I swear, it’s just the gym that smells that bad!
School sucks. I mean, it starts early, takes up the majority of my time, and dominates my thoughts no matter where I am. Standing in line at the grocery store? I’m thinking about a paper. Getting dressed in the morning? I’m trying to wear matching shoes and pants that are vaguely clean so I’, not laughed at during my oral presentation later that day. Having sex? OMG I HAVE 300 PAGES TO READ BEFORE 9AM.
There is also the other small problem I have: I’m smart, lazy, and just itching to cut as many classes as humanly possible. I get bored easily, and I REALLY like Law and Order: SVU reruns.
However, in recent months, the burden of continuing my education has fallen to my shoulders. To say the very least, it has made me acutely aware just how much it costs to take 4 classes at a major university. It also makes me want to go to our new dean and ask her for a personal loan from her $500,000 salary. But that is a story for another time.
To motivate myself to go to class, I have crafted a soundtrack. Just like in the movies or the new episodes of Heroes that show Claire in college. Now that is glamorous. Music while I bike my 45-pound backpack to my Renaissance Lit class? Check. Music as I walk down the halls, hair flapping in the wind gracefully? Double check. Until I realize that my “gracefully flapping hair” hasn’t been washed in 48 hours. Then it’s a little gross. But only a little gross, and if anyone asks why on campus with hair that atrocious, I can say that I just got back from the gym.
Because that’s how I roll.
steph anne said,
October 6, 2009 @ 10:02 pm
This brings back memories of my college days. I kind of miss it! I definitely don’t miss doing papers and constantly thinking about all these homework, studying, papers I had to do. :)
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Miss Moose said,
October 7, 2009 @ 1:58 am
Haha, great post! And its like you read my mind- this is how I feel about school v.often! Maybe I should make a sound track too? Hmm. Really enjoying reading your blog btw, keep it up :)
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Marie said,
October 14, 2009 @ 4:47 pm
So this is pretty much my life… except change “riding my bike”, to “trudging along slowly schlepping my 45 pound backpack.” Soundtracks definitely help.