Thank-you
for the nights in the Harper Hall lobby watching youtube videos and "studying" for calculus and chemistry
for flag decorations and watching the OC instead of studying
for the Freshman Forum meetings when Amanda was there... and we ignored her
for progressive stories in Chem and at Steak N Shake
for the first time I saw the eagle fly
for the Little Lovers socials
for Harper Hotties
for the lemonade debacle of 2008 O-Days
for unplanned trips to Tuscaloosa
for the 3am crisis calls
for choreography parties
for Greg and Kenneth parties
for 603 parties
for night's at Stuart and Paul's
for ridiculous warm-ups and Elijah Rock for the 3rd time
for Little Shop rehearsals (and the semester of I can't, I have rehearsal)
for failed attempts to have a youtube show
for successful musical scripts (if only we'd finish those last 2 monologues)
for Greased Lightning and Chattanooga Choo Choo... both better the 300th time around
for the nights in the SGA office... even when I wasn't in SGA
for creativity nights with fiction writing, painting, and John Mayer
for photo shoots at Samford and in Opelika
for the 2am drive back from Georgia. "You know what they say... give a man a fish"
for impromptu lake trips
for Crawfish Boil 2008, it'll never be better
for lunches at Toomer's
for breakfast at Big Blue
for study dates at Toomer's Coffee
for post-show Buffalo Wild Wings
for campaigns and campaign t-shirts and concourse dances and billboard painting
for days in the office that were utterly unproductive but so fun
for karaoke with the CWE cult
for successful fundraisers
for failed fundraisers
for every service event
for every meeting (well, most of them)
for listserve emails
for not telling me in advance about Taylor Swift
for standing outside the hotel and conference center until she came out
for the West Virginia game
for mornings in the President's Box
for Beat Fiji Year, Beat ATO Year, and Beat Farmhouse Year
for lemon drops
for dancing and drink specials
for jokes about making out with 15 year olds (never gets old)
for weeks in Gulf Shores, trying to find dance clubs
for art museums in DC
for catch phrase
for band parties and toga parties
for Dr. Troy's fiction class
for Dr. Burkhart's into to the psych major class
for Dr. Mattson's lab meetings
for every game day date, every road trip, every Tuesday night at 6:00
for singing the alma mater at the end of meetings
for singing the national anthem at the end of meetings
for every time I wore a blue suit and pearls with 24 of my best friends
for every time I put on sequins and poufed my hair
for Winter Song
for alto sectionals where we got nothing done and everything done at once
for party dress jokes
for Shoney's... twice.
for awkward small shows
for formals and weddings and socials
for letting me be one of the blacks and part of the black caucus
for Sundance Sundays at the Maisonette
for Twitter and #superlonghashtags
for iron bowl victories
for rolling Toomers and loving Toomers
for Toomers for Tuscaloosa
for a National Championship
for the music
for believing in the human touch
for blessing me with the Auburn family
for the perfect college experience
War Eagle.
