The People Make the Place (The Hula Hoop Series)

These are the very fine and fun people I have spent the last weeks with and am leaving today.

In order of the hoop:

Ming
Mount Holyoke College / Ewha | Bird Girl
Famous for: almost beating everyone at Scrabble,
shooting back whiskey without batting an eye (until it hits her)
Hula Hoop Skills: Super cute and stylin'!

Chris
Howard University | Lizard Guy
Famous for: knife throwing, rattlesnake wranglin'
and always with a smile.
Hula Hoop Skills: Super fast! It's practically hitting his chin!

Krista
Arizona State University | Hummingbird Girl
Famous for: carrying a long pole wherever she goes, randomness
Hula Hoop Skills: Awesome! And extra points for hulaing in pjs!

Meg
Fordham University | Medicine Girl?
Famous for: best laugh of all time, grabbing life by the...
Hula Hoop Skills: Super slick; kept going even when the creepy lizard people descended.

Matt

University of Puget Sound | Lizard Guy
Famous for: awesome t-shirts, defying biology by surviving with no sleep
Hula Hoop Skills: an impressive three seconds!

Laura

University of Puget Sound | Lizard Girl (but secretly a slug and snail girl)
Famous for: optimism about one day having data, being awesome to hang out with when she can squeeze in a rare minute to hang out
Hula Hoop Skills: It's levitating! Cool!

Sandy
University of Puget Sound | Tree Lizard Girl
Famous for: Canadianism, search and rescue coordinator
Hula Hoop Skills: She can hula with her knees! Awesome.

Brittany
University of Puget Sound | Lizard Girl
Famous for: burning the midnight oil, taking long walks in the woods
Hula Hoop Skills: so fast, the picture's blurry!

Bob
Retired and happy | Bird Guy
Famous for: fastest evening cleaner of SWRS history,
keeper of the Cheezit Mouse
Hula Hoop Skills: kept going back for more. Just like he does with SWRS.
Super props for the supervolunteer. Fare well Bob!

Ed
University of Maryland | Needed Something To Do This Summer Guy
Famous for: being Ed from Ed and the Popettes, need I say more?
Hula Hoop Skills: Yet to be seen playing a sport without a beer in his hand
and his ability to pull it off never ceases to amaze.

Chris
Trent University alumnus | Dipteran Girl
Famous for: creative photographic genius, cabbage patching
Hula Hoop Skills: Extra points for style and throwing her neck out for the cause

Denise
On sabbatical | Social Science Girl ("what's with that?")
Famous for: most back-to-back evening cleans,
getting black eyed by a cactus
Hula Hoop Skills: Super fly. Until I reached for my beer...

Stephen
College of Wooster | Plant Guy (for six weeks at least)
Famous for: getting up before the birds, headbutting a mountain
Hula Hoop Skills: surprised himself with his mad ability

Stacey
University of Puget Sound (prof) | Lizard Person
Famous for: keeping up her students' morale, funny stories of SWRS past
Hula Hoop Skills: worth pressuring to see! Way to go!

Kate
Oregon State University | Drought Girl
Famous for: studying drought in the rain, being a roommate from heaven
Hula Hoop Skills: you try hulaing when trapped in a net...


Wade
Former SWRS Station Director | Lizard Guy
Famous for: recounting Station lore, winning best costume for coming as The White Man at 7/12th Halloween
Hula Hoop Skills: not worth creasing the cummerbund

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Thanks for the great party guys!

We'll miss you too!