believe that it will be worth the wait--for *all* of us!

{{{}}}

Adrienne
:)

http://www.superbabies.homestead.com/files/wavey.gif

Bout time you started your thread! :D

hehehehe...

Jill, I started my thread in 2001!!! The problem was that it got deleted when GC crashed last year. This particular thread (the one we're on right now) was started on March 28, 2003!! So, don't you tell me it's about time I started something! :p


:D

.....Kelly :)

Ya know I luvs ya! http://www.superbabies.homestead.com/files/kiss2.gif

Okay, because I'm behind in the news, are you pursuing AI in England or the states?

Uhm, it depends on what you mean! If you are asking me if I am working with a group to be alum initiated in the United Kingdom, then the answer is no. There aren't really any alum associations here to work with. If there are, then no one told me about them. :) However, technically, there is nothing stopping me from pursuing AI from afar until that time when I return to the US. Does that make sense? Of course, being overseas sort of makes it difficult to attend events. :)

.....Kelly :)

Okay, that makes sense! Thanks :)

Hi CutiePie2000!

I am now home in the US. Could you please adjust my listing in the Roll Call thread to reflect that I am no longer "presently in England"? Thanks!!


To Everyone!

A year has passed since I last took on active AI movement. Now that I'm back in the US, I can resume where I left off. Though, in the last couple months, there has been a little bit of development. With all of the new PNAMs, and with my AI journey in hibernation, I think a lot of the people on here forgot that I haven't found a home yet!! ;)

So hey, this PNAM is back in business! :)

.....Kelly :)

Done!

Welcome home! I hope that everything continues well with your AI pursuit. :) Keep us updated as you can.

Sarah
AI - AOII '00

Thanks!!


.....Kelly :)

KEWEL KELL!

Welcome back to the USA!

Are you any smarter or just wiser!:) You Travel Dawg Ya!:D

Hope if you went over Kansas you waved and thought of me!;)

Well, I'm not actively trying to delete the vocabulary from my brain. I do occassionally use a British term and don't realize it until someone asks me what I mean or just giggles or something. :)



I haven't really been into the grocery stores! We have the strike deal going on here. Though, I'm pretty certain that I won't be able to find bubble and squeak or steak and kidney pies here! My English boyfriend, who is still out there, *loves* beef jerky and desperately wants me to send him some! :)



heheheheh no, not really; but hey, last month I got invited to attend dinner at Lambeth Palace, home of the Archbishop of Canterbury. He wasn't home at the time, this was a dinner sponsored by the Romanovs (yes, the Russian royals). Can you believe that?!?! Me, of all people?!?! I'm a total nobody, but due to my connections in the Polish community, I got an invite. Talk about having the full-blown English experience!

I know it sounds farfecthed, but no, I am not making this up. (I have photographic evidence, not to mention that the back of my boyfriend's head and the bottom of my dress appeared in Hello! magazine!) Anyway, there were a few...uhm...."interesting" European royals there; but you won't see any gossip books from me anytime in the near future!


Thanks!

.....Kelly :) <--- the American nobody

Thanks! I hope it continues well too! :) :)


.....Kelly :)

I dunno...maybe both?? :)


Oy! Why should I be waving at you? Here, I thought you loved me and you went and dumped me for Cele! :p :(

;)


.....Kelly :)

Wish I could remember my French!:(

But, Aw Contrar my mone Ami!!!!!:)

My English is much better that that! Lagar or bitter! Pint of Half Pint!

Damn, win a Lottery and take me back to UK and show me what you saw! Love to go see Willie again, oh you know upon the avon!:) Sherlock Holmes would be ours!:D

God, Loved that Little St. (alley)!;)

Love to have Ya Back!:)

Ja get my email?????:)

Hmmmmmm, but in the course of your AI quest no one needs to know you're a nobody. I mean, at a tea or picnic or BBQ when you're politely raving about the food or decorations, you can just happen to mention that the sandwiches / canapes / burgers are so much tastier than the things the Grand Duke / Grand Duchess served at the palace a few months ago . . . :)

Welcome back sweetie! http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/...ons/smooch.gif

Heh....anything would taste better than the canapes they were serving!.....

:p


.....Kelly :)

Um, did anyone else's head go to a bad place trying to figure out what that picture must look like? :o :eek: ;)

Welcome back to the good ol' USA, Navane -- hope the fires are staying away from you there in San Diego (my folks live in TierraSanta & had to be evacuated - very scary) -- I would love to meet you in person and hear your whole AI saga -- I will be in San Diego over the Xmas holidays...I don't even know what group(s) you are pursuing, but if you need help with Gamma Phi Beta.....let me know! there are a few GC'ers who can vouch for me being a good helper in that regard;)

By the way, Tom did not drop you for me :p I think he wants us both -- he is such a greedy guy!! bwahahahaha!:D

Uhm.....no. (!!!!!)

:p


To fend off any bad rumors about where my bf's face was, here is that picture scanned in from Hello! magazine with my commentary:


http://members.ispwest.com/navane/Hellomag.jpg


Plus, to "prove" it really is my dress and his bum, here we are in one of our own personal photos (Neil first on left with me second from left):

http://members.ispwest.com/navane/PNAFgroup.jpg


So, hmph! No naughtiness going on there! :p


.....Kelly :)

Do the Romanovs still have any money? Or are they just normal people with royal titles?

