back when i was greek...

My former house. I loved it. I miss it. I miss the people. I miss the pool table. I miss the parties. Oh how I miss the parties.

Back a few years ago I lived in a fraternity house for two semesters -- I was apart of the Alpha Sigma Phi house at UMD and I loved it. I had the best roommates I've ever had in my life and everything there was pretty sweet. But since things weren't quite working out for me at UMD (I kinda figured I really wasn't suited for the whole big school atmosphere) and in general life I left the house when I left UMD. Now since I'm not one to dwell on the past I of course moved on and just cherished the memories that I had at that place and the friendships that I made...but as Death Cab for Cutie said best "...we just talk about the people we have met in the last five years and will we remember them in ten more..." and really it's true. I actually don't talk to anyone from the house basically at all and I think about all the people that I've actually met recently and how they'll probably be out of my life 10 years from now. It's strange really to realize that this world is just so big and there are so many different experiences you can have in life but then it's so small that all those experiences are related to each other in many varying degrees. Anyway I mention this because I ran into my former roommates today (they were shopping at my store) and I was just catching up with them about some people from the house...during the year it seems like I've been randomly running into many people I used to know or used to talk to or be close with and have since lost touch. We always give ourselves false hopes that we'll keep in touch with people that we really do mean to keep in touch with but the unfortunate aspect of life is that it's always changing and we tend to prioritize relationships and kind of dump the ones that do not affect our daily/weekly lives or aren't convenient.

It makes me a little sad whenever I run into someone I haven't seen in a long time and really do want to stay in contact with because I know there's a better chance that I won't see or talk to that person for quite possible the rest of my life.