These week's thoughts go out to where my two university experiences happen- Provo, UT and Prescott, AZ. I think it's insteresting to see how two experiences can be so radically different for one person. As there are loads, I've tried to nail it down to the two that would be most entertaining for all of us.
My first real shock was the roomy situation. At BYU, my freshman dorm experience had been full of cherished memories. Organizing assasin together, stealing my RA's mattress when he was showering by breaking into his room with a hanger, and living off of the Cannon Center's chocolate milk were some definite highlights. After living that, living off-campus could not have been better. Living with hooligans (playing pick-up soccer on the daily) and being somehow forced into an awesome dinner group with these girls, partaking in classy Christmas parties, and knowing Nick Jones created one of the best college experiences ever had by man. Riddle has had its eye-opening moments, to say the least. When I first moved here, I lived with a 52 year-old guy who had a mail-order bride from Malaysia on the way. Yeah, living in that trailer home quickly ended. I then lived consecutively with Joshua Day and Nick George, both of whom quickly gave me up as a roomy to get married; like really they did it really quickly. I now live with two guys from the local college's gunsmithing program and two other dudes who work all day. We have friends over on the weekend and play some mad twister games. An interesting side-note is that most students who attend Embry-Riddle live on campus. Really, everybody does. It's not like you get your dorm experience and then find a house with some friends. It's more of you move on over to the the upper-classmen dorms.
Second has to go to dating, and no this has nothing to do with the idea that this past week V-day happened. At BYU, it was insane. I knew girls who didn't have to go grocery shopping due to how often they were taken out and every other weekend another friend was getting engaged. Our apt put on a few stellar group ones. We thought setting off foating lanterns- and Ryhop's let on fire in the meantime- and then heading back to watch Tangled was a pretty swell idea. A few of us were able to roll our dice at the game and walk away to whole new world, like the kind at Embry-Riddle. For those unfamiliar with the guy to girl ratio, it's 4:1. As a result, we're left to look for girls who happen to be about our age living at home in Prescott, AZ. But life is full of surprises, you never know what'll pop up, so we continue to play this little game of ours until we win.
On a more casual note, I had a great finding this last week. For the past while, I've been waiting with bated breathe to hear back from a whole load of internships I've applied for. I decided to look over my resume, trying to have a fresh look at it and see what I could improve; and I think I found it! For one of my job descriptions, I had been spelling catalog catalogue! Sure, it's still correct- if you're living in the U.K.! I've made my changes and continue to wait.
Fun activity of the week. On Saturday, I took my macro/micro economics professor down the the Gilbert, AZ temple to walk through as they hold their viewing for the public until it's dedicated. He in turn wanted to treat to dinner at this place. It was so good, I get depressed on the idea that I have to now cook food at home that just may never compare- ever!
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