Okay if we are being honest, we are at the point of the year where Starkville is not very beloved. Maybe it's just me, but there's something about an average of 12 minutes of sleep per night that gives me this annual sense of apathy toward everything college-related. But despite the "first week of May" syndrome, I want this article to remind all Starkville residents to take a minute and remember to appreciate the obscure character that our beloved town has. We all know and love Davis Wade and Stromboli's, but the goal of this article is to have an "inside joke" feeling for fellow residents of our beloved town (I mean, simply said: if you don't live in Starkville, you're missing out). So for Starkville residents, the following 11 pictures of the less publicized elements of Starkville should instantly strike up the feelings of happiness, road-rage, hunger, anxiety, nostalgia, or simple familiarity.
1. Arguably the most beautiful sight this world has to offer:
2. You know you about to go HAM on some homework if you are walking this trail:
3. If you haven't enoed (enod?) (does anyone know what the past tense for eno is?) (is eno even a verb?) here, I don't know you:
4. Does anyone know why these are literally the most overwhelming stairs in the universe? (possibly because the only time I see them is when I'm sprinting up them at 7:59 am):
5. Nope, I'm not talking about the knock off Limited Too. I'm talking about the severe damage that all of our cars have experienced from bottoming out in their death trap of a parking lot:
6. Only Juniors and Seniors will remember Mississippi State's glory days when this was actually a road, but don't we all miss the time when it took us less than 5 hours to get across campus?:
7. You don't even go to Mississippi State if you have never had a class in this room:
8. Here is another concept that isn't the visual focus of the picture (sorry Popeye's): the intersection in front of Kroger *cringes:
9. Modern day tax-collectors:
10. There is no such thing as good driving on this road:
11. The most stressful bathroom experience:
Starkville, thank you for the cheese fries, stressful parking lots, and late night study spots. Your tiny pockets of character are what make this town weird, beautiful, and all around, beloved. Keep Starkville strange.
