Hail the Dale, Ep. 1: An Inauspicious Beginning

College didn't have an inauspicious beginning. This video series, on the other hand... I mean, I made it, and I was bored. But it was time for a video, so a video was made.

A Brief Poetical Interlude

Greetings from the Dale! We have, alas, not made any new videos as of yet, but we do intend to acquire some batteries for the camera and kick off a new series shortly. In the meantime, Walter suggested I share a bit of song I've been writing. The first verse and the chorus I wrote about a week and a half before our arrival at school (if my memory holds true), and the latter two verses came into being in the last few days. I anticipate further additions as the year progresses. (If you've read this already on Facebook, feel free to leave a comment telling me how boring and repetitive I am.) --Emily 

The Song of the Student
 by Emily R. Peterson

Hillsdale beckons
My train of thought reckons
It will be days before I'm there

Some watch Doctor Who
And Firefly too
And Legend of Korra will be there

Fencing and fighting
Torture, revenge
Captures, escapes and much more

One more weekend
And then I shall spend
Months missing family and more

Chorus:
Music and Greek
I shall learn how to speak
With extra time taken swing dancing

Write me a letter
I'll write back, write better
(Just kidding) I'll draw you a picture

The weekend seems close to me
And what seems most to me
Like a good time is a party

A party sans craziness
Stupid and zaniness
Rather, with Mina and Marty

The good kind of crazy
With people too lazy
To get into huge stupid trouble

Tomorrow at eight
I'll try not to be late
For both parties where fun will be double
 

Chorus

On Saturday night
We'll show up, take a flight
In time and through space in the TARDIS

Yeah, we'll watch Doctor Who
(No Firefly, true
'Cause Fox cancelled it)
[silent beat]

The Dale is a symphony
I'll live in infamy
Ever because of old Schenker

So many were homeschooled
Kitchen jokes are considered cool
Also, the Germans: der denker 

Chorus

To the Dale: Epilogue