I trip on LSD for the first time with someone whose name will be omitted to protect the extremely guilty.

I meet Nadine.

I meet Janine.

Janine and I “hang out” for a while.

Nadine and I “hang out” for a while.

One of my all time lingering regrets is that a relationship with Nadine did not come to pass. She’s a hot Harvard lawyer now.

Begin my senior year at DePauw.  I lived in Rector.

Cathy and I break up.

I try to kill myself.  An attempt is made to hospitalize me. I avoid this by agreeing to therapy.

I spend a lot of the summer in therapy and on anti-depressants.

I stay on campus during the summer, rooming with Ryan.  We have a mysterious passive-aggressive falling out.  But then we went out to the soccer field and beat each other up with foam SCA swords.  It seemed to help.

I discover the card game Magic: The Gathering.  I promptly become obsessed with it, dragging everyone around me into a sick addiction.  I ended up making about $600 selling premium cards on the Internet. Pre eBay, yo.

Start dating Cathy.

I have a premonition that we will get married, but it will end in disaster. I didn’t care.

Dave, Ryan and I make the short film, “K.”  It tests the endurance of our friendships.

I start smoking. I discover that I lack whatever genetic switch that makes people addicted to nicotine, alcohol or drugs. I switch my use of such things on and off for years later.