Yesterday I went to an early dinner at Macadoo's with a few of my friends. Stressed out about all of the accounting homework i had ahead of me that night, all i wanted was a buffalo chicken wrap with a side of chili cheese fries. While we waited on our food for what seemed like several hours, I couldn't help but overhear the conversation being held at next table over. An older woman was hollering to her table of eight family members about how "off the hook" their halloween party was going to be. This took me by surprise for a few reasons, 1. I had never heard an old lady say off the hook, 2. Halloween was a very long time away, and 3. I had never seen so much camouflage clothing, or less teeth, on a group of people. They were obviously locals and the type of people that you would expect to see in the mountains but i never thought i would see them here at Roanoke College, i felt like i didn't belong in this place. Feeling full and a little bit shocked, we walked out of Macadoos, and then i saw it. A sunset unlike anything i had ever seen before. Just above the mountains, the fluorescent ball of light sat. Creating an amazing mix of reds, oranges, and even purples. My friends and i started taking pictures and posting them on our various social networks as we walked back to our dorms. It wasnt until that experience, that i realized what a beautiful place the mountains of virginia could be.
Is that the real picture? Because if it is, that was indeed an amazing sunset.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great story. It has a good focus/question: will I be happy hear. It has complexity: when you're in the restaurant, the answer is NO! but when you go out it becomes Yes. And because of that shift, there's movement, the story goes some where. A really nice post. My only question is, why not actually quote what the woman said? Let us hear her voice.
Can't believe I misspelled "here"!
ReplyDeleteI really like the way you changed the story line. On the first half, i thought you really didn't like your life here. Afterward, what you wrote about the sunset was really amazing that I could see it in my eyes! I also love mountains here around Roanoke! They would be one reason that I love this campus!
ReplyDeleteI also love the view of the mountains here especially when the sun is perfectly set at that time of night. I love when you said, “Just above the mountains, the fluorescent ball of light sat.” It describes how it looks exactly! When I started reading this I thought it was going to be about the people eating at the restaurant but you changed the ending which made this even better! The twist ending made this blog post the best one I have read yet!
ReplyDeleteSpectacular! Not speaking about the extremely beautiful scene you were talented in picturing, I have an opposing story. At the beginning of your essay, you seemed not really liking life here. At the end of it, though, you seemed to change your point of view. For me, I really, really liked it once I got here. When classes began, I still liked it much, but not as much as before. Generally speaking, the environment and climate here are just awesome!
ReplyDeleteSpectacular! Not speaking about the extremely beautiful scene you were talented in picturing, I have an opposing story. At the beginning of your essay, you seemed not really liking life here. At the end of it, though, you seemed to change your point of view. For me, I really, really liked it once I got here. When classes began, I still liked it much, but not as much as before. Generally speaking, the environment and climate here are just awesome!
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