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Don't Jump
Posted:09/08/2004
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Let me cut right to the chase. After a short night of drinking (hey, it was 151) me, my two roommates and my one roommate’s girlfriend, all decided to call it quits. It was around 2am I'd say.
I was not conscious by any measure, and I don’t remember too much until I felt my life was in danger. All I remember is being like half awake and telling my roommates to “f**k off.” Once I really came to, I realized that the fire alarm was going off, and I jumped out of bed in a panic. I ran to the window and looked out (we were on the second floor). When I saw that there were tons of people outside I turned around and yelled, "we gotta get the hell outta here!"
What I didn’t realize was that my two roommates and my roommate’s girlfriend were not in the room. Being that the 151 was still kicking my ass, I opened the window with the thought of trying to jump out to safety. I quickly realized that I couldn’t fit out the window so I threw on some shoes and ran to the door. The hallway seemed to be all smoky, and there were two officers walking by my door. I was a little embarrassed because I only had on boxers and flip flops (in January), and I let out a meek "sorry" and ran down the stairs.
My embarrassment continued when I saw everyone at the front door gawking at me, so I went out the back door of the building, which was right across the lobby from the front door. I was freezing, but as soon as I got outside, the alarms shut off. I turned right around, after being outside for no longer than 15 seconds, and I saw one of my roommates. I was pretty pissed at this point. I was like, "Chu, what the hell! You left me in there!" He told me that they had tried for about five minutes to get me out of bed but that my only response was "f**k off." He also mentioned to me that they had been outside for close to a half hour, and that everyone had seen me try to jump out of the window.
I can’t lie, I was a little embarrassed but needless to say, I made for a good story that night.
I was not conscious by any measure, and I don’t remember too much until I felt my life was in danger. All I remember is being like half awake and telling my roommates to “f**k off.” Once I really came to, I realized that the fire alarm was going off, and I jumped out of bed in a panic. I ran to the window and looked out (we were on the second floor). When I saw that there were tons of people outside I turned around and yelled, "we gotta get the hell outta here!"
What I didn’t realize was that my two roommates and my roommate’s girlfriend were not in the room. Being that the 151 was still kicking my ass, I opened the window with the thought of trying to jump out to safety. I quickly realized that I couldn’t fit out the window so I threw on some shoes and ran to the door. The hallway seemed to be all smoky, and there were two officers walking by my door. I was a little embarrassed because I only had on boxers and flip flops (in January), and I let out a meek "sorry" and ran down the stairs.
My embarrassment continued when I saw everyone at the front door gawking at me, so I went out the back door of the building, which was right across the lobby from the front door. I was freezing, but as soon as I got outside, the alarms shut off. I turned right around, after being outside for no longer than 15 seconds, and I saw one of my roommates. I was pretty pissed at this point. I was like, "Chu, what the hell! You left me in there!" He told me that they had tried for about five minutes to get me out of bed but that my only response was "f**k off." He also mentioned to me that they had been outside for close to a half hour, and that everyone had seen me try to jump out of the window.
I can’t lie, I was a little embarrassed but needless to say, I made for a good story that night.
- Stonehill College
Editors Note:
Son, you could be one of the few, the proud, the drinking soldiers.
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