lonesuzaku: write something angsty and spit it at firedrill
Mark Thyrring

Grammar correction. If there is one thing I miss real bad, it was that. I mean, really, it would make my day if some stranger pointed haughtily at my dangling participle, mocked my adverb usage, or

or ridiculed my sentence structure. I would literally jump for joy. Jump for joy and hug for joy and run for joy and then probably collapse in a heap of joyous exhaustion for joy.

There are other things people around me could do that might provoke such a joyful response. When my cries of "OMFS! How do I get 39 in the 4 4's game?!" echo though my beloved Vawter Hall, just once I'd like to hear an answering call of something other than

other than "How many beer cans do you think we can fit inside this here computer?"

Also, where the hell are all the indie/emo kids? I've been playing hits from today's hottest artists including Modest Mouse, Bright Eyes, Jets to Brazil, Cursive, ATDI, Sparta, and Sleater Kinney in an attempt to lure today's hottest indie kids into my room. All has been for naught! If I heard just one of those bands playing as I walked by a dormitory room, I would throw buckets full of money and friendship at the hip listener. But I guess that's just me. I've been dressing my best, too! I don't mean to brag or anything but

but when I'm wearing my brown dickies and my Korea shirt I look pretty damn hip.

And finally, there's four square. We've played three times now, and each time we've gotten a pretty minimal turnout. Sure, we get the occasional stranger to jump in, but the vast majority of students just walk on by. Even that wouldn't be so bad if

uh...even that wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for what they said as they walked by. Judging from what I've heard while playing, roughly 60% of all Tech students are avid four square fans. Judging from what I've played while hearing, roughly .1% of all Tech students actually play the game. It's not at all uncommon for someone to tell us that it's freakin' awesome that we're playing [4]. Being the fair-minded four squarers that we are, we of course ask everyone who tell us that if they would like to join. They would, but they're on their way to [insert popular college hangout here]. What John College doesn't know is that

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