A lot of people know I went to Texas A&M. However, what a lot of people don't know is that for my Freshman year of college I attended Texas A&M University of Galveston. Yes, before I transferred to the capital of burritos, Redwing boots, oily baseball caps, and Robert Earl Keen... I spent two semesters on the beautiful beach side resort of Pelican Island (hint: read some serious sarcasm into this last statement). Anyway here are two MORE absolutely true stories from that wonderful period of my life I like to call... "What on earth was I thinking?"
STORY #5
Living on an island you can imagine the number of Gecko lizards available. Mind you this was long before the days of the Geico Gecko. Anyway my roommate and I had the bright idea to catch one and keep it as a pet. We caught a small one and named it Heather (after the lovely Heather Locklear... my roommate had a serious crush on her). We put it/her in a glass cup and set the cup on top of the television. We put a little water in the cup for drinking water. Well apparently the heat of the television far exceeded the drinking capacity of a small lizard and Heather was subsequently fried to the bottom of the glass. We were saddened at our loss but we pressed on through the pain. So long Heather. 
We returned to school in the Spring after Christmas break and my roommate and I purchased two cases of Ramen Noodles (34 packets in each case). We had 34 packs of Chicken and 34 packs of Beef flavored noodles. The guys who lived next door (ok, they were called 'suite mates') dared us to eat all 68 packs in one month. A feat easily done right? Wrong. We had Ramen noodles for breakfast, lunch, and dinner... We ate those stinking noodles every day. We managed to finish both cases inside of one month and were victorious after all. However, I have not once since that time (it has been 13 years) eaten a package of Ramen Noodles and even typing this thing is making my mouth water.
6 comments:
poor heather : [
and as for the ramen, no matter how tasty...
i can't imagine eating the same thing every day, for a long time.
grossy.
props to you, home dawg.
thats gross. both stories. ramen is sick. i cant even stand the smell of it!
blah.
Dang, I was going to get you a case for V-day.
So...what did y'all win for eating all the Ramen? I mean, more than just bragging rights, right?
1. What did the gecko taste like?
2. Did you ever try eating the noodles without cooking them first? If you did, I'm sure you found out it's a very bad idea.
3. You and Shelly buy each other gifts for Vetern's Day? That's very patriotic.
Brittany,
I honestly don't remember what we won. Maybe a dinner or something (which is pretty ironic if you think about it).
Bobby,
1) Like Chicken
2) Tried it, not a good idea...
3) That's how we roll
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