this post is broughtto you for the man named Bob. Creepy Bob.
One of the highlights of going back to C-U for my QE was getting a chance to hang with my Illinois peeps. When I arrived on Tuesday night I had planned to meet my friend Nikki for dinner. Nik and I go waaaaay back - we used to work at the Assembly Hall as ushers. During our sophomore year we both started working there. We met and bonded while working a portal together at the John Mellencamp show. We discovered that we had a mutal crush on a certain supervisor of ours. We also each had a little brother named Matthew, a friend back at home with some issues, and we got to watch my friend Marc get pulled on stage to sing with Johnny Cougar! Unfortunately we had blizzard style winds, so we agreed that Nik should stay in Decatur with her parents rather than driving the hour to get back to C-U. Instead I wound up hanging out with Jane, also part of the Assembly Hall crew. Jane is a member of a great sounding church, Quest. Her small group was meeting to have a fun night of snacks and Wii. I tagged along, and got to see what all of the fuss with Wii is all about. i am not allowed to get one of those as I could totally get sucked in!!!
Wednesday I did some official studying at Panera, my absolute favorite study spot int he world. I LOVE panera. I wish we had one here in Vicksburg. Funny side story - Amanda and I were bonding over of love of Panera, and she told me that at her church ack in Atlanta they used to get their communion bread from Panera. i would not mind participating in that communion!!
After my exam I had a great conversation with my advisor. We discussed my dissertation, and saw some really good progress. We are both really excited about it. I'm gung ho ready to get going, if only I had an extra hour or two in my week! I'll probably be heading back up to IL sometime this summer to keep in contact with him and to do my preliminary exam in which I defend my dissertation proposal.
Back to Bob. Apparently Bob is a semi-avid reader of my blog. He likes that i write as much/often as I do. He also is really sad that I don't talk about him. As I said, it was great to see my peeps. Along with my Assembly Hall peeps, i got to see my peeps from the CEE department. A bunch of us hit Murphy's, my home away from my office away from my home in C-U (do you follow that one!) What better night to hit Murph's than Weds, Logo Glass Night!!! I was able to get the special - a mega bacon cheeseburger and famous fries, as well as enjoy time with my friends. BOB, Matt, Victor, Carrie, and Jimmy all spent some time with me. It was great to see them.
A little bit about Bob. His officia nickname is Creepy Bob. Why you ask? Because he is creepy! Bob was my officemate last spring and summer. he sat at the desk next to me, and we annoyed the rest of the office. I think our idle banter definitely chased out at least one officemate. We had some good times. One time I thought I looked really cute. I was in my little jean skirt and a white cami and a black wraparound sweater. Bob decided that the white lacey cami made him think of someone Amish. But he coudln't remember that word, so he told me I was a Quaker. Smooth. Another time we were discussing men, women, relationships, and cars. In likening men and women to cars, he was discussing how all men want a ferrarie or a porche 911 turbo. he proceeded to then tell me that if I were a car I would be a Volvo. Station Wagon. WITH A DOG CRATE IN THE BACK. You know, like from the 90's... Super Smooth. Bob is also a big fan of the 'NSynch. How straight is that? Bob is also the creator of two disgusting drinks: Gin and Pepsi, and Limeade Gin with a splace of tonic. In all seriousnous, we had some good times and he is a nice guy. Just a creepy guy. Plus, on my last night in Champaign we went to Kams and saw some guy getting the crap beat out of him and watched as the cops came up. It was a crazy sobering and scary and very memoable event.
So Here is to you Bob, a Blog almost all about Bob.
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