The Highs and Lows of Being a Bandwagon Fan
It looked like I had been gifted the glory without the pain.
Mitchell Barbee graduated from Calvin University with a B.A. in writing in 2021. Originally from Boone, North Carolina, he is currently residing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He enjoys hanging out with the few friends who stayed, wearing grey hoodies, and hoping that he doesn’t get sucked into the nightly wormhole of watching a baseball game.
by Mitchell Barbee | Jan 23, 2025 | 0 comments
It looked like I had been gifted the glory without the pain.
by Mitchell Barbee | Dec 23, 2024 | 0 comments
Thanks to having an Alamo Drafthouse season pass, I saw a lot of movies this year (43 to be exact).
by Mitchell Barbee | Nov 23, 2024 | 0 comments
How could I know that the Chili’s in MegaMall was safe to eat?
by Mitchell Barbee | Oct 23, 2024 | 1 comment
In a way, Google created time travel when it released Street View.
by Mitchell Barbee | Sep 23, 2024 | 1 comment
I can’t even entertain the thought of working out when the sun has barely risen.
by Mitchell Barbee | Aug 23, 2024 | 3 comments
Perhaps the challenge of accessing the game became the game for me.
by Mitchell Barbee | Jul 23, 2024 | 0 comments
There’s nothing like watching Teddy come out of the gate looking like he has a chance to finally win, only to get smacked in the face by something and fall flat on his face at the finish line.
by Mitchell Barbee | Jun 23, 2024 | 0 comments
My hobby has now become my full-time job.
by Mitchell Barbee | May 23, 2024 | 0 comments
Even without the knowledge of the history between the two, a passive viewer could feel the tension between Nicks and Buckingham.
by Mitchell Barbee | Apr 23, 2024 | 0 comments
Being able to go to a bus stop or a metro stop and knowing it will get you where you want when you want shouldn’t be a luxury afforded to residents in a few U.S. cities.
by Mitchell Barbee | Mar 23, 2024 | 1 comment
The sunset memories of my teens are seared. The sunset memories of my twenties are speckled.
by Mitchell Barbee | Feb 23, 2024 | 4 comments
As my girlfriend has put it, it has quickly become my Roman Empire.
by Mitchell Barbee | Jan 23, 2024 | 0 comments
There are no high stakes, no trying absurd menu items, no rushing.
by Mitchell Barbee | Dec 23, 2023 | 1 comment
One day, I tried getting to the bottom of why I liked Qdoba so much more than Chipotle. After going through my order with my girlfriend item by item, we figured it out.
by Mitchell Barbee | Nov 23, 2023 | 0 comments
There’s something about these bowls that makes them superior to any other bowl I’ve had.
by Mitchell Barbee | Oct 23, 2023 | 0 comments
I have never felt like the grief I have is deserved.
by Mitchell Barbee | Sep 23, 2023 | 1 comment
I don’t think I let myself experience the magic of an unspoiled narrative.
by Mitchell Barbee | Aug 23, 2023 | 2 comments
I’m still holding out on winning the lottery on a ticket I’ll never buy.
by Mitchell Barbee | Jul 23, 2023 | 0 comments
I didn’t know what was in store for someone with a writing degree.
by Mitchell Barbee | Jun 23, 2023 | 2 comments
If I have no plans at 7:20, I’ll watch the Braves game. Three hours later, I’ll wonder where my day went.
by Mitchell Barbee | May 23, 2023 | 1 comment
Don’t accept a job with the first company that offers you a position out of college, especially if the head of the eight-person company reminds you of a shady televangelist.
by Mitchell Barbee | Apr 23, 2023 | 0 comments
I love learning, I hate being bad at something.
by Mitchell Barbee | Mar 23, 2023 | 1 comment
I no longer know anyone.
by Mitchell Barbee | Feb 23, 2023 | 1 comment
I’m not the only one desperate to find the lost episode.
by Mitchell Barbee | Jan 23, 2023 | 2 comments
I had only seen these cookies served on Delta flights, so my first thought was wondering how she had smuggled them off the plane
by Mitchell Barbee | Dec 23, 2022 | 0 comments
It seems Korea fell in love with this aspect of the show just as much as I would less than a year later.
by Mitchell Barbee | Nov 23, 2022 | 0 comments
If it’s not one job, it’s two, and if it’s not two jobs, it’s three.
by Mitchell Barbee | Oct 23, 2022 | 1 comment
Growing up, what it meant to be Korean was completely lost on me.
by Mitchell Barbee | Sep 23, 2022 | 0 comments
It’s not like me eating a sandwich instead of pasta on July 11, 2011, is going to diverge my entire timeline.
by Mitchell Barbee | Aug 23, 2022 | 0 comments
Punctuation is preference. Do what you wish.