Located in my college town...what happened?!?

"So to spend a life of endless bliss- just find who you love through true love's kiss"

Last night I was procrastinating doing some much needed homework and I thought I'd surf the web a little...see what kind of things I wasn't learning from my classes. I was almost done when lo and behold I found a list of ways to live a fairytale! This might be my new favorite list ever. I know you were probably wondering how to do that anyway, so I thought I'd post it for you.

• Kiss passing amphibians, just in case
• Wear your hair in braids, curled up over your head
• Have a conversation with your mirror as you’re getting ready in the morning
• Go apple picking in an orchard
• Wear silver bells tied to your ankles
• Grow wild roses and jasmine in your garden
• Leave milk and honey out for the Faeries
• Pluck daisy petals, ‘He loves me.. he loves me not’
• Sing old disney tunes in the bath
• Celebrate May day, wear flowers in your hair and bathe in the morning dew
• Bring a basket of fresh cookies to your grandmother
• Give yourself a secret name that no one else knows
• Wear glittery shoes of silver or ruby red
• Go for a moonlight walk on the beach and look for mermaids
• Write your dreams down each morning in a midnight blue diary
• Tell stories to children
• Hide a dried pea under your mattress
• Help an old woman you meet on your way
• Place a single red rose in a vase by your bed
• Spend a whole day in bed, in a pretty nightgown and wait for a kiss
• Bake a gingerbread man or house
• Wear a goose feather for good luck
• Eat porridge for breakfast, make sure the temperature is just right
• Search for the end of a rainbow
• Go dancing at midnight in your living room by candlelight

This hopscotch moment brought to you by higher education...

College life... who knew it could be so... rewarding? Ah, amusing. There's the word I was looking for. Today I was on my way to class in the library when I passed a hopscotch drawn in chalk on the sidewalk. I know what you're thinking, but I suppressed my urge to play and carried on. I'm pretty much the standing hopscotch champ, I didn't want to show off. I chuckled a little and texted Melinda, when I glanced up and realized all the benches had things written in huge letters on them. "SIT ON ME." "KISS ME!".... (yes, there was a lonely guy sitting on that bench just tempting fate) so then I thought, way to teach the basic fundamentals. I'm glad to see that we aren't passing up the important lessons in life.


In an unrelated topic, my photography teacher was passing back pictures today when this girl asked: "What does O- o- f mean?" to which he replied "oh! if your picture says 'oof' on it, that means out-of-focus. But that's okay. At least I stopped using the t.p.s. acronym. You know. This picture sucks." And this girl in class chimed in: "Hurts-my-eyes." My teacher laughed, and the girl sitting next to that girl said "Yeah! H.M.Y... I mean I! I mean E! I was thinking eye with a Y!" Spelling isn't everyone's strength.

Guest Blog Post

I got this email from someone who works on my panel, and it reminded me of your blog. Apparently he hasn't learned everything he needs to in college.

"Hi curtis you told us you do not want us to come if we are sick right well I am sick today with a very bad cough um so I will miss today sorry about let me know if there is anything that I can do"

Gosh. Maybe he was just trying to convince me that he is so sick he can't speak correctly, or be bothered to put in punctuation. And yes, he is American, so no excuses there.

Anyways...

Guest blogger,
Curtis

Final Exam

I am currently in the library studying for my accounting final exam. There is an older guy at the table next to me. He has been scribbling loudly for about 30 minutes now. Every so often he takes his frustration out on his paper by crumpling it up into a wad. I keep waiting to see if he will throw it at someone. I am fairly certain he is exhibiting signs of being crazy, especially when it sounds like he is chanting to himself.

P.S. To the group of girls who just sat down at another table next to me: it's a library...ever heard of whispering? Maybe the old man will throw his paper at them.

lessons learned...

Um, I learned today that when you skip class, you should probably make sure the teacher isn't standing right there. I had an assignment due in my class that I wanted to turn in, but I didn't wanna stay for the whole class and exercise cause I don't feeeel good. So I ran in, put down my homework in the pile, and busted outta there. Unfortunately my teacher was standing at the top of the stairs and as I went down he stopped me.
"HEY!"
uh oh. busted.
"You came to my yoga class the other night, but then didn't stay!"
huh?
"Um, no I didn't..."
"You didn't? Huh. Someone that looks just like you did."
No, but I am doing that right now. Don't notice.
"Nope, I would've stayed."
chuckle from the teacher.
"Oh, if you came you wouldn't have left?"
no, not me. nu uh. "Yeah..."
bail, bail. Get outta there.

"oh the weather outside is frightful..."

ah, college life.
Today I learned that my first class of the day teacher takes attendance...but not until after the lecture, which is the first hour of class. This means that most of the class is gone already by the time she checks to see who came. We'll see how that goes over when grades come out.
In my second class of the day we talked about how purple is the color of creativity. It's a fabulous color that has so many good associations my teacher just couldn't say enough about it. But sadly, I learned nothing in that class, as all I had to do for that knowledge was ask Melinda what the only color in her vocabulary is. ( Sorry you missed out on that class, you would've loved it. )
I did however, learn something in between classes just a moment ago and that is a very important lesson: Do not trust fruit snacks out of a school vending machine. Oh, and also a good thing to know: when it feels like it's below zero outside, the inside of the school will remain chilly enough to continue wearing your jacket in most classes. Now, off to my next class to see what other useful and helpful information I can absorb...