March 30, 2016
I Love Brutus
This is a story about why I love Brutus so much. Brutus is a mascot
of my university. His head is circular like a marble, colored in brown. Brutus
always wears a hat, a red and scarlet t-shirt, and a red pant with a small
towel inserted in front.
I love Brutus because he is alive. Students or other people who
know the Ohio State University do not only see Brutus from a photo, a video,
statues, but they also can meet him directly. I can meet him in several campus
activities because the event organizer sometimes invites him to present in an
event. Students who attend in that event can touch him, hug, kiss, shake his
hand, dance, and do silly things. Brutus’ presence is a proof that he exists.
Brutus is really friendly. In each occasion, he always greets
people with his friendly gesture because he cannot produce any voice from his
mouth. Moreover, he always tries to wave to other students whom he meets,
signaling that he wants to make friends with them. In one occasion, I remember
a child cried when she met Brutus for the first time. The Brutus came to her
and tried to hug her. However, the closer Brutus was, the louder the child
cried. Knowing the response from that child, Brutus seemed blamed himself for
the fact that he came closer to the child. However, it did not take longer to
calm down the child because her mother was there to convince them that Brutus
was a friendly character. I believe that Brutus did not intend to scary the
child. She might think that Brutus was scary because of his appearance was not
as usual person she met.
Between those reasons, I love Brutus because he helped me realizing
the 20 to do list before graduating from OSU. I read a magazine in one of
buildings in OSU explain several activities to do before students graduate from
campus. One of them is taking a photo with Brutus. I had tried to have a photo
with him but it always difficult to realize. He was always busy with his fans
that also wanted to have a photo with him. Too often, even if I was lining to
get closer to him, I went home with the empty photo because he had to leave the
event on time to be in another event. Nevertheless, I never give up to have a
photo with him because I want to fill the one of to do list before graduating
from this university. Last week,
I met him in a special event held by OSU and Brutus was there pretty long time
to cheer everyone. Without thinking too much, I grabbed my cellphone and took a
photo with him. Luckily, my friend, Valen, was there to help me capturing the
precious moment. Even if it was a brief meeting, Brutus had realized one of 20
things to do before I graduate this year.
