I thought for a minute whether to post something thoughtful and provoking, or flippant and fun. After thinking for a minute, I started typing this flippant, perhaps even fun, post.
I noticed that many things during my stay have happened in threes, and when they haven’t, I have arbitrarily forced them into groups of threes so that my life would seem more cinematic. Here are a few of them:
Three Residences
I began my life in Kansas in a wild and crazy on-campus apartment complex. I then lived for three or four weeks at a lovely country estate just outside of town. Finally, I got my very own condo (only a one minute walk to the nearest Dollar General store!)
Three Spectator Sports
KU’s basketball program just about lived up to its hype, which is rather remarkable. It easily dwarfed the football program (in terms of quality anyway). And the third spectator sport? Watching all the rabidly insane KU fans in the stands.
Three Participatory Sports
I got to play dodge-ball for the first time since elementary school (but forgot to take a picture), I played a good deal of indoor volleyball, and I played more softball than was good for my health.
Three Big Vacations
Here I had to be particularly arbitrary, and count only the longest vacations. I took a trip to see the intersection of Iowa/Nebraska/Kansas/Missouri, and one to the Ozarks for some camping, and finally a trip to California (well okay, it was two trips, but it was the same place both times).
Three Vehicles
Of course Trusty Rusty (recently christened) was always with me. I also had a good time with the Departmental Van that Almost Didn’t Make It Up the Snowy Hill. And finally, I could never forget the one and only Thugmobile.
Hopefully the coming year will be full of many more interesting things in sets of threes; I can hardly wait.
I must say, you're pretty talented at arbitrary literary devices. If I ever need help writing a speech with bullet points forming an arbitrary acrostic, I bet you could really help me out. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe questions is: will the comments come in 3s? Also, you have made it through the FOUR Kansas seasons which makes you a survivor.
ReplyDeleteI will happily supply the third comment, in which I will delight in the use of arbitrary literary devices, in which I will state that summer is undoubtedly the worst time to be in the Midwest, and in which I will add a meaningless phrase at the end to create a symmetric statement of threes.
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