Places:
Chittick - the blogger’s dorm
Tir na Nog - the blogger’s pseudo-dorm; sleeps there more than at her actual dorm
GCC - Gray Campus Center, the student hub
VLH - Vollum Lecture Hall, seats ~500 people
Paradox/Lost - two cafes on campus. Paradox Lost has the best hot chocolate ever.
The Grove - new dorms on campus
Language houses - more new dorms on campus, each one dedicated to a different language (French, Spanish, German, Russian, Chinese); massive kitchens and great rooms
DoJo - The Dorothy Johanssen house, also known as “the tutoring center” and “this blogger’s job”
J-Dorm - Japanese culture dorm; this blogger likes to hang out there as well if she has someone to let her in
Characters:
HA - House Advisor for the Chittick Dorm
French LS - French Language Scholar for the Chittick Dorm; movie expert
Spanish LS - Spanish Language Scholar for the Chittick Dorm
Catalan LS - Spanish Language Scholar for the Spanish Dorm, going to try and teach me some Catalan
Fashionista Roommate - who moved out; also likes music, biology, and being handy with everything.
The Bassets - two older ladies with two really fat basset hounds that walk them about 5 days a week on campus; the Chittick Dorm is at the end of their walk. I anticipate seeing them a few times.
Jo - friend from Tir na Nog; a sarcasm demon trapped in a cute, cuddly body
Chris - friend from Chittick; drama-loving Trekkie who can read my brainwaves without even trying
Kath - friend from Tir na Nog; a cheerful and ticklish goth with a “personal singularity”.
British Max - a guy from England. Named Max. What a surprise.
Max - another Max, but he’s not from England; wears AMAZING Victorian clothing and a pocket watch
Galen - a firespinner; enjoys eating raw onion and ginger
Anna - the apothecary of the Cross Canyon dorms; best surrogate mom EVER.
Jer - crazy physicist from Tir na Nog; enjoys doing dangerous stunts to try and kill himself; also extremely ticklish
Thaddeus - another friend from Tir na Nog; has copious amounts of duct tape and enjoys biking WAY. TOO. MUCH.
Frisbee - Tir na Nog friend who keeps his soul in his red Frisbee
The Viking - HA for Griffon; enjoys beating people up with foam swords. While entertaining, I hope he pulls out a real one if he ever really needs to defend himself.
Court - I feel bad identifying her by what everyone else identifies her: her massive breasts. I am so sorry, Court.
Ed - resident swordman and Star Wars geek; currently building a laser NOT FOR SCHOOL
Matt 1 - hairy cuddly Tir na Nog friend; the essence of Matt cannot be described in any language. And I know three. But whatever it is, it has to include a high five or two.
Matt 2 - currently Mr. Gimpy; 30% of his life is taken up by RPGs; really likes his spice
Drew - intimidating and sketchy to anyone who doesn’t know him; the most adorable, cuddly man on the face of the planet. With blue hair. (PS. Not a Reedie, but lives in the dorms. Yeah, I know.)
Pete - 75% of his life is taken up by computer/video games. The other 25% is for bitching, arguing, and being the most jingly Reedie on campus. You can tell he’s coming by the amount of “jingle jangle” you hear.
H - the mysterious older brother who can make the funniest faces I’ve ever seen, with the voices to go with them
Rel - H’s girlfriend; sweet and smiling and generally congenial. I have no idea how someone can be so happy all the time. Props to you, Rel.
Meg - Kansas-born baker of the dorm. Oh my goodness, can she bake. Oh, by the way, she can kill stuff. Like sweet innocent deer. DON’T LET THOSE KIND FACE OF GOODNESS AND COOKIES OF WIN SWAY YOU!
Liz - eternally bubbly sophomore transfer. Eternally bubbly. Hugged me exuberantly like an old friend upon meeting me.
Jules - has snark wars with Jo and wins. That just says it all.
Kay - has the most epic dorm room; it’s so full of the essence of Kay, I nearly drown every time I hover in the doorway.
Anya - a dancer with a bent towards the romantic and the geeky. In summary, my exact opposite. We are amazing partners in crime; you’d better believe it.
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