Sep 05, 2005 16:41
"You know you go to Greenville when..."
You know the meaning of the word paradox
You know where “The Sims” is
You know all the words to the Alma Mater
You know how to get to at least three Thai restaurants in St. Louis
You go to St. Louis at least once a month and know of lots things to do there, mostly involving smoky concerts or tourist attractions.
You have been to the City Museum, Forest Park and the St. Louis arch - twice, and it’s been the most exciting part of your weekend
You can create incredible gourmet meals from a bagel and cottage cheese
Pizza is one of your four main food groups
You know what “Cor Class” is
You know your top five “strengths” and have a discussion with people you barely know about them on a regular basis
Discussing your “strengths” is an acceptable daily topic of discussion
Every boy you know either plays guitar or a sport
Half of the girls you know don’t wear make-up ever
You can name at least five boys who wear girl pants
You can also name at least five boys that wear make-up
Vespers is the highlight of your week
You go to the library and you know everyone you see
You say hi to everyone you see on your way to class and you not only know their name, major, and year, you also know most of their strengths, or at least you can guess them
You can spot a “Woo” from a mile away
You have slept through more than one chapel
You know which page number of the Handbook the "blanket sharing" rule is on
You collect or know someone who collects Jones Soda bottles
You have a friend or you yourself spend more than two hours a day practicing a musical instrument
Everyone you know is in a band
You don’t think Augustana is a college
You’ve dated/liked a football player
You do a double take when you see someone you don’t know and ask “who is THAT?”
The word “Rock star” is a regular part of your vocabulary
You used to call soda “pop”
The WB is your favorite TV channel and you know who Peyton, Brooke, and Rory are
Going to Wall-mart in the middle of the night is not weird
Going to bed before 1 am is weird
Going to McDonalds in the middle of the night isn’t weird either
You like the Cardinals or the Cubs
You shop at Value City and actually wear what you get there
Over half your wardrobe is from a thrift store
You’ve played “Dizzy Stick” also known as "Ninja Stick" and “Green Ball”
You start school a month later than everyone else you know
You think the chapel policy is dumb
You complain about your food at every meal although you could spend at least 3 hours there at a time
You know who The Pink Monkeys are
Talking on instant messenger is considered an acceptable form of mature communication
You know that Bass is haunted and you know why
And the number one thing - You know you’re from Greenville when -
You have a xanga site, so do all your friends, you check your subscriptions and comments more than once a day and, you read the posts of people that you never even talk to in real life and they read yours, and you also have a livejournal, a purevolume site, and a myspace, and you can't wait for Greenville to finally get Facebook...