Top ten things I miss about college

10. Going to class

Yes, I am nerdy enough to say that. Some classes were awesome! Media analysis was fun not just for the content, but because it was taught by a crazy professor who always wore a hunting knife on his belt. Political science once allowed me to play a Russian Communist who assassinated a CIA agent (the role I was born to play).

9. Snow

Sure, I miss it now, but I know after five consecutive months of Palouse snowfall I'd be sick of it per usual.

8. Washington State University basketball


Not football. WSU football would be on a list of things I DON'T miss about college, right behind tuition costs. Basketball, however, still has a place in my heart even though our best players are gone. Thankfully Klay Thompson now plays for my NBA team!

7. My Australian fanbase

See #3.

6. Glenn Johnson's voice

Voice of the Cougs, mayor of Pullman, and the longest tenured communication professor at WSU. Glenn Johnson is Pullman's kindlier version of Big Brother.

5. Having a schedule

As I mentioned in my first ever blog post, college provided a routine for me. It provided purpose. Finishing college and being unemployed has caused me to go a little stir-crazy. I've got too much time on my hands and too few things to fill the time. I start doing things like blogging. I get wrapped up in my own head, and there are few things more terrifying than the inner workings of my mind.

4. My friends

I really do miss the people of Pullman. Not everyone, of course; I also met some pretty terrible people at WSU. But in general things are lonelier in San Francisco than my college days. I love SF, but there aren't many people I still know here. There's nothing I appreciate more these days than phone calls from my old school chums.

3. The Daily Evergreen

I could fill this list just with things from my time working with the campus newspaper. Soooo many fond memories. I had the honor of working with the second greatest group of people I've ever met in that newsroom (you'll read about the single greatest shortly. Sorry, Evergreeners). Trust me, there will be blog posts about my time there.

2. My girlfriend

Admittedly, we started dating after college, but I met her there. We have a long-distance relationship. I've seen her once in the last 10 months. No, I'm not making her up! No, she doesn't live in Canada! Come on! She just lives near Canada.

1. Inspire!

Words cannot express how much this group meant to me. Not words, grunts, body gestures, Morse code, nor interpretative dance will ever convey what this Christian college group did for me. I've never been much of a religious man. For awhile I was even a hardcore atheist. But I was lured to join by a friend with the promise of a free meal and good company. And they were good company, the absolute best friends in all my time at WSU - maybe in life in general. My religious beliefs are still hard to define, but there is one thing I can definitely put my faith in - the strength and power of loving community.

Honorable mentions: Flix, La Casa Lopez in Moscow, Nuthouse, heated sidewalks, the family of feral cats, Ben Shors' dog.