He had a high school girlfriend back home, but it didn't stop us from going out at every opportunity to try to pick up girls on campus. We had become better and better friends over the course of the 1st semester. In addition to taking the mixology class, I was also looking forward, with a mix of excitement and trepidation, to seeing my roommate. It was given at one the fraternity houses, and it was known to be a wild free-for-all that everyone who had taken it raved about. The most popular class by far was 'mixology', a course that taught you how to mix - and drink - 8 different drinks over the course of a couple hours. It was a good way to blow off steam and get ready for the long nights of studying ahead. It was just a few days before the start of the 2nd semester of my freshman year of college, and I had come back a few days early for what the college called 'Winter Solstice,' a few days of fun classes and parties before the winter semester started.
