Привет. Hey Y'all. Hóla. Hello. If you were to enter my room, these might be one of the greetings that you'd hear. My roommates and I are all from vastly different places. Ukraine. Georgia. El Salvador. Pennsylvania. I wasn't so sure about how it was going to work out at first, but we were all laughing together and talking together as […]
About once every two weeks, one of my roommates or I buy a bag of salted peanuts, always with the intent that they last for at least a week or longer. We have learned to keep it hidden away in order to preserve it, but long before the week ends, we will find ourselves with an empty peanut bag and […]
Food is a staple to college life. Some of us attend certain social events just to get the great food. Greek Rush goodies at every collegian table, doughnuts and sweets at the Turkey Bowl, fancy dinners at the formal banquets, themed menus at the Bible Conference picnic, and even the oddly traditional White Glove pizza--all involve food outside the Palms […]
Louis, Colton, Josh, Stephen, Norman, Mitch, Garrett, Sam, Will, Blake—just ten awesome roommates who have become my friends over four years of college. No big deal. The cool thing is . . . I didn't even have to seek them out; their friendship was like a package deal. The roommates come with the room, and that's all there is to […]
You know how we were always told as kids that someday we would learn to love all the gross stuff we had to eat--like mushrooms and steamed spinach? I still don't. So glad to have finally debunked that myth.
It is true, though, that we limit ourselves by never trying new things. Like shortcuts, Microsoft Excel, Crocs, and--my personal favorite--Nutella. We often don't ever get to enjoy things, simply because we just never bother to try them!