Introduction to Greendale: My Community College Experience

2. Digital Estate Planning

We played a video game! A really cool video game! Yes, I was actually in the game as an NPC named Hilda. It was me. I made every single Baby Abed that helped defeat Pierce’s dad. Maybe it was cheating, maybe it wasn’t, but we worked together to help a friend and that’s what counted. Plus, we all looked really awesome as video game characters, especially my boobs. I bet Dean Pelton would be jealous if he saw.

1. Epidemiology 

Zombies. There was a zombie attack at Greendale. I was somehow able to capture it all on camera like one of those found-footage movies without having my memory erased, and I still can’t believe everything that happened. It was just about one of the most terrifying and yet entertaining experiences of my life. And the sheer amount of ABBA music that played that night was perfect. It was like a beautiful nightmare come true.

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We all have one year left at Greendale and it’s one that will pass in an instant. When we think back, we’ll only remember just a few minutes of that last year, and of the people we lost that could have made it a year to remember. Whatever insanity comes our way next year, it’ll be easy to bear through it because of the three years of experience behind us. Three years full of smiles, tears, zombies, meth labs, monkeys, paintball games, and most importantly, friendship. These are the years I’ll remember, not because they were always the best, but because they were years spent with people I cared about.

Maybe I didn’t actually go through any of this, maybe I’m really delusional, or maybe we’re all a part of Abed’s dreamatorium, but I can wholeheartedly admit that I cried at the end of Introduction to Finality. Simply seeing what was happening with everyone, those we loved and those we didn’t, and listening to The 88’s At Least It Was Here, was probably one of the most heart-breaking and fitting finales ever. We have just as much of an idea of what will happen to these characters we love as we know what will happen in our own futures.

So here’s to you, Dan Harmon. Thank you for making Greendale Community College a reality, and giving me three years of something that I never dreamt possible: a college experience that I’ll never forget.

Juan Barquin

Just yer average twenty-something college student with no time on his hands who ends up watching (and writing) too many movies and shows for his own good.

1 Response

  1. Camiele says:

    Awww… I’ve never even seen this show and you made me want to cry because it’s over… T^T

    Like, my soul lurched in my body while I was at work and I almost told my boss that I had to leave because something of grave importance in my life came up… that’s how deep this blog post was.

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