In answer to Maureen

Econ Man, Robocop, Bob Bender, Breakfast w/the Basketball Team, Walking to Wal-Mart for mascara, the bus rides to the mall, waiting on the steps of Redbird arena hours before the games began, DBG (Delta Beta Gamma a.k.a. the Drive-by Girls), Walking home scared shitless from University Theaters after watching Dead Calm, the Bon Jovi poster on the wall above your bunk in Randolph 104,callinh Richie Sambora Ricky, answering the phone S,S,S,& M, Sally's cave, Shana's BCP fund, and let's not forget about her bangs,Frank, the Steven Seagal wanna-be...how could you ever think your four years at ISU were a waste!?

In my previous blog I said that I feel like I wasted my 4 years at ISU. And I do. But the main reason is because I wish I would have majored in something I was actually interested in and good at. For 4 years I struggled with business related classes when that simply isn't the way my brain works. I am more of a creative type. There are plenty of careers that capitalize on creativity. Why didn't someone ever clue me in before it was too late? Isn't that what guidance counselors are for? As for the things Maureen mentions, many of them are regrettable--Bob Bender, anything to do with the basketball team OTHER than just going to games, we did walk miles and miles to Wal-Mart but I didn't remember it was for mascara. I hate public transportation--especially when groceries are concerned. I do remember seeing Dead Calm at the theatre. Creepy. I had a thing for "scruffy" looking guys. In fact there were three that I liked and we called them Scruffy, Scruffier and Scruffiest. Our roommate, Sally, who was an eccentric theater major hung a sheet from the top bunk so that her bottom bunk was offered some privacy. We called it a cave. She also snorted cocaine off of one of those make-up mirrors with the lights on the sides. Our other roommate, Shana was probably one of the strangest people I have ever met. She proclaimed to be from a wealthy family but she literally had maybe two pairs of jeans and three shirts. She would always go on about the white leather couches at her family's lake house. She also proclaimed to be completely virginal and innocent. However, she kept cash in an envelope marked BCP fund. That would be birth control pills fund. She also had really long hair and when she cut bangs one day, she took the cut hair, braided it and hung it on the wall. She also had pictures of guys from magazines hung all over her part of the wall (we all did) but when her parents came visit (only one time by my memory) she covered them all with construction paper. Odd girl. I have often said that the only other place you are forced to live in such close proximity to people you don't know or like is prison. (I suppose the military is like that too.) So, I guess I didn't completely waste my time at ISU--I made one lasting friendship with Maureen who will always be there to remind me of the stupid stuff we did when we were young! Thanks Maureen........I think! ;-)