Top ten reasons I don’t want to go home this summer:
#10: The weather is just as stormy here as it is in Maryland, so what does it matter?
#9: Everything is sweeter, nicer, more fun and exciting and better in Tuscaloosa. (ROLL TIDE!!!)
#8: I can listen to whatever music and stations and countdowns I want, even in my living room; and no one can stop me, with none of this Big Time Rush or Sweet Life or any of that stuff on TV that’s not appealing to adults. My 16-year-old sister is as sweet as she can be, but I see way too much of that stuff on TV. I mean let’s face it, gospel and older music rocks! And yes, I love Skynnard too. (ROLL TIDE!)
#7: I can play all the piano/keyboard I want in the music building without people telling me to cut it out when they’re frustrated about something that has nothing to do with me.
#6: I don’t have to listen to people arguing on the bus, the train and everywhere else like in Baltimore.
#5: My parents and my grandmother and my friend Anne from the pool up there are really great cooks, but man, them Southern women; WHOO, can they ever cook! Especially Dr. Bonner, so I heard. J
#4: I love them Southern women anyway, especially the academic and official ones. As they say, it’s always that Southern bell, and I’ve always had a fond appreciation for that.
#3: My church back in Maryland is led by a priest that doesn’t listen to a darn thing his congregation says; he doesn’t give a crap what we think. They’re closing the sanctuary in May to renovate it in a way that no one really likes, but they’re doing it anyway. And they want to do Mass in the fellowship hall during that renovation period. The new church layout will take away the sense of community. Instead of the pews going around so that everyone can see each other and know who’s here, he wants to make it so that the altar is in the front, and that will really be the only thing anyone will be able to see. That’s not a sense of community. It’s good to be able to see what’s going on at the altar, but it’s also good to see the people sitting around you. This church has just gone nowhere but downhill since the day he started, and he’s about to lose at least one member alright. I enjoy worshiping at Canterbury and St. Francis and Circle Of Love Church down here a lot more quite frankly. And the UA family is the best family I could ever ask for.
#2: I’m trying to apply for in-state residency reclassification, which will not only help me, but also my family.
AND THE NUMBER ONE REASON I DON’T WANT TO GO HOME FOR THIS SUMMER: I want to move to Tuscaloosa when I graduate, so I might as well begin establishing my residency now. And again, if I could stay with Dr. Cramer or Dr. Bonner over the summer, I would most gladly do so.
And there’s your top ten from David Letterman—I mean Rissling-Venit! J
