Little Appreciation Week

Sometime in the last couple years, the LU Gryphon Society decided to establish a Gryphon Big/Little system to foster friendship and mentoring between rookies and returners. For the most part the system is either ignored or the Big and Little pair are already friends, so I'm not sure how successful it really is. I mean, some gryphons probably start new friendships and whatnot with people they otherwise wouldn't meet, but that scenario most likely represents 2% of all cases.

Failed overall purpose notwithstanding, I'm actually lucky enough to have somehow generated a Big/Little family tree in only about a year's time. I have my Big, my foster Big, my cousin, and a Little of my own (who, ironically, is a 23-year-old grad student). Since I'm already friends with everyone in question, the system is fairly inconsequential except for two specific times in the semester: Big Appreciation Week, and Little Appreciation Week.

Last year for the fall and spring Big Weeks, I either decorated my Big's door or bought her a respectable pile of Easter candy. In turn, she took me out to dinner and offered me advice on the engineering-related catastrophes I'm so fond of creating. This year I'd like to think I've outdone myself by going one step further and not doing something generic, but rather targeting my gift specifically toward his likes and hobbies. I'll do the same for Big Week, of course, but right now I'm just proud of what I've accomplished so far.

See if you can guess what my Little's hobbies include, based upon the following items I purchased:

1. Entenmann's Chocolate Chip Cookies
2. "Focus" Energy Drink
3. A Pack of Tissues
4. Hand Lotion
5. The Latest Issue of Stuff Magazine





... if you guessed hang-gliding, you are incorrect.

Happy Little Appreciation Week, Chris.