My roommate, Derek, is a very interesting person. He has a lot of different hobbies and interests, but perhaps his biggest hobby is taking ideas and running with them. When he runs with ideas, he runs metaphorical marathons. If he decides to do something, he must do it bigger and better than anyone before him. This brings us to his latest escapade.

Derek is just a couple of weeks shy of turning 21. As a birthday present for himself, he decided to buy a beer fridge. In typical Derek style, this couldn't be just any beer fridge. When surfing on craigslist (one of his favorite past times), he came upon a full sized convenience store Pepsi refrigerator for the bargain price of $25. Within 24 hours he purchased the refrigerator and it is currently squatting in the middle of our kitchen while it waits for us to rearrange our apartment and find it a permanent resting place.

Last night we spent almost an hour attempting to move this from a van, up 7 stairs, and into our apartment. It looks heavy, but its appearance doesn't do its weight justice. Needless to say, it was a lot of work. As a result I got a large gash on my pinky finger. I am hoping that I'm up to date on my tetanus shots, because the refrigerator is also very rusty. My biggest dread is what we will do in a year and a half when we graduate and need to get rid of it because it will be equally as difficult to move down the stairs.