And so the countdown continues…here are ten more of my favorite college memories…
125. The Office Takes Over (Winter 2008)
Robert spoke of how The Office was an awesome TV show, perhaps even better than Arrested Development, and that we should start watching it immediately. Well I was a bit suspicious, and furthermore we would have to wait four more months for new episodes due to the Writers’ Strike. So we navigated our way through Seasons 1-3, and it was well worth our time. The Office continues to be one of my favorite television shows, and watching it with my friends became a common occurance during my last two years in Lexington. Idiot, idiot, idiot…
124. Hannah and I Watch Heroes (Winter 2009)
While I became addicted to the fun adventures of Dunder Mifflin, I furthermore fell addicted to a little show called Heroes. During Winter Break of my senior year, me and Hannah rolled through Season One of the show, which I believe is the best season of television ever created. Immediately I became enthralled with the wonder and majesty of Bennet and his horned-rimmed glasses, while Hannah fell prey to the charm of Nathan Petrelli. But now Heroes is dead. Oh well.
123. Marley and Me on the Plane (May 2010)
There will be many more Africa memories later in the countdown, but our first comes from the passage aboard South African Airways. One of the movie options was Marley & Me, which of course is a movie about a yellow lab which gets old and dies. Hate on me all you want, but these stories touch my heart like little else does, and I did indeed shed a tear or two before touchdown in Africa. I likewise watched it on the way back to America. Forevermore, Africa will be associated with yellow labs.
122. Epic Golf Battles in Scottsville (Summer 2006)
Back in the day, I played many an exciting round at Scottsville Country Club with my friends, and after my freshman year, the summer was filled with golfing joy. There were many exciting match play and best ball battles up at the Country Club that summer, and I played some of the best golf of my life during that time. The highlight came in a 15-hole best ball battle between three teams which was settled by my nearly hole-out from the fairway on 6 to win some good money. Good times.
121. Dodgeball at Council Retreat (August 2006)
BCM Council was an up-and-down roller coaster ride throughout my three years of BCM Leadership, but I wouldn’t trade a minute of it away. Perhaps the first great moment came at Council Retreat my sophomore year when we broke out plush footballs and played some dodgeball in the basement of the Laurel Lake dorms. Everyone came out alright, which was somewhat of a surprise because the action was fairly intense.
120. Epic Basketball Game with Florida #1 (February 2007)
Once upon a time, Florida was really, really good in basketball, thanks to such players as Taurean Green, Al Horford, and the evil Joakim Noah. They were so good that the Gators rose to #1 in the country, only to come to Rupp Arena to play Tubby’s final team. Florida led most of the game, only by a slim margin, and even though the Gators escaped a crazy final rally led by Ramel Bradley (throw it up), it was a game for the ages. Watching it with Alyssa, Amanda, Kyle, and the one and only Jordan Johnson only made the experience better.
119. Family Road Trip to Arkansas (Christmas 2007)
So what’s more redneck that Arkansas? How about 11 Kentuckians climbing aboard a church van and heading to Arkansas for a wedding? There was nothing better than the Osbornes, the Bomars, and Nana and Poohpa traveling to Arkansas for our third cousin’s wedding. Osborne-Bomar vacations have always been memorable, from 1996 Gulf Shores to 2002 Nags Head, and now 2007 Arkansas. It wasn’t really a vacation mind you, but it resulted in eating at Cracker Barrel twice in a three-day span, which is always just cause for celebration.
118. Golfing with Rasor at the Meadows (June 2008)
Golf has already made its mark here in the countdown, but it returns here with a trip to the Meadows Golf Course in Powell County with Josh Rasor. With my new driver in hand, I attacked the course with reckless abandon, and well it could with a barn in the middle of the eighth fairway. As much as I could try to hit the barn, I failed many times. We also rode around in a convertible golf cart, making the experience all the more rich. We even avoided crazy high schoolers playing obnoxiously slow. It was a day to remember.
117. Chris Hughes’s Outrage at the Calvary Christmas Party (December 2008)
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from the last five years, it’s that Robert Kahne isn’t the best with directions. One day, he gave Chris Hughes, Gabe, and Evan wrong directions to get to the Thurman’s house; instead of heading out Tates Creek, the three found themselves at Dunbar High School. When the trip finally arrived, Chris Hughes launched into a hilarious diatribe against Robert and his ability to lead them in the right direction. I love my friends’ ability to make me laugh at my and their ridiculousness.
116. “Holy Grail Mother F*****” (February 2007)
In maybe the most random conversation of all time, me, Kyle, and Robert found ourselves engrossed with an amazing guy named Daniel. I cannot remember much of what Daniel had to say that night, but he had trinkets with him to reward us for sticking in conversation with him for about two hours. He gave me an incredibly small version of the Holy Grail, of which Daniel declared it to be the “Holy Grail Mother F*****.” Sounds about right to me.
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The random Honorable Mention of the Day comes from my Junior Year, when we fit 24 people into the YAK to watch American Gladiators, you know, the new one with Wolf. It was a glorious moment in architechtual history for the floor of the YAK’s living room to hold so many people. Only during our fabled dance parties would the YAK’s floor hold so many folks. A wonderful time in history it was.
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Next time, we shall see ten more memories as we come closer to the #100 mark. Some things to look forward to include going “bullseye or bust,” three fabled minivans on their tour through the South, and my brush with Kentucky basketball greatness.
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