September 14, 2005
When I was applying to colleges during my senior year of high school, one institution I considered was Oberlin, in Ohio; it had a terrific college and an even better conservatory. I planned a visit there during the winter. In South Carolina, the weather is warm and mild almost year round, but even then I knew enough not to expect this to be true in other parts of the country. As I packed, therefore, I thought, It'll be cold in Ohio in January. I'll take a sweater.
So I spent three days in Ohio in January with a cotton sweater.
The admissions office had housed me with a hockey player named Topher, who graciously loaned me a down jacket so I wouldn't die of frostbite but whose conversation was hopelessly tedious.
I could have stuck out the bitter cold and the unscintillating conversation, but he also had an unattractive ass.
I went elsewhere for college.
Posted by Faustus, MD at 11:55 PM
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1) Richard said (on 09/15/05 at 03:06 AM):
Come now--you could have ended up with a freshman roommate with an awesome ass. (Okay, perhaps not.)
2) Chris said (on 09/15/05 at 08:06 AM):
A friend who went to Oberlin once told me that everyone there is bisexual, bipolar, and really good in bed.
Having known a handful of other Oberlin grads, this seems quite likely to be true.
3) Anono Blogger said (on 09/15/05 at 09:24 AM):
But you're a bottom (?).
4) Jeffrey said (on 09/15/05 at 09:37 AM):
But if he'd had an amazing dick, surely that would have balanced things out, yes?
5) Another Joel said (on 09/15/05 at 09:43 AM):
It wasn't Topher Scott, was it?
6) Brian said (on 09/15/05 at 01:28 PM):
I once dated a bisexual from Oberlin who was not so much bipolar, but just really needed a swift kick in the ass.
He was also terrible in bed.
7) perry said (on 09/15/05 at 02:39 PM):
Ha! My Oberlin visit was in August, but my Dad made sure to describe for me in immense detail how thoroughly my spoiled North Carolina ass would hate Ohio winters. Nonetheless, I loved the place, the atmosphere, the conservatory, and probably the only reason I didn't go there was lack of a whopping scholarship. Then again, the result was I ended up at NC School of the Arts, which probably has the highest percentage of queer students per capita this side of F.I.T., so things worked out pretty good. ;-)
PS - Hockey players are almost always totally HUNG.
8) perry said (on 09/15/05 at 02:42 PM):
Oh God, you're a grammar freak, aren't you? "pretty WELL," okay? "things worked out pretty WELL."
9) sam said (on 09/15/05 at 03:03 PM):
What is it about bottoms being attracted to ass?
10) mcm said (on 09/15/05 at 04:42 PM):
Oberlin has a hockey team? Why? Or, more to the point... why would a hockey player go to Oberlin?
11) Phil said (on 09/15/05 at 10:34 PM):
I went to Oberlin. I'll always remember it as the place ugly people go to take their clothes off.
12) Mush said (on 09/16/05 at 12:29 AM):
The Midwest does not fuck around with its cold. The Midwest is totally serious about it.
13) alex said (on 09/17/05 at 02:43 AM):
I am trying to pick a college. Now I know how to.
14) Kevin said (on 09/19/05 at 02:41 PM):
Those temperate Boston winters must have been much more accomodating?
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