you can't move when there's honey all over you!

(Please forgive the title of this post...it will all make sense soon enough, I promise.)
So. It's 11 at night and I'm sitting outside my dorm room with my laptop, feeling oh so very college-like. It's kind of great, actually. Jared (my roommate, by the way) has an 8 AM tomorrow so he's asleep, and I don't have to be up until 8, so I figured I would let him sleep and do my socializing outside the room. I know, I know. I'm an awesome roommate. Also, it gives me a great space to observe dorm life. For instance: Girl down the hall (who shall remain nameless for the sake of her good reputation) has had three male visitors come to her room in the span of literally 30 minutes. Which isn't against the rules or anything but it definitely looks sketchy to me. Her roommate just walked in and said, "Oh, wow. I don't know these people." And she left looking really freaked out. There's a guy in the stairwell Skyping his girlfriend. Awwwww. Except he doesn't have headphones in so I can essentially hear his entire conversation as it reverberates throughout the hall. Sigh.
Boys.
Because I don't have an infinite amount of time to type this (I would like to try and get as much sleep as possible), I won't go into a whole lot of detail regarding my past few days here at Elon. Basically, move in went well; my roommate is exactly like me; my hall is amazing; classes are stressful but good; orientation was essentially a weekend designed to keep us as busy as possible; and I'm now taking more hours than I had originally planned, including a Chorale class which has me so excited!
So, the title of this post:
We had a hypnotist here last night as a way to kick off the school year. His name was Tom Deluca and he was...beyond amazing. I wish I had been able to record the things he did because it's truly not something you would believe if I told you. So I won't. Okay, so I'll tell you one part but only because it explains the title. He essentially hypnotized this one guy and told him that whenever he heard the word "Elon," he would become the school's biggest cheerleader but he wouldn't know what our mascot was. So the kid woke up and, sure enough, when Tom said, "Welcome to Elon!" the kid jumped up and started screaming, "Yeah!! Go Elon!! Go...Elon...go?" and he seriously had no idea what our mascot was (it's the Phoenix, fyi) and so then he just made up one. So we became the bears, randomly. And he started screaming, "Pour honey on 'em guys!! Bears go pour the honey! We'll kill the other team because you can't move when there's honey all over you!!" And it was one of THE funniest things I've ever seen. So yeah...one of those inside jokes that won't make any sense to anybody except Elon kids but I thought I'd share.
Moral of the story: Life is good.