it's nights like these..

that make it totally fine to be crusty.

[sometimes]

it's homecoming week here at utah state and on monday night they started the festivities off with a paint dance.

mel and i were all over that the minute we heard about it.

heck i was so excited i didn't even get ready monday morning, because seriously why would you get ready if you were just going to get paint thrown all over you that night?!

...and the fact that i went to bed at 3 had nothing to with me being crusty.

[for reals.]

that night we got to the dance and it was insane! there was a huge blob right in front of the stage where everyone was jumping up and down and the music was blaring. there were people on stage holding these huge gun things that they would spray into the crowd. mel and i didn't want to miss any of  the fun so we hopped right in the middle and started dancing.

this led to us eventually being shoved to the very front where we luckily found jason. thank heavens for him. mel and i discovered this new dance and it's basically jumping up and down but leaving your elbows out so that you can push off the mob of people crowding in on you. jason also discovered a new move: the box out. you do the basketball box out with your arms out wide so that he could keep mel and i safe.

he's a real gem.

i loved the paint dance.

 there was so many people all clustered together that you couldn't even see anything.

i can't even remember the number of times when i would be jumping up and down screaming at the top of my lungs and then out of nowhere paint would pour down on me and into my mouth and eyes.

or jason's personal favorite:

we were dancing when they shot the paint, not in the air, but directly at us.

i had my mouth wide open and then bam...pink paint to the face. 

i got drenched.

jason did too but he is so tall it hit him in the chest.

i wish i could say that only happened once,

but it didn't.

more like a dozen times.

so worth it.

and now for the crustiest part of all...

*drumroll please*

mcnasty right?

mel and i didn't have any other crusty shoes we wanted to get ruined so without thinking we went in flip flops.

bad choice.

fun night!