Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Breaking in Spring

It's not easy being smart, ambitious, and strikingly beautiful all the time. That's why Penn's finest decided to take a week off in early March. What resulted you can see here in the first edition of a literary litany of leadership, lasciviousness and laughter: Sphinx Citings.


We begin our journey in Miami's South Beach where Catey Mark was spotted strutting around with Ryan and an assortment of fellow seniors at all hours of the night. She also may or may not have gotten down at SoBe's hottest new club, "SET." But she probably doesn't remember since she wasn't quite able to stumble away from the porcelain toilet until 3pm the next day. Too bad she wasn't staying in the same room as her parents...oh, wait. Ms. Mark also hosted Ryan, his bf Shane of Friars, and other travel partners for drinks with Catey's parents at their uber-trendy suite at the Sagamore. Catey's dad was "a hoot." Also, Ryan was spotted sporting some tight-ass jeans and looking "pretty damn hott!"(Ryan didn't write this one himself, he promises)

Moving off the mainland to points more southern, our dear president Andy, when not trying to schedule Barney as a commencement speaker, was Spring Breaking in Negril, Jamaica. As Andy so colorfully describes the occasion, "It was a huge, week-long party with amazing weather."

Back in conquistador country, Jareau Wade and Chrissy Choug were the spiciest tamales in Cancun, Mexico! AND they ran into, "or rather cited", Sri one night on the crazy Clubbing strip!!! Srikant was enjoying an all-inclusive with a few buddies from his pledge class and a couple guys from Masala.
A little bird tells us that Israel and Ewurama (with her new hair extensions)were also in Cancun. All 4 Sphinx members have "gotten a little darker, lost a few more brain
cells, and realized that Penn has the earliest spring break of any
university in the country." Fun was had by all.

Gaby was in Playa del Carmen with ten other girls. Yes, she is from Mexico and has some family who lives there, but no, they didn't visit her.

In the singing gender identity disorder department, David Fraga and Josh Head were busy on the Mask and Wig Tour of San Francisco, LA, San Diego, New Jersey, New York City and Rochester. According to David, it was "Really fun, the best yet." Highlights included a hotel on the beach in San Diego for 2.5 nights, getting black-out in New York before a 3AM ride to Rochester (about 30 miles from Ryan's home by the way), and an incident with the group's Ryder truck. No word yet on how many little Fragas were created around the country on this scandalous little tour. Girlfriend and Friar, Katie Liberman would not be happy to know, we're sure. Separately, Fraga was also cited turning in a completed draft of his thesis! Some work remains but the worst is over.

Back in glacier land, Chris Mizell was spotted at the Restaurant school teaching a master class on chicken preparation. Over the break he stayed in Philly training for the NFL combine, which has been moved to March 23. Editor's note: for the deportes deficient, you can learn about just what the heck this "combine" is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Combine

After break and back at Penn, Mana was spotted being cute. "All the damn time." Caroline visited Ryan incessantly at the cafe but never purchased anything from him. Srikant and Brett were also each caught in rushed bike-by conversations with Fraga. Israel was preparing for his upcoming performances which everyone can't wait to attend. Although no one seemed to specifically know what Shak was doing, everyone clearly knew she was being socially active somewhere. Tammy furiously studied for some exam during the potluck meeting. Jeff joined a healthy crowd at Sphinx's Tuesday 4:30-6:30 Happy Hour at Mad4.

Oh yeah, and prior to break, Healey, Ezra and Ryan had enjoyed a fine lunch at Houston to discuss Sphinx events; the meal took about two hours, mostly because Healey was full of sh*t. Literally, he was in the bathroom forever.

Everyone else was in a cave for the week (or they didn't email yours truly).

Next edition on Monday. Please have your citings in by Sunday evening. Also, Pod happy Hour is 10-12 Wednesday night (tonight).

Yours,
Sphinx Citer

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