Apr
29
2008
Separated at Birth?
Apr
26
2008
My Roommate…
This is my roommate Dustin. He’s graduating in one week and going to med school at Vanderbilt. We’ve been living together for three years which I believe qualifies us for common law marriage. This is oddly ironic because living with this guy has given me every confidence that someday, if I get married, I will be able to survive it.
Dustin and I starting rooming almost by accident. It’s funny how most life-changing things start that way. When I look back at all the people that have influenced who I’ve become in college, I would say that Dustin is one of the top 5. He’s inspired me, challenged me, annoyed me (which I’m sure was reciporcal), made me laugh, and made me proud. He’s also drastically improved the way I dress.
I was working in the room the other day when I realized…
I only have one more week before he moves out.
I’ve always seen my life as a series of stages (or chapters, or whatever tired analogy you want to use), and this is the close of a major one for both of us. I’ve got that feeling you get when you reach the end of a good book and sit there for a minute and just let it all soak in. It’s not that I want to go back and re-read anything, but I just don’t want to forget the (many) good parts.
Farewell Dustin, and good luck. I’ve really enjoyed our time together, and as you move on to better things I hope you take as many fond memories as I have.
Apr
21
2008
In-Between Times
I’m sitting here in the lab waiting for my next class to start and thinking of how pointless a 30-min break is. There’s enough time to get in and check e-mail and such, but then there’s only 10-minutes left to do anything before I need to leave again. Part of the frustration is that I could think of a million things to do while I was sitting in my last class, but now that I could actually do them I have no idea what they were.
