Chalking up the Basketball Court

It's been about five weeks since I moved to Fredonia. I am seriously loving life on campus, I'm having so much fun with this new found freedom I have. I do miss the city though... that's one thing I can't seem to stand. It is SO different from the city. So much quieter, and darker. It's beautiful, but so weird at the same time. Nonetheless, I love it. Been doing a lot of new things, but I think something that I enjoyed the most (other than the occasional parties and drinking) was when me and my friend Christina decided to chalk up the basketball court!

So, there's this tiny basketball court located behind my dorm building. Guys are seen playing on it all the time, and I pass by it ALL the time. Every single time me and Christina walk that way, we always say that we need to chalk it up. Just so you guys know, Christina is a five year old at heart. She brought her chalk, crayons, and Hello Kitty coloring books to college. I love her. Best friend at college-- definitely! Anyway. We told ourselves that we were going to chalk it up for about a week. Then finally, we pinky sweared on it. We picked a pretty nice day to draw on the court. Making sure no one was there, we skipped our way over there. Chalk in one hand, cigarette in the other, we were so excited to start drawing! Christina picked her spot and started drawing flowers. I attempted to draw this little tattoo design I always drew in my notes that also consisted of a bunch of flowers and squiggly lines. While we drew, we both knew people were staring at us. Some probably thought that we were complete idiots, while some actually joined us! My friend Mike came to meet us and picked a spot of his own for some graffiti work. He got really into it, shading and blending in the colors. He's an art major, if you didn't know already. More and more people joined, the court was looking great! I ended up drawing a bunch of flowers and swirls, an apple tree with pink apples, and a sun. The sun was probably my favorite because I learned from the art major and actually blended in the colors to make a really pretty sun. I was very proud of myself.

The whole time sitting on that court, I realized how much I miss being a kid. I haven't drawn with chalk like that in the longest time and it really brought me back to those childhood memories. I remembered I used to do a lot of hopscotch and I had this huge urge to draw a big one on the court, but couldn't because there wasn't enough space. It was so nice back then. Like a facebook bumper sticker once said, "I miss being a kid, the only drama was when someone stole your crayons."

Our beautiful masterpiece stayed on the court for about a week. It finally rained today in Fredonia, so it was sad to pass by and not see our chalk on the court anymore. I'm sure the guys are happy about it, but I really wanted to see it stay there for a longer time... Oh well, I'm sure Christina and I will pick another day to chalk up the basketball court!