Forget Me Not

Inevitably you made a packing list of things you absolutely had to bring to college. You know you had to have that awesome new laptop packed safely with all the foam and peanuts you could steal from UPS. Plus you definitely had to have all those shiny new notebooks and pens you bought on a back-to-school sale a week or so before. Well here are some things you didn’t bring, but here at Bloomsburg, you are going to wish you had:

Rain boots - You might come to realize pretty soon that it rains a lot in Bloomsburg, in fact, it rains so much yo might risk swimming to class. Rain boots are definitely a fantastic solution for all the puddles that form on campus. For girls - it’s a great way to dress up a rainy day. For guys - you can always wear some tough looking black ones.

Shot-Glasses - You gotta be ready for all the partying and all the moments you might need one of these. They come in handy for taking shots, for taking medicine, and for measuring out Nyquil so you can get to sleep when your loud roommate won’t shut up about his/her current love interest who just so happens to be the one.

Stapler - You would have never guessed that at college you do work (the student’s at the Voice sure didn’t). However, you spend a lot of time doing work and printing out sheets of paper. Don’t expect your professors to provide you with the means to connect your masterpiece 4 page existential look into the psychology of “Why You Chose Bloomsburg.” They are cheap, inexpensive, and can be bought to fit into your backpack on your way to class.

Freeze Pops - You need a freezy treat but you don’t have the meal swipe to go to the Husky, all you really need are these boys in your beautiful Microfridge and you are set. They are really just juice in plastic sleeves and you can buy them in huge amounts for cheap, what’s better? Oh, did I forget to mention how amazing they are when your drunk roommate needs to shut up and keep their mouth busy?

Your Really Embarassing DVDs - The ones you purposely chose to not bring, and guys I don’t mean that copy of The Notebook your high-school sweetie bought you for Valentine’s day. I’m talking about that copy of Lion King that will make all the guts  bust with nostalgia and silly antics for all your new bromances. For ladies I guarentee you that your girls will wanna watch Old Shool, no matter how unrealistic the KY lube wrestling is. You’re my boy Blue!

Can-Opener - The biggest mistake freshmen make is forgetting this. Even if you don’t have canned food; even if you don’t buy canned food that needs to be opened with one of these; someone inevitably, in some various state of inebriation will, and you will be their hero for all the rest of time...

Your ‘A’ Game - Incase you forgot to bring your ‘A’ game which by the evidence of the semester you have so far, freshmen. You might wanna get it up here because honestly, freshmen class, you haven’t been that impressive yet, kinda been two weeks, see you out this weekend.

And there you have it, the list of wishes you’ll be dialing home about as soon as you finish this article. I can already feel the paper slide as you take one hand to grab your phone to beg for mommy or daddy to buy you some new stuff.