Saturday, March 01, 2008

Chatting with an Alumni

I got a call from steve visser, calvin graduate from years back and now owner of New2You Shoppe, an upscale thrift store by calvin dedicated to reducing tuition at Grand Rapids Christian schools through their profits, and he wanted me to help fix a mac computer he was trying to sell. I’d met him before shopping at his store, and he’d given me some incredible deals (it might’ve helped that I’d known his daughter, who lived on my sister floor), so I gladly agreed, figuring that I could finish up some reading as I reinstalled an operating system. Anyway, he picked me up from my house, and on the drive there we chatted about how calvin people seemed to get married very quickly. Apparently, the situation today is very similar to what life was like during his career at calvin.  We joked about how calvin sends out advertisements to upperclasspersons for its premarital programs, which seems to be calvin’s way of nudging us in the side, whispering “are you engaged yet?” into our ears. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad calvin offers these programs. We were just joking around.

While I was there, I met a volunteer worker called Helen Dainer, who happened to be the mother of the architect who designed the Calvin crossing. Apparently, the crossing used to be dubbed “the passover,” as good ol’ religious references would have it.  a few days later, my professor mentioned the architect for the Calvin crossing, mentioning that the same architect was deeply involved in designing a major airport in Asia.  i’m always amazed by how everyone’s connected in some way.

but i digress.  after successfully reinstalling the operating system and prepping the mac for sale, i browsed the store for a bit and found some used CDs: no strings attached by ‘n sync, 98(degrees) and rising by 98(degrees). crazy times (enhanced maxi-single) by jars of clay, and a signed copy of let there be morning by the perishers.  not a bad find, especially considering that i got them for free for helping him out.  in fact, i’m listening to ‘n sync right now as i right this blog post.  don’t tease me, i’m studying the electronica-flavored beats and i’m hoping to sample a few sounds from the cd.

Posted by Nehe555 on 03/01 at 03:05 PM
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