University of Maryland

My roommates decided to go out of the city to their respective destinations during the weekend.  Where they went isn’t important.  The fact that they weren’t here is very important.  Ergo, vis-a-vis, concordantly... 

 

...I got to enjoy solitary solitude of aloneness.  It was awesome. Not that I don’t like my roommates.  I’m just a hermit by nature.  A lone wolf if you will. I believe Kanye West said it best: “With so much personality, what more could you want from me? I could be by myself and enjoy the company.”  That’s so true it isn’t even funny in my case.  On that note, Kanye also interrupted some bloggers just to let everyone know that I have the best blog of all time… Of all time!

I never had a roommate or had to deal with people all up in my personal space until I went to college.  So, I had to get use to it pretty fast.  However, needless to say, when I graduate and look for a place to live, it shall be only me.  Alone.  Mr. Solo Dolo.  I already have it planned out.  First two big purchases will be a wonderfully giant lazy boy recliner and a giant flat screen TV.  Maybe a HD projector if I have a big enough wall to use it on.  It shall be glorious… Ok, I’m getting off track, moving on.

After spending Friday and Saturday in my solitary solitude of aloneness, I decided to go on a little adventure on Sunday.  After looking over some places I still need to visit, I saw that I haven’t taken a trip to the University of Maryland yet.  So that’s where I headed.  From the Chinatown station, UMD College Park is about 15-20 minutes away on the Green Line.  I walked around the campus for a while, it was very beautiful.  I believe some sort of orientation was going on but I didn’t really see anyone.  After my visit, someone told me there is apparently a statue of Jim Henson with Kermit the Frog on campus somewhere.  I’m really mad I didn’t see it. I would have loved a picture.  Who didn’t grow up with Muppets? They’re awesome.  I don’t know if I could really name my favorite one either.  I think I’ll have to lean toward Statler and Waldorf:

 

    

I’ll have to go back up there later and go on a search for that statue.

They also have a small strip mall across from the campus that has things like Boston Market and Game Stop in it.  What else would a college guy need? There also happened to be a 7-eleven which I quickly went into to buy a Slushy in order to continue my meandering.  It was very hot.  You’d think I’d be use to it by now.  But every day seems to reach a different level of hot.  It’s crazy.

While walking back from the Metro, I took a stroll down to their area where all the fraternities are located.  Normally it’s referred to as Frat Row.  I happened to see a chapter of my fraternity Tau Epsilon Phi.  So I knocked on the door to introduce myself.  I got a tour of their house and hung out for a while watching a little big screen TV.   All in all, I’d say it was a very good Sunday.