Sorry for the hijack... but that is supercool that you got that experience!

Oh yes, we were only in danger on Sunday - we're safe now. I live 10 mins from Tierrasanta and when they were hit, we were concerned the fire would come our way.

This will sound geeky, but I did remember you previously mentioning to me that your parents lived there. I did think about them and hoped they were ok. My family also has a friend who lives in Tierrasanta and we were concerned for her too!

Quote:

I would love to meet you in person and hear your whole AI saga -- I will be in San Diego over the Xmas holidays...I don't even know what group(s) you are pursuing, but if you need help with Gamma Phi Beta.....let me know! there are a few GC'ers who can vouch for me being a good helper in that regard;)

That would be nice! PM me whenever you plan to be in town!


I suppose, but, I don't share! I don't want to have another SAEactive situation on my hands.... :p

.....Kelly :)

Ok so your on american soil ..... when does the initation quest start up? are they still interested in performing Ai with you the chapter you got close to prior to you leaving for jolly ole england?


Welcome home but i want details!:)


laura

Holy crap Kelly, your sweetie looks like Duckie from Pretty In Pink (aka Jon Cryer).

Hey, Hey, I am not a Greedey kind of Guy! Just very loving for Laddays!:)

Nosy folx want to know....
 

Any updates????

ROFLMAO!!! :D :p

Seriously though, anything new to report?

Again, I'm not really on the royal "in crowd" (I was just a lucky bystander really) so I can't say with absolute certainty. Though, I do believe that the Romanovs still have money. HRH Prince Dimitri Romanov and his wife, Dorrit, were the grand guests as this event. The reception and dinner were meant to be a fundraiser for the Romanov Fund for Russia which provides assistance to underpriviliedged children [in Russia]. Anyway, the Romanovs were all wearing expensive gowns and jewlery. Princess Dorritt was even wearing a real tiara!

This particular event was being co-presented by the Almanach de Gotha and the London Debutante Season. Of course, midway through the reception, conversations were halted for the presentation of the debutantes, about 12 in all. Woah! I was not expecting that at all! They're definitely not like the American style deb presentations. Being an event put on by the Alamanch de Gotha *and* the London Debutante Season it stands to reason that there were guests with a lot of money in the room.

I was not one of them. ;)

Well hey, if you or anyone else has anymore questions, feel free to PM me!

.....Kelly :)


Edited to fix an awful run-on sentence!

Really?? hrm...I'm not sure I see it. Then again, I only remember Jon Cryer as a young man. Do you mean Neil looks like Duckie as seen in Pretty in Pink or that he looks like Jon Cryer as he looks now?

A lot of people (Americans!!) say that Neil reminds them of Hugh Grant. He doesn't look anything like Hugh Grant! Neil's hair sometimes grows too long and does that Hugh Grant floppy hairstyle thing. The only "real" reason people say that is because Neil is English and thus has an English accent. Though, I can't say he sounds like Hugh Grant either!! :)

.....Kelly :)

Yeah, I'm not the kind to fight over a man. No thanks. Not for you and not for Tom either. :p


.....Kelly :)

Okkkkk....okkkk......so everyone wants the update.

Right....uhm...ok.

Well, it stands to reason that I have resumed AI activities now that I have returned to the US. Not much has happened by way of meeting people or anything. Of course, it's the middle of the semester right before midterms, and some big holidays (Thanksgiving, Chanukah and Christmas) so people are busy and such.

I'm sorry that I can't say much more. :(


.....Kelly :)

I hear ya!
 

Kelly~
I hear you on the "not much to report" note. I was getting a little frustrated (but only because I'm so excited) that I haven't really heard back from any of my contacts. Its really very hard to start from scratch not knowing anyone personally who can give you hints or maybe even find you a sponsor. Living in such a "greek-resistant" area, its hard to even find any groups in my area. I say "Greek Resistant" because I live in an area where there area a lot of Catholic schools, and mostly, catholic institutions (any religiously affiliated institution I think) are resistant to any groups that may "exclude" ( I think I read that on one of the school websites).
I do know a few fraternity brothers, but I guess that really doesn't help as far as sponsors (hehe). At any rate, I forgot about it being near the holidays and taking that into consideration--so once I read your post I felt a little better (and how very impatient that I truly am) and I have to step back and think of this as a long process that might take a few years, just like yours has.
Thanks Kelly:) Your story really has helped a lot , and its very good knowing that there are others going through the same thing!:)

Hi everyone,


Jill didn't bump my post, but I thought I should give an update anyway. I'm not sure if anyone still cares or if my three year AI saga has totally bored people to death! :p


Well, things moved forward a teeny tiny bit....but that's about it. :( I'm hoping that, since springtime is right around the corner, that everything will pick up a bit. If not, I have no idea what I will do. I don't think I could bear another YEAR of waiting. If there's no sigificant progress by June or so, I'm going to consider giving up. You know, when it comes down to it, I only wanted to help uplift the lives of college students and maybe make some great friends in the process. I suppose there are other ways I could find to achieve this...


I just want to add that it totally makes my day to see the other PNAMs "running to their houses". I support ALL of the PNAMs; but I'm especially rooting for adduncan at the moment! With the pride and joy that some of the [initiated] AIs demonstrate for their orgs, you know they're going to be great lifetime members. This is what it's all about!


.....Kelly :)