Year Two

Well my friends it is almost that time again. The smell of Fall is in the air. In come the freshmen with their crates and their multiple microwaves, their cheap area rugs and crafty picture frames, all in an attempt to make their 7 by 8 ft dorm room seem a tad bit more like home. Unfortunately, it never really loses that "prison-esque" feel that schools go for. Unless you live in PY, in which your walk in closet is as big as some other freshman's entire room.

Anyhow, I would like to list the top ten things The House is excited for this year, as chosen by me. 10 being least excited, and 1 being most excited.

10. For more quotes to be written on the walls of our home. I think every member of the house enjoys dabbling in this from time to time. From small smileys to slanted quotes, to entire-wall-covering quotes by nuns.

9. Watching Jackson get in physical confrontations with other Willard members. He isn't the most physically imposing man ever, but he is lithe and quick like a cat. His preferred fighting options are; 1.running quickly and throwing random objects behind him. 2. The Turtle: curling up, keeping his head down, and waiting for the moment to be over.

8. Virginia Tech Football games. They're fun, exciting, and filled with friends. Also, there's a small chance we might get to play Miami University's intramural championship flag football team the way things are looking right now. And that'll be fun.

7. The Willard Fish Fry. Evan and Norty cook up a ton of delicious fresh caught fish on reading day second semester. Yummy.

6. Being upperclassmen. No longer are we freshmen (thankfully). Or even sophomores (again, thankfully). Instead we are in the 50% of Tech that laughs nervously every time someone brings up that soon we will be going over the top into the real world.

5. Mice-killing. I know this one sounds strange, being in front of the fish fry, football, and not being freshmen. But it turns into a rambunctious sport in Willard, with casualties on both ends. (15 mice dead, Jeremy with a bit finger)

4. The huge amounts of cookouts to start the year. Every organization seems to think "why not be ultra-uncreative and have a cookout just like every other on campus organization? and it'll be free!" So, we here at the house get to enjoy the fruits of this and eat for free as much as possible.

3.John's graduation party/turning 21. Tears will be shed. But it will be enjoyable and a celebration of his life at Tech. Also, we get to be fully adults this year. Unless you count renting cars, and you have to be 25 to do that.

2. Hallowillard. Frocketed shirts going on sale soon. Come get you some. Its gonna be huge. (the event, not the shirt)

1. Being together. One, big, all-male family.