100th Blog!

Trafton B.

September 19, 2010 - 5:12 PM

I was talking to my dad about the blog last Friday when he brought up a crazy idea that had been bouncing around his head for a while. He suggested that after I graduate (and no longer blog for UO) I should think about compiling all my posts from last year and next and turn them into a book. Nothing crazy, and certainly nothing that I'd want to sell. It would just be a written record of my Junior and Senior years at Oregon.

"I assume you're keeping all the blogs you posted, right?" he asked me in an email.

"Absolutely," I responded, "about two per week for almost a year now. I bet I'm pretty close to one hundred posts."

Well, that original guesstimation sparked my curious to figure out out exactly how many posts I'd amassed since last September. Upon tallying them all up, sure enough, I was at ninety-eight posts. So, included last Saturday's gameday post (Ducks Win Again!), I'm up to my centennial blog on student life at Oregon!

I was brainstorming about what to say to celebrate this semi-momentous occasion. My dad suggested that I blog about blogging. A meta-blog? Well, I'm sort of doing that already so we'll just go ahead and check that one off the list. I could throw curveball at you and step down from my throne of blog-dom by making this my final post! But I feel like Annual Giving wouldn't appreciate the sudden departure.

There's really only one thing that seems appropriate in this situation. After a year of writing about my college endeavors, the tragedies of loosing the Rose Bowl and the triumphs of comeback victories in Intramural Softball, it only feels right to show my appreciation to all those that made this blog possible.

First of all, thank you to UO Annual Giving for giving me the opportunity to share my experiences on the web. I may just be one of your ploys for enticing donors, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy the challenge. Whether or not I take my father's advice and compile these posts in print, I look forward to reading all posts five years, ten years and maybe even fifty years from now and reminiscing on these fond memories.

Thank you to the University of Oregon for giving me something to write about. Without the UO there wouldn't be any Environmental Leadership Program or Saturdays at Autzen Stadium or ASUO Street Faire. I can't believe I'm saying this but without Oregon I, for better or worse, could never have been "the guy on the UO homepage."

Thank you to my friends here at school who have been with me to eat Colossus Pizzas for Jack Bauer and to say farewell to McArthur Court. And a special thanks to those that occasionally tune into this blog, although for the life of my I can't understand why you do it. I mean, you're just reading about what you've already done.

Thank you to my friends and family back home for your continued support and reader loyalty.

And, finally, thank you to all the prospective students, families, and anyone else that might have stumbled across my written ramblings. If it weren't for you I wouldn't have had this opportunity, and I hope that I've portrayed the life of a typical Oregon student adequately.

When I began blogging, I never thought I'd enjoy it so much. It was just a goofy opportunity to stay involved in campus activities and make some extra spending money. But now, when I'm thinking about my weekly schedule every Sunday night, I always try to plan out at least two activities that could be blog-worthy. I'm a little hooked, I admit it. 

Thanks again for tuning in. Until next time....good night, and go Ducks.