auction.....

so, apparently, every year in spring semester my school does an auction for the Public Interest organization to raise money for a fellowship or something....im a little fuzzy on teh details. i was not going to go.
the RESPONSIBLE thing would have been for me to stay in and work on trial ad preparations.
the RESPONSIBLE thing would have been for me to stay in and save my money.
the RESPONSIBLE thing would have been not to gorge myself on pizza and beer (dont tell my trainer...)
but, hey. if you think im "responsible" you dont know me at all...

so, i really truly honestly was NOT going to go. but then i found out that one of the items is a backyard fiesta with three of the lawschool professors, one of whom i had last semester for contracts, prof janger. i thoroughly enjoyed his class. he was a lot of fun....
so, i thought, hey, i think eating mexican food and drinking margaritas in janger's backyard could be a lot of fun, i think i will go and bid on that.

the dinner is for six people, so the idea is that you have six people pooling their money together to bid. i didnt have 5 other people, but i figured i would bid at $45/person and i could find 5 other people to go with me. janger is well liked and i knew i could do it...

but before i get to that bid, let me tell you about the auction. i had never been to one before, i have only seen them on tv. we had a real-life auctioneer there. craziness. i actually pondered for a while just how one might becme a professional auctioneer....you know, in case this whole "law school" thing doesnt really pan out. and it was pirate themed, which was fun. i didnt dress up, but just *knowing* that if i wanted to dress like a pirate today, it would have been socially acceptable.

so, i bid on a few other things before getting to the big enchilada. things that i didnt really want, but i figured, "hey, i could bid $20 when i know its going to go way higher than that" just to have a little fun.

and hten comes the dinner with janger, cahill, and serkin. and the bidding starts. and all of a sudden, we're past the $270 that i was going to put a cap on...and i kept bidding. and then it hit $500 and i stopped. what the HELL am i doing!!? i thought. thats $84/person!! yikes! so i stopped. and then it hit $525, and i thought the girl in front of me was going to win. and then. deena. deena freakin darwish...she turns around, looks right at me, and says, "if you win this, im in. go!" and so i bid. and i won. $550. $92/person. holy beejezus. thank god they accept credit cards...i keep telling myself, "its for a good cause. its just $100. dont worry about it." and then i decided that i just wont spend any money for a week (hahahahaahahaha), or, more realistically, i will spend a LOT LESS money....what was i thinking??!

fyi: if i ever go to an auction again, well, dont let me. but if i DO, DONT LET ME HOLD THE PADDLE.

good gracious...