There are some days that are great for me to look forward to without unexpectedly becoming worse at the last second.
Unfortunately, my Halloweekend at James Madison is one of them. I thought that of these upcoming events would be this fun worth waiting for until one of the sororities ruined it all for me. One, in particular, had music on and nothing else could be heard. No one knew me, even as I introduced myself, but at that point, none of it mattered because Halloweekend, especially outside at 7:30 p.m. on a Saturday of a homecoming game, didn’t matter. What mattered to me more was getting together on a night that was supposed to be interesting, breathtaking and remembered, while root for our school football team from a distance. It didn’t matter who I knew, I tried to put myself out there and meet new people. It was also supposed to be a time where other people, no matter what school they attend and where they are from, come celebrate a spectacular time of the year in the Fall of Madison among the townhouses with the fraternities and sororities. There was no appreciation for my arrival whatsoever and then I got turned down by members of the fraternities and sororities.
From that moment, I felt my purple and gold spirit fade as the feeling in my gut started to feel guilt. It’s as if I lost my right to party. It made me feel that they lost their way to represent their school in a way that gives others the best time to enjoy. After searching for signs of any open party, I felt no sign of welcoming as soon as I went into the neighborhood of the forest hills. There was a terrible sign of rejection I experienced coming from a few townhouses. I went to other town houses and none of them had exactly what I was looking for. So from that point forward, I called it quits as people saw me with my Captain America mask to wear for the Halloweekend.
I will never forget this bad time of my life nor forget what it felt like to be unwelcomed to a Halloweekend. This will make me decide whether or not I want to return next Fall for this event. Overall, the representation of the fraternities and sororities were very questionable. Now that I have not had the best time that I hoped for, I will never know or what it is like to have the chance to enjoy Halloweekend at JMU. I wish to have a better time returning next Fall for a better thrilling amusement and memories that will last a lifetime and erase the worse one I just had.
