You ever have one of those days where you really wish ... you were still back at College?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

Whenever the CA Central Coast is in the news, which it is today, unfortunately due to the walloping of rain they're taking I tend to get nostalgic.

Ah ... those were the DAYS, man ... Mustang Village just off-campus at Cal Poly, SLO, 1990. Look at all that HAIR and natural curls!

[2naSalit]

1. ...

As my elder sister used to say,

"You were so cute when you were young, what happened?"



I would be happy if I still looked that way, the rest of it, meh.

[efhmc]

2. No and California is being blessed with necessary rain. I sure wish Texas would get some.

Of course I hope people are safe.

[Ocelot II]

3. My goodness!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

5. Much obliged m'lady :)

I was going thru a bit of a man-crush phase on Michael Hutchence at the time

[Pacifist Patriot]

6. That's exactly who I thought of when I saw the picture!

I was in college in 1990. Sadly on the opposite coast. Because I'm with Ocelot II

[Hugh_Lebowski]

9. For real? You thought of Michael? I guess I win then!

Dang tho that was great time to be in college ... so much so that I took 6 years at it

Though to be fair, I was working, and Cal Poly requires a LOT of lab time for a science degree. Most take 5 years there.

Plus I did JC first.

Freaking good times ... and thanks for the props

[Pacifist Patriot]

12. For real!

Ha ha! In retrospect I wish I'd taken six years.

It was a good time to be in college. I now have one who is a sophomore, another a senior graduating in May, and my eldest got his masters this past December. Can't tell them I'm a wee bit jealous. LOL!

[Harker]

4. College?

I've heard of it.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. Rent for my studio was $450/mo and tuition was $335 for 12+ credits/per quarter back in '90

If it was much more, I probably wouldn't have been there myself

[Harker]

8. Ah, those weighty decisions...

I remember my father, weeks away from divorcing my beloved mother, and I a few weeks from graduating high school, saying, "do you want to go to college?"

I said (earnestly), "hell, no - I want to get a job and move in with Nancy!"

He, breathing a sigh of relief, said, "good, cuz couldn't afford it, anyhow!"

Thanks for the memories, Hugh_! (I'm 64 now, and needed a laugh badly.)

[mopinko]

10. hubba hubba.

how ya doin old man?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

11. Not bad Moe ... Friday!

Working, dogsitting for my lady ... her mom had surgery yesterday (nothing too serious) and she spent the night at the hospital ... She's a good daughter

So I got Rosie-girl for yesterday/today, she's chilling while I work ... actually just taking a coding tutorial, not really 'working' exactly, but I get paid

How you doin' Sis?

[mopinko]

13. red letter day today.

sold a rental i had, sadly. but we closed today, and i get out of the hole.
it’s right behind my house, and sounds like they’re good ppl. i got a good price, cuz i stuck to my guns. my hood is under valued, but i refused to take what i was told. too many brown ppl even tho it’s a fantastic hood. so i struck a little blow for justice. set a new benchmark.

[debm55]

14. Hugh, is that you. You look like you were like a male model. When was this picture taken? Also, what

did you go to Cal Poly for?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

17. Yes it's me :) Thanks, I had people sometimes tell me I should try modeling ...

I did go to an agency once just to inquire around then, and was told my dimensions were really not optimal, I was 6'5" and 185lbs at that point. But I knew how to pose innately

Year is in the OP ... it was either late 1989 or early 1990.

And my major was in Natural Resources Management, with Environmental Sciences concentration.

Oh, wait ... you're not the Feds, right

[debm55]

19. No, not the Feds. You have to be very smart to go to Cal Poly. Not that I'm saying you aren't. Did

you end up getting a job in those fields? Thank you. And yes, sometimes I wish I was at Penn State-mid/late 70's. I loved it up in the Nittany Mts. of PA.

[Emile]

15. No, but I wish I was young again with a lot of money.

[sakabatou]

16. No, I hated college.

[LuckyCharms]

18. You handsome devil you.

[XanaDUer2]

20. Yes nt

[malthaussen]

21. I commuted.

Was never really "at" college, and from what I've heard about the experience, probably wouldn't have liked it.

But I often wish the world now was more similar to how it was then.

-- Mal

[highplainsdem]

22. You know, I've been trying to figure out why Mustang Village,

which you mentioned in the OP, sounded ever so slightly familiar, making me think I'd heard or read that unusual name before. But I couldn't think where.

Then this morning I started to remember (yeah, super slow memory), and checked...and it was something you wrote last year about college memories - your replies in this thread about The Alarm:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/103467100

You asked if people ever wish they were back in college. Not really, since I have both good and bad memories of college.

Cute pic there, btw.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

23. Yeah, my studio was just above one of the pools in the complex

(basically right behind me in that pic).

I used to 'entertain' often via opening my windows and cranking the tunes. There was a lot of The Alarm (both Eye of the Hurricane and Change discs), U2 - Rattle And Hum, and The Stone Roses debut in the rotation at the time

[highplainsdem]

25. Good choices.:)

[Hugh_Lebowski]

26. I love every song on that disc, and that's def. one of my most favorites

Though nothing tops (the closing song on vinyl ... Fool's Gold is CD-only) I Am The Resurrection for me (there was a tough breakup involved )

[Auggie]

24. Yes. And rent was $99 for a one-bedroom apartment off campus.

Good times.

[ProfessorGAC]

27. No

But, you looked cool in college.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

28. Thanks, mate

Now I'm just cool ... but don't look it