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Just Because....

This post has nothing to do with much of anything, except kill some time while waiting for my plane and recalling some funny memories from the past few years. They are not in chronological order. Enjoy!

My then-friend (now roommate) and I were out taking pictures for a photography class. A power company truck drove by, and the guy riding shotgun leaned out the window and yelled "CHEESE!" If only one of us had thought fast enough to whip around and take his picture....

My roommate freshman year and I decided to go running at the gym on Easter Sunday night. Well, the gym was closed (which we discovered only after walking over there in the pouring rain), so we ran through the halls, and then did the ultimate four minute workout found on YouTube (of which we could only do about two minutes of before our muscles gave out).

Cori had a head of lettuce left over from a dinner, and, being cheap college students, we went to Harp's to return it. The manager thought we were a little strange, and we gave an admissions counselor his laugh for the night. What a college student won't do for $1.50.

Flying back to school after last Christmas, the weather in the south was crazy. I was stuck in Tennessee for 9 hours, and then spent the night in the airport in Arkansas. One of the guys who was also waiting for the flight was an Air Force Captain headed back to the base. He and I and another lady we were sitting close to each other, and just randomly talked about random stuff. When we landed at our final destination, no taxis were running. He asked me if I needed a ride "back out to the base." I said no, I was headed to my aunt's house. He said "oh, but aren't you going back out there eventually?" My dreams had come true. Someone thought I was in the military. Score one for me.

Freshman year, a guy was holding the door for me at the caf. I stepped on his foot. Oops.

Then there was the pineapple. We were putting up a palm tree for Christmas hall decorations, and I said, "Oh, we should hang a pineapple from it." Everyone just looked at me for a few minutes, then laughed at me for the next hour. Pineapples don't grow upside down on trees, people. They grow upright in a bush. Let's just say that horticulture is not my strong suit.

To be continued at a later date.

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  1. HA, the last two were really funny! Very graceful and smart Moriah :p

    Steph :)

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