Being a RA there are ups and downs to the job. One of the perks is getting to know my residents and plan events for them. Recently two residents have taken it upon themselves to draw portraits of their favorite RA, paying close attention to my defining details. As you can see in the pictures, the most noted feature in both photos is my beard. The beard has spawned nick names such as grizzly bear, lumberjack, mountain man, wolf man, and bear grillz. Not only is the beard a defining characteristic of mine but also my sunglasses. I always have my sunglasses and apparently I have them when I am fighting a bear. So thank you to the boys in room 104 Ryan and Garo for these wonderful portraits, they will be lifelong treasures. In other news, the hall I am in charge of has become an aquarium. Currently we are holding the goldfish challenge which entails every room receiving a goldfish in a bag and by any means necessary keep their goldfish alive longer than any other rooms’ goldfish. You might ask why would they want to keep their goldfish alive. Well there is a cash prize involved and competition has become so fierce in the first week that there are already plans to sabotage other room’s fish. The best part about the competition so far is the makeshift aquariums that were made the first days the rooms received their fish. The aquariums ranged from used solo cups to empty garbage cans and the saddest one was a whole bottle of Hawaiian Punch was poured out to make room for the goldfish. To win the cash prize the rooms must name their goldfish and make them a name tag on their door and I have to say by far my favorite name is Kanye West who belongs to my man John. I will update with rooms that no longer part of the competition due to the unfortunate passing away of their fish.
