Coming into year 1 of school, Marc and I were late on getting our forms in to allow us to get in a residence together. I am actually sooooo happy that we failed at this because not only was living with Marc for three years enough :) ....it could have meant that he could have ended up in my res and I wouldn't have had that initial connection that made me able to come hang out with you guys across the street. Obviously we still would have hung out, but would Dominican have happened? Fifa? Roommates? Who knows....
In first year we had a ton of great times, mostly sitting around your kitchen table or in the 'party room' of my res, but most were in a big group setting and I still missed out on the "simple things" that you guys used to do because I was in another res. Second year we split off into different houses, and I think the amount of partying went up.
A night that sticks to me that wasn't in a group setting and I remember so well was the Boarshead dinner me, you, Aimee and Shannon went to (or as they spelt our names on the dinner tags: Amee Brooks, Shannon Unge, Darko Derbick and David Pollack). I don't even remember why it was just the four of us, but it was awesome to get to hang with you like that when I hadn't much before. I remember you picking me up from Beech and using the 'you only live once' line to get me to chug beers with you (on a Monday) while we waited for the girls to get ready. I think we had four bottles of wine in about an hour, and the night didn't last too much longer than that.
Thanks for getting me to party hard that night and for all of the other great memories you gave us and the example you set for us.
Happy Birthday Darko