A 10 year anniversary retro thread

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Hmm... not sure if I can participate without a Steelers sorority!

I know, but at least this way, we don't have to pout if she doesn't like the "Steelers."

[pbear19]

I can hardly keep them all straight, but I was looking for an update on the Rams and missed it. Am I having reading comprehension issues?

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

I know, but at least this way, we don't have to pout if she doesn't like the "Steelers."

True... Especially because everybody loves the Steelers!

[chesney214]

Originally Posted by pbear19

I can hardly keep them all straight, but I was looking for an update on the Rams and missed it. Am I having reading comprehension issues?

You're right - I totally forgot about the Rams! I really don't remember much about them. They were nice, but nothing special stood out to me.

More to come a bit later...

[chesney214]

Invites for Days 4 & 5 -
I went to campus early in the morning and met with my Rho Chi group. We would get a list of all the sororities that invited us back and could either Accept, Regret, or Regret with Interest (which basically meant "I have too many invites but if my party schedule isn't full later I'd like to visit your chapter again"). The maximum number of invites we could accept was ten.

I was invited back to...

Rams
Bengals
Patriots
Packers
Bears
Raiders
Ravens
Eagles
Panthers

I had a nearly full party schedule and was pretty happy about it, though kind of disappointed to not see the Titans on my schedule. I did notice though that a lot of the girls in my group got invited back to all of the houses and got to choose which ones to drop. For a second I questioned why I hadn’t also gotten invited back to all the houses, but I let it go. I accepted all the invites and headed home again.

[baci]

keep it coming

[AlphaXi_Husky]

More please!

[chesney214]

Days 4 & 5 - House Tours
I don't remember much about this round, except that all the chapters seemed nice. I still really liked the Bengals and the Eagles, but wasn't thrilled about the Bears. However I was so focused on the chapters I did like I wasn't worried about it. The specifics I remember are:

Eagles - I was picked up by a girl I didn't really click with and I remember thinking I hope I didn't screw over my chances with the Eagles. This day I noticed that a girl who went to my high school was in this chapter. She lived in my neighborhood but we never really hung out or talked or anything. She was nice and I liked her, but I wasn’t sure if she liked me or not. On the house tour I saw the NKOTB girl I clicked with before and she seemed really happy to see me, so that got me excited. We toured through the computer room at this chapter and I thought it was really cool because no other chapter had one (that I saw, at least).

Packers - Their house was confusing to me - there were all these twists and turns. And I remember thinking one of their sleeping porches looked like it was out of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The girl who took me on the house tour was super chatty - I couldn't tell if it was a nervous talk or if she was just naturally that way. She was nice, and the other girls I met were nice, but nothing special stood out about this house.

Patriots - They had a huge house and I felt totally lost, but in a good way. In this chapter most of the girls slept on the sleeping porches and kept their things in other rooms - and there were a lot of rooms! I clicked somewhat with the girl who took me on a house tour, which I hadn't clicked with anyone in the Patriots up until that point. I was starting to like this house more.

Panthers - I remember the Panther girls wore black and white this day, in whatever combo they wanted (print dress, black top/white bottom, etc) - they looked really well put together. It stuck out to me because at all the other chapters the members wore the exact same outfit (as in each house had a different outfit, but the members all wore the same thing). I thought their outfits made each girl's personality stand out, in a good way. I had a really good time on their house tour and again was surprised given my (false) preconceived notions about this house.

Raiders - This house had an annex connected to the main house, which made the whole structure seem really large. The Spice Girls chick from the day before came up and said hi to me, which made me feel welcomed. That's pretty much all I remember, although I know I liked the girls in this house.

Rams - I remember this house seemed kind of old. There was this 70s-era spiral staircase that was hard to walk up and down. (I know, a spiral staircase in a sorority house – shocking!) Other than that, I can't remember much about this house.

Bengals - I talked to a girl at this house who loved A-Rod (and ten years later people are still talking about him!), which I remember telling her one of my best friends in high school's nickname was A-Rod and somehow we bonded over that. I really liked her. Everyone I spoke with here I loved - I wanted to be a Bengal so badly!

I don’t remember much about the Ravens or the Bears. I don’t think either was particularly good or bad, it’s just nothing sticks out in my head. It has been ten years!

I headed home after the last party, happy, tired, and nervous. During the days I was fine – talkative and having a good time. It was in the evenings where worry crept into my stomach and I became anxious that I might get dropped by every house.

[Kansas City]

Originally Posted by chesney214

Titans - I liked this house a lot. I met a woman who had a small nose piercing (a tiny pearl stud) and I thought it looked so cool. I spoke with two girls I really liked and felt comfortable with. They seemed very classy and genuinely nice.

I don't want this to come off sounding judgmental and perhaps it just shows my 30-something age but I never thought I would see the terms nose piercing and classy in the same post. Thanks for the chuckle.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Kansas City

I don't want this to come off sounding judgmental and perhaps it just shows my 30-something age but I never thought I would see the terms nose piercing and classy in the same post. Thanks for the chuckle.

The nose piercing girl was a different one than the 2 classy girls. LOL.

And BWAH at the A Rod reference.

[kchaptergphib]

I would say, GO PACK GO, but you don't seem to like them too much. So go Bengals, I guess. You have so many NPC options! LOVE that you could talk about the Spice Girls and NKOTB. Then again, they're both touring NOW again, aren't they? I wonder if they'll come up in any of this year's rush threads. Ha ha ha.

[OMGreek25]

GO BENGALS!!! (Since there's no Broncos)

[trojangal]

I'll root for the Dolphins....

[chesney214]

Invites for Day 6 -
Again we went back in the morning to fill out our invites. I could accept a max of six invites, and this round I was invited back to...

Bengals
Patriots
Packers
Bears
Eagles

I was a little disappointed to be dropped by the Panthers and the Raiders, but really happy to see the Bengals and Eagles on my list. I accepted all the invites and went home.

[kreich]

Wow, I can't believe you remember so much from each individual party during rush!!