Dear Paul

Dear Paul (sidenote: Lauren and Julie are also here)
I pre-lude you with the fact that I have never been good at convincing people to do things. I’m a pretty bad negotiator and junk like that, but I’m going to read you this letter in hopes you sway you the littlest bit if it helps.
This is the situation. My roommate Liam got below a 1.0 GPA fall quarter which put him on acedmic dismissal from the university. He had to write an essay and have an interview with some deans for an appeal of his dismissal. It sucks donkey dick, but sadly he did not get an appeal. He found out about it last night. His option now if he still wants a degree from Davis is to attend community college winter and spring quarter, then take summer classes at Davis to get back into UCD for Fall 09. That’s his plan and it’s pretty solid.
Now I officially do not have a roommate. As much as I love Liam, he is no longer considered a UC Davis student. Sometime in the future, the Student Housing Department is going to assign me another roommate that will have gone through a roommate trasnfer. I’m really scared that my new roommate will be a totally douchebag that is impossible to get along with. Liam and I had such a good thing going, and I don’t want to end up living with some wierdo that isn’t compatable with me at all. I know that’s the fear of anyone whom has ever come to college with a random roommate. Luckily, there is a way that I don’t get a random roommate.
I talked to the student housing building today and they said if there was anyone that wanted to get into the room with me, all they would need to do is go to the Student Area Service Desk (SASD for short) and get a piece of paper, then have them sign something acknowledging a room transfer, then bring it too the housing building. Basically it’d be like, “Wham Bam Thank you Maam”
It has to be done quickly though before they give up the spot to someone else. Techniqually I don’t even know if they have given the spot away already, but if not, then I assume it will be soon. Thompson is good real estate.
I do agree that there are reasons that may hold you back from quickly making this decision. First off, you have your Tercero life and Tercero friends and I understand that you would feel bad just throwing that away. Well buddy, I agree that it sucks to lose people. But I also think that you never really stop making friends in life, and if you switched to Thompson, there are many people to befriend. I’m not saying your life right now if bad, but I am saying that if you took this offer, you life would keep going on, and you would still be friends with people living in Tercero. Another biggy: you have a girlfriend that lives in Tercero. That is also a tricky subject because I know you like her a lot a lot a lot. You were away from her for an entire quarter, and now that you have the opportunity to be with her your going to take it. I get it. Also I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that there is probably some protective unconscience that you have to make sure Lauren enjoys college while living in Tercero. And you think that tranfering to Segundo would be like ditching her or something. Well guess what, you’ll still her. Even if the bike ride is an extra two minutes. All across campus there are couples that live in different locations. Even next year when you, me, Sean, and Brendan all have super hot girlfriends, it’s not like they are going to live right next to us.
I know you feel like I’m really pounding this deep inside of you really fast. You were probably solid and accepted living in Tercero till the end of the year, which is cool, but also a reason you might be iffy about transfering. I’m being so fervent about this because I see this opportunity and I want to take it. Think about these. Thompson floor two. Execelent building. Superb carpeting. Living with an athletic frisbee peorson who is interesting and somewhat good looking. The girls on our floor are somewhat interesting but not attractive at all so Lauren would not have to worry about anything. The room is huge. Uhh we have a bathroom on our floor. Our R.A. is super nice. I will give Lauren 5 dollars a month for her inconvienance of having to come all the way to segundo to hang out with you. Segundo dining hall is bigger. Closer to frisbee people like Robby Merk and Jake Ellis. Closer to the ARC. Live right across the way from Sean and Brendan. A bed that is 6 inches longer than the ones in Tercero. Kevjumba lives really close by. It’s closer to the town of Davis.
Like, I don’t even know if the spot has been given away already or anything. I just think that rooming with you would be good. Like really good. We have a lot in common you and I. We both like blink 182 and we’re athelets. I’m also still assuming that we are living in the same house next year so it’d be cool.
Don’t think of it as leaving your life, think of it as like growing into a different stage of your life with a more compatable roommate in a large room with a longer bed and a bathroom two doors away from the room. You will have a lot of fun. You’ll also see Lauren a lot. And it’s way closer to Toomey field which is wear she practices track, and in Spring it will be lovley to do track workouts there.
Think about the upgrade that has fallen into your lap Paul.
Love Ben