Kinda stressing out over the cousins road trip. It's coming up in less than a month, and I haven't booked the hotels yet, because we haven't really decided on exactly what we're doing or where we're going, other than Universal Studios. Basically, where we go will determine where we stay (duh). I guess I'll end up making the executive decisions, since I really haven't got much feedback from anyone.

I really wish I had a blog when I was in college (started this one June 2004, right after I graduated). I would’ve had soo much material to write about! I lived in the dorms for my first two years, and I was around a lot of different characters. Here’s a rundown on the ones that I can remember:

OGCZ - all black everything, all the time: sunglasses, hoodie/anorak, sweats/windbreakers, & (best of all) fany pack. Didn’t really talk to anyone. According to one of the RAs (resident advisor), he growled at people. And I have no idea why we started calling him OGCZ or what it actually stands for.

side note:
I’m writing about all this now cause yesterday, I saw OGCZ at the Target in Vallejo. I’ve actually seen him there before, and I think I wrote about him on here. But that was a few years back, before I had found some old college friends on Facebook. Naturally, I shared this on Facebook with Robeizy & Chris, and it brought back some dorm memories.

Black Trenchcoat Guy / Suit Guy - one year, he’s always seen wearing a long black trenchcoat, next year, he’s always suited up.

Goth Bus Driver Girl / Normal Girl - hornet express bus driver, always dressed like a goth: thick black makeup, spiky dog collar & bracelets, generally all black clothes. Then one day, she drops all the goth stuff and looks like a normal girl: no black makeup, just regular make (i guess), no dog collars or bracelets, and she wore pink. Complete 180, I wouldn’t even recognize her if it weren’t for the piercings and the fact that she always had the same bus schedule & route.

“Karl” - I think that’s what his name was. He was always over on Monday nights in our common area to watch WCW Monday Night Nitro on the big screen. But the weird thing was that he didn’t actually live in our dorms.

“HG/QB” - me & Vern called her HG, or hot girl (The Hot Boys had a song out called “I Need A Hot Girl” at the time), but Tone called her QB, or Queen Bitch, cause he tried to talk to her, but she didn’t give him the time of day and just shrugged him off like he was nobody.

“Tran Tran” - it wasn’t the dude’s real name, but he was asian and drove a hella fixed up civic, and kinda looked like his name could've been Tran. in my 2nd year in the dorms, someone jacked his rims and left his car on milk crates. I remember I took a picture of it, but I can’t seem to find it

Mike #2 - he lived across from my room. our group already had a Mike (Mike Nuts, my roommate my 2nd year), so Mike Nuts called him Mike #2. he ended up being roommates with Mike Nuts a couple years after we moved out of the dorms. he was definitely a lil quirky.

Toni - this one white girl, who tried to act ghetto & whatnot, that lived in the dorms my 2nd year, and I’m pretty sure she had a thing for Mike Nuts. she once told me that she like one of my friends, but didn’t say who, and my circle of friends wasn’t that big, and I’m pretty sure it wasn’t me. She was always at our room, and she even left her casio keyboard once, with Mike, so that she had to come back for it. I’m not sure if Mike Nuts had any idea, but he did give her the nickname “Mac & Cheese” (derived from Toni Macaroni - yeah....I guess)

the Ping Pong Crew:

Garrett - ultra-competitive; we was better than me, but I would beat him a couple time, and he would get hella mad at himself whenever he lost

Chris - met him my 1st year, was our RA my 2nd year, and we has still the RA the following year (when everyone else moved out) but I visited him a bunch to play ping pong.  we were pretty evenly matched. then at some point, all our matches became “for ultimate champion”. I hella forget who won last. oh, and i once broke my ping pong paddle handle during a match, and hand to tape that sucker up (still have it today)

Kara - the hot hawaiian soccer player. she occasionally played wearing a bikini top, which was hella distracting. she more or less had her way with the guys, but i ended up being the first guy to beat her. she kinda had a cheapy serve, too, where she held the ball against her paddle while she served, to get hella spin on it, but none of the guys ever complained, ever.

I forget dude’s name - but he was hispanic and didn’t live in our dorm, and he had the expensive super-soft padded paddle. he was hella good, no one could beat him, even when he was just messin around.

(I wish I had pictures of everyone from back then. Digital cameras were relatively new, and expensive, back in 99)

Writing about these characters makes me want to write about all the other characters that I've come across in my life, and I've got a good idea who I'm going to write about and how I'm going to section it off. I'll probably do Good Guys & Pronto next.