these are a few of my favorite things...

While helping out with WPI's Winter Preview event a few weeks ago a student asked me what I thought was a great question, "what is your favorite memory from WPI?"

I honestly can't pick just one memory, however I've decided that over the next few posts I will share with you a few of my favorite memories, 4 to be exact. One for each year I've spent here.

The first memory I'd like to share is from freshmen year. As I have mentioned previously, I lived in Riley Hall, the third floor to be more exact, and it was the best first year experience possible. I shared a room with two of my favorite people at WPI, Jen and Lisa, whom I am still very close with. We hung out with a bunch of guys who became not only great friends but basically brothers. Our group, which we named FSU, did just about everything together; homework, movies, nintendo, went out, ate, etc.

Although I could pick almost any day and have a funny story, the story I want to share involves a couch. Every fall and spring our social committee rents a VERY big blow up movie screen and plays a movie on the quad at night. Everyone brings blankets, pillows, and lawn chairs, settles themselves on the quad and watches the movie under the stars. We decided to go above and beyond, we brought out one of the couches from our rooms and hung out right in the middle of the quad. We were easily the most comfortable and ridiculous group out there that night.