Cookout 2008

I decided to trade my demanding duties as Linguistics Association Webmaster for the more laid-back position of Grad Student Fellowship Historian. And now, the memories....


Dave went to Sudan and bought some spears from a local tribe. Meanwhile, back in Indiana, Jared built this bonfire and bought some dowels for roasting marshmallows. He spent almost enough to buy a red pepper at Aldi.


Alex and Rita manned one end of the cornhole toss...


...and Lisa and Sunny manned the other.


First up, Alex.


Then Sunny, who was thinking to herself, "This is infinitely better than writing a paper."


Then Rita, who was thinking to herself, "This is a lot easier than throwing Alex out the window."


Then Lisa.


Then Beth and Jonathan decided to give it a try.


Beth took a shot...


...then Jonathan...


...and got so close! And then two more black bags went in that hole, without ever knocking his in. Awwww.


Meanwhile, the other guys posed for a Bocce ball J.Crew ad.


Not to be excluded, Isabel said "inconsequential." And in the background, Alex talked about Adalyn like she was Alex Trebek on an SNL Jeopardy skit.


And finally, Jonathan showed us why Meg does most of the cooking at their house.