March 2009
This is the first year Xavier and I lived together, along with three other friends in a two bedroom apartment right by campus. I actually really liked all of my roommates, there were weird times and a few conflicts here and there but overall, we all had good relationships during this time.
Xavier showing off his cookie/milk mustache. I'm proud and happy that we lived in such a clean, tidy, and organized apartment. I'm glad that we all were clean people that picked up after ourselves and that we all did our weekly chores every single week, or at least we were forced to be. That whiteboard behind Xavier was pretty important because we would write down important messages, post up house bills/rent, write love notes and reminders and other silly things.
I shared a room with Andrew(not pictured) and Xavier. While Chao(pictured) and Stuart shared another room. I thought it was so funny how Chao and Stuart were probably the most incompatible people in the apartment and that they shared a room together. But it worked out just fine, except when any of us weren't talking to the other, then it was weird.
Towards the end of March, Chao, Xavier, and I went on a trip to Santa Cruz to stay with Chao's sister and sisters husband for the weekend. This was my first time in Santa Cruz and the same for Xavier. We spent a lot of time in downtown and too much time at the beaches. That's all I really remember from the trip. Oh and the best part of it all was sleeping in this weird attic and all three of us hit our heads on the ceiling at least once! And that Chao's sister and sisters husband were the nicest people ever.
This was taken from an Egon Schiele book at some random bookstore in downtown. I've always been obsessed with the way he drew his hands, it was always the hands that got me.
On our last day of our trip we decided to travel south to the city of Monterey. Xavier and Chao almost rented kayaks but I remember it being a little too expensive so we just ended up hanging out on these cliffs and looking at this amazing view.
That was such a great year, and such a period of immense growth for me and I'm sure for all of my roommates. Xavier and I ended up going our separate way from the rest of our roommates and found a small place near downtown. It was just as the summer was ending, and there were hard feelings but I hope that those are all gone even though I don't talk to a couple of them anymore. I'll always remember that year, and all the great times that I had with all of my roommates, and I'm so thankful for them and I'm glad we shared so much and learned so much from each other.
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