This weekend has been one long hangover. Well that's not entirely true. Most of it was spent either being hungover (as I just said) or in the process of getting hungover (you know what I mean). All of it of course, was under the guise of the IUB Open 2007, our little annual debating tournament for which I contributed a small part of behind-the-scenes action. Mostly I was sent scrurrying all around town searching for plain blue balloons (which for some some reason only exist in the back of a dusty department store shelf) or picking up dainty little things at our local Ikea.The three-day drinking spree kicked of with the Friday social night, otherwise known as the "exclusive party hosted by those debating guys" which featured absolutely free drinks for all staff members (that includes me). The next day saw me with probably the worst hangover I've ever had ever since I took a sip of my first Beck's bier. After huffing and puffing on the aforementioned balloons, I was again ready for Phase Two - the Debate Party, this year dubbed as Supreme Debauchery Reloaded, where again I had access to a couple of free drinks. It was an excellent party, as far as I remember, obviously jam-packed, great DJ, and only one cute guy from the whole lot of them (and even he turned out to be quite boring... oh well). The next day I somehow managed to drag myself downtown for the Grand Final, which I think was quite a good debate, although I was still reeling from the previous night's activities. Which then very smoothly leads me to tonight, the infamous Staff After-Party. I decided to take it easy, just a few beers here and there and I called it a night. I really can't afford to miss my 8:15 class or show up to the Academic Council meeting looking terribly wasted.