A little zest

when life hands you lemons…

sleepin’ March 29, 2008

Filed under: junk — petitlimon @ 6:12 pm

My roommate has the ability to sleep for a whole day and then sleep through the night and THEN was still asleep at noon. It is not a lie when I say she came back from her 9am class and crawled into bed. She told me she had a bad day on Thursday so I just nodded and let her claim our bedroom. She got up around 4pm after I came back from a day of classes and meetings and put up this fugly poster that I am pretending to like. Then she got back into bed while I got ready for my ring ceremony. She was still in bed with all the lights off in our apartment when I got back at 8:45pm from the ceremony with my family in tow. I came back around 10:30pm and she had turned all the lights on and made some gross organic oats meal for dinner. Did I mention she’s one of those vegan anorexics? I don’t have anything against vegans, I think it’s actually really cool, but when you are a vegan who only eats beans from a can, instant garlic mashed potatoes, and organic oat mixtures, I’ve got an issue with that. It’s just not healthy. But to finish the story of my roommate’s day, she climbs back into bed after I had already decided to watch Becoming Jane on my laptop, since she was supposedly watching the only show she ever watches Law and Order: SVU. That was around midnight. She is just now up at almost 2pm and leaving for the chemistry lab, her choice hang out. This, in my opinion, is too much sleep.

I deep down have very hippie sensibilities. I think you should get out there, get out into the world. If it’s a sunny day and it’s warm, you should be out there soaking it up. Dancing in the grass is not out of the question. I spend my summers with my shoes off. The other part of me is that I want to be a successful individual and you need to take on the day. You can’t wallow in bed, even if being in bed is one of the most delicious pasttimes. How are you going to get what you want if you don’t take it? Plus, being in bed really impedes havinga  social life.

 

it’s all greek to me March 25, 2008

Filed under: greek — petitlimon @ 11:35 pm
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There are shows you should watch because they are really well written. There are shows you should watch because the acting is really good. Then there are shows you should watch because they are a guilty pleasure. This is why I was curled up on my couch at 8pm last night to watch the season 2 premiere of Greek. It is a show on abc Family; I am a college student. It is a show that brings out the worst stereotypes of Greek life; I am the president of my women’s fraternity. But in terms of absolute guilty pleasure-filled goodness, this show hits it. The guys are good-looking, the girls are perfectly bubbly and sorority girl stereotyped and the drama is compacted perfectly within an hour.

Maybe this show is for high school girls, busy im-ing the cute boy in class and flat-ironing their hair. But I was never one of those girls. I was the girl who was too busy studying for her AP Euro exam and writing an advanced French composition after a three hour lacrosse practice and an hour of newspaper lay-out to even think about anything other than sleep. I think, now that I’ve hit college and am almost 21, I am entitled to one show of guilty pleasure. I’m entitled one solid hour of drama and cute boys, an hour that completely stereotypes my current college status. I will continue to obsess over the cute Kappa Tau president and wish that my school could have one boy just half as cute as him. Now for a big valley girl sigh.

 

graded March 12, 2008

Filed under: Uncategorized — petitlimon @ 3:19 am
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I got a bad grade today. Not a bad grade when I really mean it was a B that I just didn’t want. No, I’m talking a really bad grade. And for some very odd reason, I looked at it and didn’t really feel that terrible. I usually get this odd stomach drop thing where I feel absolutely sick. Then I go crazy and want to cry. This goes on for about 15 minutes, sometimes 30. Today, I looked at that grade, looked at the comments, and wasn’t all that upset.

It wasn’t like I was unaffected. I’m not a total robot. But I just thought, okay, it’s 15% of my grade. Okay, this wasn’t my fault. Apparently it was well-written, I just mis-interpreted how I was supposed to answer the essay question. Then I had a really interesting thought: I wanted to march up to my teacher and say that the grade was unacceptable. I just don’t get that kind of a grade. It’s weird to have such a rational thought about dealing with my grades. It’s good to not care…but then again, this is too weird.