50 things I miss about Berkeley

1. Pink House, and those who resided in it

2. The view from the Big C

3. Wednesday nights at AIA

4. The smell in Edwards Stadium right after they mow the field

5. The "Happy, Happy Happy" Guy

6. Intermezzo salads (RIP)

7. Coach Z

8. 40 oz. Mickey's from Derby Market (and my best friends, the Nepalese guys behind the counter)

9. GBC sandwiches

10. Random turkey sightings up by Memorial Stadium. Yes, the animal.

11. The lady with one huge dred on campus who yells at everyone

12. 2am West Coast cheesy sticks (841-WEST... I think it's in my brain for good)

13. Ali Eslami (NOT!)

14. Sunday nights at Kip's (late August- early November)

15. Sloshball at the Kerr

16. Scooter mobs

17. The Goonies

18. Gorkula

19. Sleeping in Wheeler Auditorium (whose bright idea was it to make those seats so comfy?)

20. Themed-parties at Carlton House freshman year

21. Golfing at Tilden Park

22. The Yoshua preacher, and his majestic black man's voice

23. Sitting on Sproul and seeing everyone you know walk by

24. JT and Maite

25. The 51 bus

26. The GO! BEARS! cheer during the last 5 minutes of the half

27. Pink House wine and game nights

28. Free beer at Bear's Lair (thanks Rosie, Tracy, Kechi, Tasha... etc.)

29. Never beating Omo at 169

30. Constantly being around people who are too smart for their own good

31. Zachary's Pizza

32. Noon pick-up at Underhill

33. Singing "You Will Always Be My Baby" at the end of every bus ride

34. Walking by daily protests in Sproul, and not even knowing what they're for most of the time

35. Having a weird co-op kid in your class

36. The view from the Lawrence Hall of Science parking lot on a clear night

37. The annual "black dress" parties

38. Kerr dining hall brunch

39. Bombing down Dwight from Golden Bear on my scooter right after a Tuesday practice

40. Walking down Telegraph and rating its weirdness that day at the end

41. Gypsy's pollo gorgonzola... followed by Yogurtland

42. Trying to find enough seats together to accommodate your whole party at Doe Library, especially   during finals

43. Walking everywhere

44. Going to the Haas training room knowing you're going to leave feeling better

45. Friday night post-game dinners at Gina and Bak's... with JoJo's amazing meals

46. The practices before we played Stanfurd

47. Spontaneous trips to Fenton's

48. South Seas

49. Sunsets from Strawberry Canyon

50. People constantly popping into Pink House, unannounced, to hang out or just say hi



... I could go on, but I'll leave it at that. Fellow Berkeleyans- feel free to share some of your favorite things about Berzerktown.