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Aug 27, 2003

I figure it'd be almost impossible to give anyone a decent rundown of all the stuff I've done since I gave up on that diary thing. I've been very busy, met a lot of people, and done a lot of interesting things. Suffice to say I'm falling in love with Athens and the University, although I confess I still think bulldogs are kind of ugly.

So, just to let you have an idea of what my life is like, I decided to profile my three roommates.

Robbie is the typical Georgia boy. He's from Cumming, which is freaky because I lived there for so many years. He's currently trying to get into the Terry College of business. He knows and loves Homestar Runner, which is cool, and he's willing to drive me up to kroger or walmart so we can grocery/supply shop, which is awesome. He's a drummer who likes Sublime, but he had to leave his set at home (which is a pity, because my neighbor Carr brought his and I want to see a drum-off). He has an X-box and enjoys using it to play World Cup Soccer, Halo, and Knights of the Old Republic. His sister actually went to South, although I didn't know her. We have economics together. He has a frighteningly clean room where we occasionally hang out, due to the antics of Brandon. Speaking of whom...

Brandon is an athlete on the Track & Field team, and he's hoping to be a football receiver next year. He's effing obnoxious. He listens to ridiculously loud gangsta rap music, and I can't make fun of him for this because he's black. Which is odd. But anyway, I don't even know if this guy has classes, because all anyone ever sees him do is play his Xbox. In the common room. Sprawled shirtless across the couch. Screaming swearwords into his Xbox communicator or to the world at large every time anything goes even slightly wrong for him in any game. His favorites are Unreal Tournament, Outlaw Volleyball, and Madden. If I ever meet that annoying commentator, I swear I will kill him for all the sleepless nights he's caused me. Oh, did I mention that? Most of the screaming and shooting and smashing and exploding goes on late, late at night. Occasionally Brandon's girlfriend drops by to watch him play Xbox or do his laundry. I'd much rather he had a more active sex life, because then at least he'd be in the privacy of his own room. For an athlete, he is one hell of a slob.

Just to add insult to injury, he still hasn't paid me for the effing cable activation.

Brad is our resident technological person. He moved an obscene number of technical manuals into his room, and he set up our DSL. He also owns an Xbox, and enjoys playing NCAA Football and Knights of the Old Republic. He also has a lot of DVDs he downloaded from the internet -- the other day we watched the oscar judge's version of Two Towers, which meant that every few minutes, "for your consideration" appeared at the bottom of the screen. He's a nice guy, quiet, keeps pretty much to himself, but friendly enough to talk to. His car is from back when all headlights had to be retractable, but one of them is stuck open, so it always looks like it's winking. I don't really know him as well as I do Robbie, and he doesn't make a nuisance of himself the way Brandon does, so there's not much to tell. I think he's kind of extreme straight-edge, though. Whatever...so long as he doesn't complain about my godless music or my vulgar television, we should be OK.

Speaking of music, remember "3am and I want to go to bed"? I went to a party at my downstairs neighbors', and the guilty party (Aaron) apologized profusely. I wasn't as upset when I found out it was him as when I found out that they're big into Radiohead, so my brilliant "go to sleep" comeback would not, in fact, have been wasted. Damn.

Anyway, I like the people I've met here, including my loud neighbors.

I'd better go. I've been sitting at this computer way too long. Until next time, ain't nobody dope as me!
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