Topic: sexual assault awareness month

On January 16th, 2005, the Colts lost to the Patriots in the NFL play-offs. I was a freshman in college, watching the game with a girl I had met at work at her boyfriend’s house. Initially, I thought she and her boyfriend were trying to set me up with his roommate. It was just the four of us, eating a dinner of chicken and asparagus, drinking white wine. It felt very grown up to a girl who was still 18, living in a big city seven hours away from home. My friend was four years older than me, her boyfriend was older still. He and his roommate were police officers. Looking back, I remember feeling mature and happy to be included in this quiet night in to a watch a football game. The final 20-3 score is the last thing I can recall clearly about that evening. More »