Happy birthday to Buffista babies Noah, Grace, and K-Bug!

locked me out my room

did they steal your keys? I don't this was possible at my school, if you had a key, you could get into your room.

Sorry your first year was so rough. Some of those things should have earned someone a suspension or expulsion.

Oh, man, Tommy, that sucks. I won't complain about getting my phone card/money stolen or my dormmate using my towels ever again.

DH and I went to see Brad Garrett's stand up last night. Damn he was UNFUNNY. He totally missed the audience--in fact, some of his insult comedy back fired on him and the audience got bigger laughs than he did. His material is just old and not very good. He does do an excellent Rodney Dangerfield impression but honestly, I'd prefer to see Rodney than Brad. His opening comic was much better, thank goodness, so the night wasn't a complete washout.

So did any of your dorms have a "club" where people would pull fire alarms in the middle of the night? One night these asshats pulled them 5 times. I think some of the members got caught and expelled, or maybe that was just wishful thinking. In any case, it finally stopped after having this go on for several weeks.

did they steal your keys? I don't this was possible at my school, if you had a key, you could get into your room.

The Annex wing of my dorm (where most of the freshman ended up) had doors that you could set to lock automatically. More than once I locked myself out accidentally and had to find an RA to open the door (once when I was in my bathrobe after taking a shower). Good times.

did they steal your keys?

Yep.

I think that sounds like an interesting dream, Gud.

Best BtVS/BSG crossover episode ever.

That sucks tommyrot. I was pretty lucky roomate-wise in college, no horror stories.

Hmm, I just read that tomorrow is National Something-On-A-Stick Day.

As an ex-RA, I can say I would've come down like Thor's hammer on those assholes, tommy. Where was your RA?

My freshman college roommate was a super nice, easygoing guy from Cincinnati. He later became editor of the school paper in his senior year and gave me my own column. You're a good man, Chris Roemer!

For my Sophmore and half of my Junior year my close friend Chip was my roommate. That was nothing but fun. Second half of Junior year I had a double room to myself and my girlfriend, Suz, moved in. My senior year I was an RA and had a double to myself again.

I can't even imagine that kind of stuff happening at my college. There was one RA embedded with every Freshman hall of 14 kids. With that kind of ratio you can be on top of everything.

For my freshman year one of the most popular guys in our building was gay (though he wasn't out then. Still, nobody was surprised when he did come out.)

My junior year there was some friction with my next door neighbor (he'd flip out and complain when I had friends in my room laughing). But my circle of friends had a deep rooted value to be inclusive with everybody - especially people who would normally be outcast. (This was driven largely by my best friend, Alex, who was very charismatic and found a niche for every oddball in our group.)

Anyway, we wound up inviting my troublesome neighbor to our regular, informal softball games and getting to know him. Later in the year, I had a super nasty stomach virus and was making a horrible mess all over the bathroom.

Whitefont: Both vomit and diarrhea on the floor.

He came in and cleaned up after me and took care of me.

He was the first person I knew to die of AIDS. RIP, Andy.

As an ex-RA, I can say I would've come down like Thor's hammer on those assholes, tommy. Where was your RA?

He told me I should do stuff to the guys doing stuff to me, to get even.

I just didn't want to sink to their level, so I didn't take his advice (besides the aforementioned early-morning phone calls).