Memories: take one

A friend from Calvin, Andrea, made some comment on her xanga about how I would be proud of her because she did some stuff that bordered on our ALIAS adventures... now I feel the need to write about some of my favorite memories from Calvin. Most of my favorite memories occured during interim second semester... after everyone found out I was not coming back for second semester.Anyway, I thought it would be fun to write on my favorite memories from major periods in my life... first off: CALVIN MEMORIES!

Memory One: ALIAS ADVENTURES
Andrea and I would run down the hall with our hands clasped together like guns and shoot at each other. This game got fun when we would hide behind any wall that stuck out even just a little bit. We would do somersaults across the hall into people's rooms (who would in return laugh at us). One of my favorite parts was when we got to the annex. The annex was at the end of the hall - you would turn right, go down three or four steps, turn left and there was more hallway with about six rooms. I would run down the hall - leap over the stairs and land into a somersault and end up by the doorway to the stairs. It was one of the coolest moments of my life. Almost as cool as when I would get into my bed pretending I was Sydney Bristow getting shot at...

Memory Two: MATTRESSES IN THE HALLWAY
One day Ben and Amy and I were wandering down the hall looking for something to do. We noticed that someone on third had put a mattress in the hall... random but no biggie. We went downstairs to first and noticed ANOTHER mattress in the hall. This was when the wheels in my head began turning a little too fast. So, my brilliant idea was to bring this mattress upstairs and put the two mattresses across the hall from each other and bounce back and forth. This was all good and fun but not enough for our twisted minds. Eventually someone came up with the idea (I think it was Ben!) to run at each other holding the two mattresses. The first time, it was hillarious! The second time... well, let's just say Ben got to know the wall in a way he never wanted. I have a tape of it on my computer -- you can actually hear a cracking noise at the moment Ben's head WHAMS into the wall... Brilliant idea.

Memory Three: TEAM MONJAMIN
My good friend Ben (benjamin houseward) and I combined forces and created team monjamin! Together, we were unbeatable. We would help each other out during our many Mario Kart battles against others... actually, pretty much any endeavor we tried - the two of us were a team. One weekend we had a floor date- my floor and Ben's floor went bowling together. Ben and I bought a box of Krispy Kreme donuts to give away to whatever team won. They had to pick partners but they had to be guy/girl partners. Of course, team Monjamin was united again. Not only did we win this challenge -- we kicked some MAJOR booty! We won by some 150 points or something like that. It was pretty awesome. Don't worry - we are good people! We gave the donuts away.

There are so many more memories that I cannot even begin to explain -- snowball fights, playing in the rain, smokers pit stops, slumber parties, tent building, good talks, and so much more! but I would need a whole book to write on all of that... so I will end with just three.