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.
I have my first alcoholic beverage at a restaurant while out with my mom.
That’s right, I never touched alcohol until I was 21. Unless you count the diluted rumpopo my mom gave me as a child.
My niece, Dominique, is born. At first I was angry with my sister for getting pregnant. Now I hate ever feeling that way. Dominique is beautiful and wonderful.
She shares her birthday with Dave.
Begin my junior year at DePauw. I am rooming with Dave, who will become one of my best friends. Ryan is the RA. He also becomes one of my best friends. We all live in Hogate. We live in an experiment known as the “Substance-Free Floor.” Ironically enough, I go on to violate just about every rule.
Upon my return from Fall Break, Dave and Ryan convince me that Dave has decided to pledge a fraternity. I fall for it, only because I believed that Ryan was unable to lie.
I break up with Kerry.
I meet Beth.
I meet Cathy.
I start creating the Chronicle of the Pages world, later renamed DreamPunk.
I meet Alex Arevalo, the crazy Columbian.
I get an earring.
Begin my sophomore year at DePauw. I had a closet-like dorm room in Hogate.
I meet Ryan Houlette and Dave Glowacki.
Begin my freshman year at DePauw. I think my roommate’s name was Dan. I lived in Lucy (a dorm).