The Importance of Absurdity
Thursday, July 31, 2003
 
I know that I've been really bad about posting other people's stuff as of late, but I simply can't write. I attempted to write a letter last night and it was awful. Simply horrible. There was NO eloquence or gracefullness, I can assure you of that. Granted, it was on a not so eloquent subject, but that's really never stopped me before. So anyway, I promise you that this is the last time I'll do this. I was reading Will Daniel's (from GSW) blog and read back a couple days and found this. This is absolutely how I feel and my guess is how everyone else from GSW feels. I took 2 or 3 things out, simply because they didn't apply to me (such as missing South dorm, seeing as I wasn't in South). But Will definitely hit the proverbial nail on the head.

i will not miss the refectory food, but i will miss the cake, the fortune cookies, and the time spent around the dinner table with the ppl i love very much. i will not miss mosquitos on the porch, but i will miss the rocking chairs on that porch, and the random evenings when we'd sit and talk for hours, eating food from my room. i will not miss sleep deprivation, but i will miss late nights with friends. i will not miss waking up early, but i will miss the excitement of not being able to wait TO get up, just i can go see ppl again and do it all over again. i will miss walks around old salem in the dark and pouring rain. i will miss chalk on sidewalks. i will miss joey! i will miss borders nights. i will miss window fans. i will miss a capella groups' impromtu performances. i will miss a world of inside jokes. i will miss matthew's most absolutely RANDOM comments. i will miss modern dance concerts. i will miss random quirky and annoying foreign films. i will miss staying up all nite to hear 16 hour long piano pieces. i will miss being on the dance AND orchestra tshirts ("can u hear me now?" "keep going... thank you dr foy"). i will miss trips to mayberry's. i will miss naps in the amphitheatre. i will miss sunday afternoon waffles. i will miss the moravian golfcart. i will miss the winston-salem newspaper (or not), and i will surely miss watery orange (ernge) juice. i will miss these little things, but i will miss big things too. i will miss ppl not giving a shit where i come from and wot my parents do. i will miss ppl not giving a shit about how smart i am, wot i got on the ap, wot i got on the sat. i will miss ppl who dont try to rank themselves among the others. i will miss being seen as i am, nothing more, nothing less, and above all, i will miss vegans.