I’ve changed a lot since college. Loosened up. Started procrastinating. Abandoned the pursuit of A’s, straight or gay. (Do you know how many gay men I’ve pined for in my life? The number is staggering).
Here’s how I haven’t changed since college: I still live in a small, noisy space among a bunch of strangers. They also smoke a lot of the Mary Jane.
It’s so much nicer to say “No, thanks” now than “As your RA, I’m going to have to call the campus police, who will be here in 45 minutes. Enjoy eating your stash while I’m uptight on the other side of the door.”
You know, I haven’t thought about college in a long time. I should try that again sometime.
Here’s a question from Amanda T.:
My name is Amanda, too! I’m from Dallas, and I came across your site when I was looking up dorms at UT Austin. I can see from an older post that you attended there? I will be attending this fall and was wondering what dorm you stayed in, and if you could tell me anything about the other dorms. Moore-Hill is my first choice, only because my roommate picked it as hers. Thanks!
My response:
Yep, I went to UT. I lived in a few dorms from 2001-2005.
My freshman year was spent at Whitis Court, which was a co-ed compound, but I lived in an all-girl building. Biggest rooms on campus!
Sophomore year, I lived at the all-girl Kinsolving. It then had the best cafeteria on campus. I’m not sure if it still does. The rooms are are small as the ones in Jester, but livable.
I was an RA junior and senior years at San Jacinto. At the time, it was the expensive, fancy dorm with lots of amenities and every room had a private bathroom. The newest UT dorm near Whitis Court was modeled after it. One downside to San Jac: The private bathrooms kept people from mingling.
Oh, and one summer, I worked in Blanton, one of the honors dorms. The room was bigger than the ones in Kinsolving, but not by much. I actually loved it there, because that part of campus is so pretty and close to the Six Pack, where lots of liberal arts classes are held.
When last I attended UT, Moore-Hill was under renovation. It used to be a stinky, all-guy dorm. But no longer! I hope you like it there.
P.S. I never lived in Jester, and I’m glad. The place is huge and was built by a prison architect. Seriously!
