{"id":3254,"date":"2016-04-23T23:51:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T23:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/?p=3254"},"modified":"2016-04-23T23:51:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T23:51:38","slug":"memory-box-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/2016\/04\/23\/memory-box-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Memory Box 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve kept journals on and off for most of my life, but somewhere around the beginning of college I wanted a way to physically save memories. Words were helpful in preserving the way I felt at a particular moment, but I wanted something palpable. In the pre-college flurry, in the middle of hunting for different organizational supplies (because this year was going to be different, everything would have a place at last<\/i>), I developed an idea. I purchased a few small plastic boxes and labeled them with the year. Throughout the course of the year, I would fill a box with scraps of paper, pieces of memories. <\/span><\/p>\n

It worked. Better than I thought it would, if we\u2019re being completely honest. The box from\u00a0 <\/span>is tucked away at home, the 2015 box is a mess of memories, and the 2016 box from this semester is nearly overflowing. Here are some of the things inside:<\/span><\/p>\n

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PostSecret was founded by Frank Warren in 2005, wherein people mail their secrets to him anonymously via a homemade post card. I went to the show with two of my best friends and we all literally laughed and cried as actors read off some of the secrets and online community responses to the secrets. After intermission, the actors read off secrets written by audience members. My favorite was: \u201cMy husband and I had sex on my boss\u2019s desk, while she was away on vacation. I just made eye contact with her in the audience.\u201d All of the secrets can be found online at: http:\/\/postsecret.com\/<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Every year around Valentine\u2019s Day, flowers can be purchased in the sub as a fundraiser for one of the sororities. This year, Nathan sent me one. The card reads: \u201cYou\u2019re a good friend\u2026 I guess\u2026\u201d TRUE FRIENDSHIP GOALS.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Every semester Ubiquitous They puts on a comedy show. I rushed from one event to the show this semester and wasn\u2019t the least bit disappointed. There was one specific sketch that has stuck with me: A TV host announces to an excited girl that they\u2019ve found her mother who has been lost at sea. She begins jumping up and down as a crew of people carry out her dead mother\u2019s body. On my left, tears were leaking out of Thomas\u2019s eyes as he laughed. On my right, Banji had one hand covering his mouth in a frozen state of shock.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a list of everything else in the box:<\/span><\/p>\n