The Brevity of Youth

The glory days are over, and it's a bit sad. So I decided I must pay tribute to days past by doing my new favorite thing- compiling a list.

Upon first read, although it may not seem like it, all of these are things I'm going to miss...yes, even the annoying ones. These are the things that have brought a smile to my face over the past, short 21 semesters. So farewell friends, and farewell P-town. (You are welcome to listen to Elton John as you read this list.)

Things I'm going to miss:

Bronco
Trying to figure out what to do with my life
'Ace' kicking Math classes
The word 'Ace'
The changing seasons: summer to fall and winter to spring.
Interviewing for internships every year in the Wilk
Lazy Fridays
How Coach Robert Anae looks like what I imagine Helaman did
BYU Economics
J-dawgs
#6 Library in the nation
Dr. Lu
Ward prayer
People hating on ward prayer
Cecil's goofy accent
"I'm so old, I've been home for 2 years now."
Liar's Dice
Sunday night firesides
The north-of-campus crowd
TA-ing
False doctrine
Being street contacted by guys wanting me to sell alarms next summer
Feeling a little dirty after leaving the Tanner building
People who remember the 80s
Seeing mission comps greet each other for the first time since the mission
Volunteering at the TRC
1984 (Not Orwell, LaVell)
The stigmas attached to apartment complexes
Oddly many chances to speak an obscure language
19 year old BYU girls talking about getting their mission papers from their bishop next month
"It's Pittsburgh not Philadelphia"
The restaurant formerly known as Beto's
Letters to the editor
The 6 hour line at scoreboard grill
The non-existent line at Teriyaki Stix
SoulForce preparations
Church fashion shows
Arrested Development-speak
Come on!
Final Countdown
After-hours access to the Talmage.
How all the cute girls reappear during reading days
Talking with people about life plans
Fruitless ward-hopping
Lazy Saturdays
Trying to convince people not to major in Engineering
BYU going PAC-10 rumors
Loving...AND hating the investment banking club
The Conference translation team
Park City
Eating lunch under the church office building
People who know everyone
The Campus Plaza pool
BYU Physics
Ward spotlights
'Freeing' up my schedule (a.k.a not going to Devotional) then wasting two hours
The Clyde Building's sole window on the ground floor.
Trumping Zoobies in the "Where did you go on your mission?" game
Lazy Mondays
Professor Stokes
Hating on Papa John's
Boating at Deer Creek
Residual American Heritage anger
The first Divine Comedy show I attended (none of the subsequent ones)
Everyone knowing who Raj is
"What language do they speak there?"
Medivial club sword fights
Sub of the day
A campus run by bitter middle-aged women
Feeling awkward at ward talent shows
Californians hating on Utah
Promising myself I'll go to the next Basketball game
Ending a relationship and feeling like you've dodged a bullet
Free food in Brigham Square
People playing frisbee the first day the sun shines
Making stupid dating theories
Parties for 'The Office'
Judging people
Justifying judging people
That Big guy that does Comedy Sports
New juice and ice cream places
The short lived four square club
Overly creative group dates
Professor Lang
Lazy Tuesdays
Two dates being serious for a BYU girl
Having 30 best friends freshman year...not remembering their names in two years
Being roped into volleyball games
Beating Utah
Lazy Wednesdays
Cougartails
Being introduced to new music, new shows
Kneaders all I can eat (i.e. 3 pieces) of french toast
Being chewed out by BYU Parking Enforcement
Paying someone's full salary in parking tickets
My research advisor/rabbi
Crappy Physics lab equipment
Fudging the numbers
Jones-fest
Asian TAs
The BYU Singers
The Math Lab
Campus construction
Wanting to inflict actual and lasting physical harm on the booter guy
Day dreaming of someday actually having the guts to do something about it
Breakfast sandwiches in the Cougareat
Calling it the 'cou-gare-ee-at'
Wanting to go camping just because the sun is shining today
Provo Canyon
James Tang stories
The 'gunners' in religion class
University Avenue at 2 AM on the 4th of July
BYU football becoming popular again
...and of course my friends!