Life in Color, Part 1

Coming back the first day of Winter Quarter and going all-out on the hugs for friends coming from abroad is life in color.

Making a new friend over her cooking you dinner is life in color.

Getting drenched in holy water by Fr. Mick McCarthy is life in color.

Taking a chance and joining the 9 PM Mass choir is life in color.

Hiking and picnicking at the Rose Garden with two of your best friends is life in color.

Jumping “sky high” is life in color.

Using an unwitting human shield is life in color.

Seeing the light and watching Tangled is life in color.

Balloon giraffes are life in color.

Palentine’s Day is life in color.

Cake on your birthday in CLC is life in color.

Learning that scaring people from behind is a bad idea is life in color.

Embarking on a new journey with a new CLC group is life in color.

Conquering Mission Peak is life in color

Singing around a bonfire at the beach is life in color

Finding out the identity of the new Pope and his Jesuit background in Campus Ministry is life in color.

Celebrating birthdays, both real and fake, in CLC is life in color.

Those Saturday morning farmer market runs are life in color.

Signing contracts, whether it be bets, seating arrangements, or what have you, is life in color.

Witnessing someone doing a backflip during your Final Exam is life in color.

Witnessing the power of a community, no matter how gritty the reality seems, is life in color.

Lying on the cold, hard ground, whether it be the T-Swift verison, Goat version, paper towel version, or whatever is life in color.

Making mixtapes for immersion and your friends is life in color.

Learning about the wonder of spooning is life in color.

Random Search crew reunions are life in color.

20-minute car rides from the Mission to Sobrato, caused by Sunday night Earthquakes Games, is life in color.

Jesuit card dealers and drink servers at Casino Night is life in color.

“The Challenge” and learning from people's stories is life in color.

Opening up and sharing at Stations of the Cross is life in color.

Immersion reunion BBQs is life in color.

Staying up until 1:30 AM to watch the conclusion of a 19-inning game is life in color.

Spontaneously using Yelp to find a go-to Gelato spot is life in color.

Taking a friend to his first baseball game is life in color.

Playoff hockey is life in color.

Hearing talks about people discovering oneself is life in color.

Using a friend’s back as your notebook surface during Geotech class is life in color.

Celebrating a year of CLC Leadership (and facilitating a cake surprise) is life in color.

Participating in a Kelstival is life in color.

“A blast from the past” birthday surprise for a good friend is life in color.

Pulling late nights and conducting Search Crew interviews with 2 men and a tsarina is life in color.

Playing the “Not Study Game” is life in color.

Post-mass chocolate fondue is life in color.

Obsession about me (not in a creepy way) is life in color.

Laughing hysterically at butchering of Biblical stories during the homily is life in color.

A spontaneous Bay Area roundabout drive is life in color.

This is life in color. And there is more to come!