Swoosh

Hear that? That's the sound of your mid-20's flying by. Well, it's the sound of mine.

I don't remember turning 20 very much, but I do remember when I turned 21. I was at Towson, living in Towson Run apartments and I had a party. But, after that things kind of speed up, and 5 years of my life all ball up into what feels like 2 years or so. I have memories of my birthdays (going to Fells for one, going bowling for another, etc.), but I can't place exactly what year things happened.

I remember moving from Towson Run to Walker Manor with Kevin my "sophomore" year and having some damn good times. Kevin and I have always thought that of all the places we lived in college, Walker Manor was the best. There was just something about it. Good place to sleep, good place to be artistic, good place to be in the fall. Just an awesome awesome place. Of course there was that one night where we both heard someone threatening another with a knife in our foyer. And then the one time Kevin was drunk as hell and some guy knocked on our door asking for some money for a cab and saying he would pay us back, and Kevin handing the guy 20 bucks or something (Kevin never saw that money again haha). Or the time there was a package at the place next to ours that sat there for a good month till we decided it was ok to take the package and see what it was (for those who care, it ended up being Focus Factor, a pill that you take that makes you FOCUS more. Kevin said it worked...). Then there was the time the cops came to the door because I was playing my bass guitar and the woman above us decided to call the cops instead of come down the stairs to tell me to keep it down.

I decided I was kind of missing out on "college life" by living in Walker Manor, so I moved back onto campus to Millennium where I met Jawhar and Jake. It was pretty cool, but my room was like a closet pretty much.

From there I ended up meeting Steve Shaw in class. He needed a roommate in his Cockeysville apartment called Briarcliff. At this point, which was my 3rd year or so at Towson, I had only been to the Target in Cockeysville so I was unaware of the area. I took the place, and had some good times there.

Then, Kevin and Scott decided to make the journey to Cockeysville (as well as Rachel, Lindsay & Karen). So, I moved from one apartment in Briarcliff to another. I actually remember Scott and I putting my mattress on the roof of my car and holding it there while driving the 2 blocks or so to the new place. Highlights there include our Hween party, cookouts, making Two Orange Brains, Noah trying to steal my blanket in the middle of the night, etc.

Then, Scott and I got a place at Century, also in Cockeysville. It was quiet. Never really had any parties there, but I liked it. Hurtruss.com's amazing pepper spray incident was filmed there. Kevin moved in for a little too and crashed on our couch.

Well, every weekend we were finding ourselves downtown, and we all worked downtown too. So Kevin, Scott and I decided to get another place together. This time it was in Hampden. I loved it there. We had many parties, and it was cool living in a house. Soon thereafter, Rachel and I began dating and since they hated their house in Mount Vernon, her and Lindsay moved in as well. One big happy family. Five people in that house... you would think it would have been crazy. At times it was, but we made it work and I wouldn't change anything from the experience.

Then, Rachel and I decided it was time to get our own place. So, we first thought we would stay downtown in maybe Hampden. Then it changed to maybe getting an apartment. We decided that since we both loved Cockeysville, and on the weekends we were now finding ourselves going to the movies in Hunt Valley, or at Target... we should just live there again. So, we moved to Steeplechase, got a cat, and the rest is history. We both love it there, and are starting our lives together (awwwww).

Swoosh...