Christmas Parties!

We had an Archaeology/Anthropology Department party that required a costume: dress as something archaeology-related, dress as something holiday-related, or dress as something cocktail-party-related. It wasn't really much of a "requirement". First prize for costume might have gone to Ian who dressed as an irate farmer, except that my friend Susie came as a Christmas tree, and Rob was in full pirate gear. Very eclectic. A more serious requirement was the presence of Pringles. Archaeologists MUST have Pringles.The above photo is Gareth, Cody, and Annelise. You'll notice how focused they were on the archaeology/general trivia quiz, completely not distracted. We (the MAs) did take second place, only beaten by the PhD/Professor team. Quite well done on our part.

We had another, non-official, holiday party at my friend Anthropology Tom's house. His title is to distinguish between him (also sometimes called "Harry Potter Tom," but he's not so fond of that one) and Chemistry Tom. First photo is Kara, Cody (again) and Pringles (again). Next is Tom (our host), Mike, and Kara. Then there is the result of a Risk-like game called "War on Terror" - if you lose all your territory, you become a terrorist and get to wear the mask of Evil. Needless to say, we all liked wearing the mask. Danielle, Tom, Aisling, and Cody were all particularly fierce, but Mike won as the fiercest and the most evil of all.