Campus Celebrity: Aaron Goodwin

Name: Aaron Goodwin

Hometown: Maplewood, NJ

Major: Accounting

Birthday: October 1, 1992

Sign: Libra

Her Campus has recently caught up with the busy, intelligent, funny and well-dressed college bachelor, Aaron Goodwin. We got a chance to ask him a few random questions about his hobbies, pet peeves, superstitions, and much more. Check them out below.

HCM: Are you involved with any organizations on campus?

AG: I am not. I don’t have enough time to be involved with an organization on campus. I wish I knew more about them, but I’m not on campus a lot. Although, I do live here.

HCM: What do you do outside of school?

AG: Outside of school I, work at the YMCA and I also coach basketball there, too, for grades one through four.

HCM: What are your hobbies?

AG: My hobbies are playing basketball and pretty much just hanging out with my friends.

HCM: What do you look for in a friend?

AG: I look for loyalty above anything. I’d like to have a friend with a sense of humor, just someone to get along with. We could be completely different people, but as long as we get along, it’s all good. I feel like being friends is not determined by how long you know them. You can meet someone and become the best of friends just because of the connections you’ve made. And I’ve made a bunch of new friends on campus, but  I’m not going to start shouting out names…

HCM: What do you look for in a girlfriend or significant other?

AG: I guess the wrong things because I still don’t have one. *tear* I guess almost the same thing you look for in a friend. I actually think that it’s good to be friends with someone beforehand, before making them your girlfriend or significant other. Because I feel like if you rush into it, you’re just rushing into it probably based off of attraction, which is not really a good basis for a relationship. I like a sense of humor, loyalty, and, I mean, of course I like a pretty face.

HCM: What is the weirdest thing you find attractive in a person?

AG: I like it when girls have nice feet – I don’t have a foot fetish or anything – but like when girls have nice feet, or back dimples! Dimples of venus are awesome! Personality wise, a sense of humor is great. I joke and I act crazy all day, and if you can’t keep up, then you’ll probably end up hating me.

HCM: What’s the first thing you’d do if you were the opposite sex for one day?

AG: Besides look at myself in the mirror for an hour? Just kidding! I would just try to talk to people of the same sex. I’m a male, so I would talk to just women all day to try to figure out what goes on in their brains. It’s different with guys and I feel like girls would open up more to another woman than a guy about certain things. And I feel like we don’t always understand each other, men and women, so I think that’s what I would do as a woman – try to get more into the female brain.

HCM: Where would you live if you could live anywhere in the world?

AG: If I could live anywhere in the world, I would live in Monte Carlo. I’ve never been there, but my parents have been there and they show me pictures and it seems like a beautiful place and a lot of fun.

HCM: What is your weirdest pet peeve?

AG: Oh my God, I hate when people go outside with no shoes on and the bottom of their feet are like black. It’s just disgusting!

HCM: What is the scariest experience you have ever had?

AG: My friend and I were driving home from Jersey City, New Jersey and we hydroplaned on the highway. There were no cars on the road but it was still scary to spin completely around. We didn’t scream or anything, but it was just that shocking, you know?

HCM: What’s something you’re superstitious about?

AG: I’m not a very superstitious person, but for some reason, I truly believe that if you break a mirror, you’ll have seven years of bad luck because I had broken my mother’s favorite mirror when I was younger and the first thing she said to me was, ‘You’re gonna have seven years of bad luck,’ and I was counting the moments until the seven years of bad luck were over. Did I really have bad luck? Probably not, but…

HCM: If you could go back in back time, what is one piece advice you would give  younger self?

AG: I would tell myself to not waste time and to work harder. I feel like I have greater potential than I give myself credit for and just to try your hardest in everything that you do and don’t just get by, but to do well. That’s what I would tell myself.

HCM: What is your favorite television show?

AG: You know something, I don’t have a television right now. My TV at home is broken and I don’t have a TV at school so I don’t really watch tv. I am a movie watcher.

HCM: OK! What’s your favorite movie?

AG: My favorite movie might be Pulp Fiction. My favorite scene in the movie is where Samuel Jackson curses out the white guy and he takes a bite of his burger and he says something from the Bible (I don’t remember the exact quote). I just thought it was one of the greatest movie scenes or at least from a script point-of-view, ever. It was just awesome.

HCM: What makes you nervous?

AG: I don’t get nervous a lot. This might sound corny, but when you like a person and you’re not sure if they like you back, and you’re just waiting for a response gets me pretty nervous.

HCM: Is it that you ask them formally by telling them ‘ I like you’?

AG: Sometimes I say that straight up or sometimes I kind of say it, but don’t really say it. Most times, I just say it straight up and I think, Well I’m just going to sit here and, uh, wait. That’s if it’s a text. If I say it straight to their face, it’s even more nerve wracking.

HCM: What’s one thing you will never do again?

AG: This is kind of petty, but I’ll never camp out for sneakers ever again. I camped out for sneakers two years ago for the Jordan 11 Concords. I was right there, they had my size left and then people started fighting and then I just thought, Never again. Screw it. I have other ways of getting sneakers. It’s fine.

And there you have it! HC Montclair would like to thank Aaron for taking the time out of his day to let us get to know him a little bit better. If you see him around campus, don’t hesitate to say “Hi!” crack a joke. Most importantly readers, stay cute!

Photo Credit: Aaron Goodwin

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