party at ΦΚΠ

I was a bit skeptical about this at first. Everything I've heard about Frat parties suggests some combination of Jocks, people in horse costumes, sprinkler pranks, horrific murders or spiked punch. Admittedly 5 out of those 5 are either from The Sims 2: University or probably inaccurate.

Luckily, then, I didn't encounter / experience any of those things!

Me, Neil, James², Alex and Lim left for the party at 9ish, and arrived shortly after. There was a $15 cover to get in, which was paid by all except James Y who bailed for curry. The $15 covers beer for the evening, and so drink prices on how much you consume. Being the fiscally responsible type, I tried to get the best possible value for money I could by consuming as much beer as I could.

The picture below shows two gentlemen working the makeshift bar:

The majority of the party was spent downstairs in the smoking room (reminiscent of Union nights at Keele...) either sitting on the sofas (or single car seat) that had been dumped there or talking to people, mostly from Ryerson University for some reason. I presume all the UofT students were elsewhere. The time we were there was roughly equally divided between talking to aforementioned Ryerson students and getting beer.

Later in the evening, they bought a keg downstairs to remove the hassle of navigating the troublesome staircase. You can see it below:

Somewhere along the line it must've been shaken quite violently (maybe on the stairs?), because it seemed to produce only pints of head:

Anyway, the party wrapped up at around 2. Alex had disappeared early (we later found out he had an early morning the next day, but originally we thought he'd been attacked and/or had pulled), James Y never turned up, Neil went before us, and me and James left to wander around for a long time trying to find Neil and Alex's.

As we arrived there, someone else (who neither of us recognised) was just leaving. We went in, curled up on separate sofas, and fell into an alcohol aided sleep.