2 posts tagged “jmu”
Every year Dave and I go to JMU for Homecoming and stay with Mr. and Mrs. Geeky and my other former roomate, Angela and her husband Travis.
I love going every year to see everyone, and its amazing that all of the boys get along as well as the girls. In fact, last year we played Cranium boys vs. girls. During the game the girls were asked the following question: "Who played Spock on the original Star Trek?" As the girls stared at each other blankly our significant others proceeded to freak the fuck out that they were actually with women who did not know the answer to this question. Hello? We're so hot we're almost out of your league, of course we don't know shit about Star Trek - we were too busy having LIVES to learn this crap.
My baby sister leaves for college this week. Thats just insane to me. I mean, I remember when I hated her because she followed me everywhere imitating everything that I did, and now she's going to abandon me all by myself without anyone to hang out with and get family gossip from? It makes me think back to my freshman year of college which seems like it was very recent - and then I realize that it was, in fact 7 years ago. When the hell did that happen?
I am excited for my sister's freshman year, because I remember what my freshman year was like. It was full of excitement, independence, a very very small bedroom, eating salads on the floor of said small bedroom in the middle of the day. I remember trying to figure out what the hell was "normal" attire for Virginia, because no one ever wore sweaters for some reason and thats all I had in my closet. I remember the stupid "icebreakers" games they had us play in our freshman classes that we never played again. They treated the freshmen with such frailty. Never again are you given such consideration to make sure your life circumstances are good, happy, healthy and prosperous.
I also remember the heartbreak of freshman year, and that random dude who wouldn't leave our room and instead hung out to watch THE FOG until some ungodly hour. I remember our friend Angela climbing the tree outside our room and trying to climb in the window, getting yelled at for walking on the tables in D-Hall, and wandering aimlessly around campus sticking gummy bears on the football office walls at 2am. I hope my sister has all of these experiences, even the bad ones. I am hopeful that I will be able to relive freshman year vicariously through her because as awful as some moments were - I loved every second of it and wished I could do it over and over again.
