Ten random memories from the hostel at varsity:
1. sitting in the tiny phone room talking for hours on end and picking the carpet (no cellphones back then)
2. writing lots of letters and choosing which of the ten pack of kiwiana stamps to use that would fit the person I was writing to (no emails back then)
3. walking home across the courtyard and having the song Heater by the Muttonbirds stuck in my head
4. fish and chips from over the road – and that one always hid under the inner wrapper (no caring about weight gain back then)
5. stealing the plastic balls from the kids play area at georgie pie and keeping them as prized possessions
6. using the hand wringer and drying my laundry in my room to save money (no money back then)
7. sitting in my armchair, making lists for studying
8. smuggling chicken and cheese from the dining hall to make toasties with pete’s special toastie herbs
9. mike’s room that was completely lined with lion red cans – modern fucking art
10. getting the block warden to go into bronwen’s room so I could get back my L7 tape
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