Day One - The Gospel According to Bubbles

4:50AM -

Alarm goes off. The sounds of Freshman Fifteen's "Chariot" ring in my ear. What a promising start to the weekend.

After hurriedly throwing half my belonging into a cardboard box, I scuttle down the stairs toward my car to meet the artist formerly known as Lennie. As I get out the door into the freezing cold, my box falls apart leaving a pile of snack foods, winter clothing, and other road trip "necessities" on the cold, salty, ground.

That was descriptive. And boring. On to the excitement.

5:50AM -

We meet at MAB (we were supposed to be there at 5:30) and finish packing up the cars. At this point that we realize we are missing some very precious cargo... namely, Rocktapus and Tornado.

WTF!?!?

Real Nice.

After about 45 minutes of attempting to scale apartment buildings and throwing snowballs, newspapers, and sticks at Rocktapus' window, we somehow managed to locate and rouse the sleeping beauties. Maybe next time we'll get to bed at a reasonable hour?

7:00 -

The last F15 car leaves NU.

According to Google Maps, Miami University is 5 hours and 8 minutes away from NU. Our show with the Misfitz starts at 1:00. Hmmm.

We would totally have made it...had it not been for a slightly un-planned-for change in times zones, a general poor sense of direction, and Snapz mistaking a huge ditch for a safe driving surface.

Anyway... after all that, we DID make it, just in time to be fashionably late for our own concert. The Misfitz (who I had the luck to talk with as we waited for the stragglers) really rocked the house. They sang the best arrangements I've ever heard. And are HOT. But in like a really respectable and lady-like way. Moving on.

We then spent the next few hours getting food and drank in preparation for an evening of Miami a cappella...The F15ers quickly took to the Misfitz and filled the time with all sorts of wonderful G-rated bonding. Ah but the night was young...wink wink...

"Suck it!"

"Suck what?"

"Whatever you want..."

I can tell the girls are just my "type"... but DON'T get your hopes up.

The show was really quite good... Some of the highlights included me falling off of the stairs, calling groups by the wrong name (Cheesits?), and of course...sitting with Meredith who, by the way, is pretty much a professional at dancing to a cappella Christmas music. She also provided us with key information that led us to our phone chargers and a warm bed that night. You rock.

(reaction to a note played by the Cheese-faces pitch pipe operator)
"MMM thats a good note!"

"I LOVE Music!"

I'm great with words. I should be a music critic right?

The rest of the night was spent in the true Miami fashion...lots and lots of studying. After all, it IS their finals week. The shenanigans ended with the rescue of Woody from the bowels of the library at around 3:00AM.

ILU,
Bubbles

PS. Thanks again to the ladies of the Misfitz. We all had an incredible time at Miami and could NOT have done it without you. Y'all are the friendliest, prettiest, and most talented group I've ever met. I wish you luck in all your future a cappella endeavors and hope to see you all soon; until then, keep in touch!

on the road again

The F15 leave tomorrow morning for what promises to be a trip of memories.

Since we have not been invited to travel along with them and give you the low-down...I guess you'll all have to settle for one of Bubbles's heart-wrenching stories of bonding a la San Fran.

We're sorry...

Granted, anything we do hear from a slip-of-the-tongue will be posted as soon as possible.

So watch out Cincinnati, watch out Miami, and watch out retirement homes within a 20 mile radius...the F15 is coming for you!

Wait...wait...is that Miss Green behind the wheel!?

Will we ever see you again?

It's been awhile and we apologize deeply. We were distracted...and still sobbing from a double loss by Slutkin B. and LC in the recent King of Hearts pageant. We know who the real winners are.

Here's a number problem to brush up for your finals...

12 members present at rehearsal
7 audition for "See You Again"
1 drops out before deliberations
6 wait in the hall
6 decide the
1 soloist and
1 ready 5.

How long does it take?

A: approximately 45 minutes.
Though Snow Cream will make a cute Miley, we still think Woody had the appropriate pedophilia-voice the song called for. I guess he'll have to stick with Feliz Navidad.

What's going to happen when the group does "Single Ladies"?

We would also like to take the time to congratulate Land O'Lakes on his christening. Apparently the writers of this blog were left out of the loop and we couldn't be more upset, as one of LoL's biggest fans.

Oh hey, were you at DG tonight? Probably for the better...You know the story: some bridges were burned, some frat guys talked over the singing, Vahj? was the biggest hit of the night but at least Rocktapus recovered from his recent eviciton. These gigs happen, and just in time for the holidays.

Regardless, look for your favorite guys in green to be celebrating with a dash of red tonight for the perfect Christmas combo. F15 Favorite Lady JHo will be hosting what promises to be a collection of your favorite guys and their favorite girls.

And as always...stay away form the sherbet.

Happy Birthday!

Karate Kid,

We hope it was a good one.
We wish we could be with you.

All of our love,

F15

Happy Thanksgiving

The members of F15 are extremely thankful for the love and support of our fans.

We wish you all the happiest of Thanksgivings!!

Eat, Drink (for those 21+) and be Merry!

Lets. Be. Serious.

Hey Folks,

Bubbles here, Business Manager of your beloved Freshman 15. Pardon the brief departure from the usual wittiness of this blog, but I am currently working on a project that I thought you might be interested in hearing about. For one of my classes, and as the beginnings of a possible a cappella-related philanthropy project, I am researching the level of involvement of collegiate a cappella groups in neighborhood schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. This is the first step in an initiative to spawn more charitable interest in the collegiate a cappella world. The project is very much under development but will hopefully lead to the creation of an organization to encourage and arrange free performances by collegiate a cappella groups at nursing homes, hospitals, and assisted living facilities across the country. If this sounds like something that interests you, please let me know. I will certainly be looking for people to help get this project moving.

I have been working on a survey which I will be sending out to a cappella groups across the country. Thanks to QUESTIONPRO (http://www.questionpro.com) for providing me with an Academic License for their survey formatting program.



I'll let you know as I continue to make progress on this project!

-Bubbles

Hey Folks,

Bubbles here, Business Manager of your beloved Freshman 15. Pardon the brief departure from the usual wittiness of this blog, but I am currently working on a project that I thought you might be interested in hearing about. For one of my classes, and as the beginnings of a possible a cappella-related philanthropy project, I am researching the level of involvement of collegiate a cappella groups in neighborhood schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. This is the first step in an initiative to spawn more charitable interest in the collegiate a cappella world. The project is very much under development but will hopefully lead to the creation of an organization to encourage and arrange free performances by collegiate a cappella groups at nursing homes, hospitals, and assisted living facilities across the country. If this sounds like something that interests you, please let me know. I will certainly be looking for people to help get this project moving.

I have been working on a survey which I will be sending out to a cappella groups across the country. Thanks to SURVEYSMART (http://www.surveysmart.co.nz) for providing me with an Academic License for their survey formatting program.

I'll let you know as I continue to make progress on this project!

-Bubbles