They're Men, Men in Tights (and heels)!

If you read my blog at the beginning of Rob's first semester, you will remember that Ross holds Olympic Games the first week of classes. Part of the Olympics that I did not mention last year (mainly cause I found it lame and boring) was the Mr. Ross pageant.

This pageant is basically a way the mostly female student body can objectify their male classmates. As you can imagine, it's put on in the classiest of ways. The two hosts make lots of sexual jokes, which are more uncomfortable than funny, the judges (professors) are given copious amounts of alcohol, and the contestants are given even more alcohol, and act like drunken monkeys. This semester, Rob was the contestant for 2nd semester.

The men of Ross

Now, He did not plan on being his class representative, but since NO OTHER guys in his class volunteered he stepped up to the plate... Of course, he only accepted after Dr. Dusty Spencer, one of his anatomy professors offered to buy beer, appear in a skit, AND give one extra full point on the final anatomy grade to whoever would be Mr. Ross.  ROb's no idiot- he loves beer! Just kidding, he wanted that point!

Since my brave husband decided to join the pageant late in the game (some classes prepare all semester and bring crazy props back from the states), he and his class had to come up with some fun skits quick! The categories were Real Men of Genius (based on the Bud Light commercials), Favorite Cartoon or Nursery Rhyme, Talent, and Formal wear- the animal in you. Rob gathered an amazing team of co-stars, dancers, singers, and writers. There is no way he could have pulled it off without all of them! In my opinion, they had two killer skits, and two skits that could go either way.

Rob is a real man of genius

For Rob's Real Men of Genius, Trevor wrote a great skit entitled, "Ross Men of Genius: Mr. Any Species but Human Doctor." It was pure gold. Also, Rob got to wear his overalls and perform open heart surgery on a cuttlefish, so I gave it an A+. His favorite Cartoon skit consisted of Rob dressed as a red Power Ranger, kicking the ass of some of the more difficult parts of vet school. It was alright. For his formal wear, he was Taz- the Tasmanian Devil. Again, it was alright.

Rob as Taz

The talent portion of Rob's act should have won him the whole thing. If you watch Saturday Night Live, you have probably seen the beyonce- Justin Timberlake Single Ladies skit. If you haven't click here before continuing on. If you have already seen it, click that link anyway, that skit is freakin' hilarious!

Ok, back to the story at hand. Katie, one of Rob's classmates and a friend from out orientation group, suggested doing that skit. Of course, everyone thought with Rob's God-given talent in dance, it would be perfect! So, we wrangled two other brave men- Zach and Nick, and began searching high and low for high heels and black leotards in adult man size. Oh, wait, I bet you want to know who played beyonce. Remember how I said one of Rob's professor's bribed him to be Mr. Ross by saying she would be in his skit? Yeah, that's right, Dr. Dusty Spencer was cast as Beyonce. B-Rilliant!

To be honest, there are absolutely NO WORDS that can describe the skit. There are some things you just cannot unsee! Luckily for you the entire event was filmed, both by my friend Leann, and by Ross University! Oh yes, I do plan on buying the DVD to show our children and grandchildren. Here is Leann's version for your viewing pleasure.

All in all, I think Mike, from 4th semester should have won. He was hilarious, and all his skits were well put together and thoughtout. I think Rob should have gotten second or third. The problem is, the pageant is pretty much rigged. Upper semesters, usually 7th, take the win cause they are the "senior" class. Mike got second place, and the guy from 7th got first. I think almost everyone booed (I say almost cause 7th semester was obviously pleased that their hastily thrown together skits actually won). I was pleased to hear later from Dr. Spaccarelli that he was under the impression Mike and Rob were going to take 1st and 2nd placed based on the votes that the judges actually cast. Good to know that the 7th semester students tallying the votes know how to count properly since they'll be vets soon.

I am one lucky lady!

In light of this voting scandal, I plan on taking the case to the Supreme Court of the Dolphin House! Oh, yay- they have already returned with their verdict. MIKE AND ROB WIN! Yay! haha.

Oh, and in other Dolphin House news, Kate and trevor have gone animal crazy this week! First, Kate brings home Lucy, the one-eyed cow cat. Yes, the one-eyed cow cat, you did read that correctly. Kate used to work for a shelter, and is passionate about fostering animals. So, We are hosting Lucy until the first adoption event at the end of January. She is really sweet, and is white with black spots, like a cow. Her one eye is my favorite part. I love physically handicapped animals. It's a shame she is isn't three-legged. Oh well, a girl can dream.

Lucy! And no, she is not winking at you... or is she?

So, we have lucy all of 1.5 days when Kate and trev get wind of puppies being dropped off at the clinic (and by "get wind,"I mean I found out about them and immediately told Kate). This story is kind of sad: a local who works at the Ross clinic took two week old puppies from their mom (HIS DOG!), and brought them to the clinic so they could be adopted. Unfortunately, the adoption group has a freeze on incoming animals. So, he just left them in a box in the clinic with a note saying, "please take one." He didn't bother to mention it to anyone, so no one knows how long the pups were without food and water before one of the student techs saw them. If you are thinking, "hm, two weeks old? Shouldn't they still be with their mom?" The answer is YES!!! One of the puppies died last night. Super sad. So, now all these puppies have to be bottle fed and stimulated (that means you have to rub their butt holes til they poop. Kate and Trevor have experience with this, but only for kittens. Incidentally, I only have experience doing this with lion, tiger, jaguar, bear, and wolf babies. I imagine it's easier with kittens and puppies).  So, long story short- there is now an adorable little girl puppy in residence. Her name is Autumn and she is super cute!

Proud new parents of Autumn the Wonderpup!

PUPPY!!!

One last thing. In case you forgot how amazing St. Kitts is, we just picked a coconut from one of our own trees, and drank the coconut milk. Then we turned the coconut milk into Pina Coladas. Yay for the tropics!