Sleepsick,
Sand quick,
Just a tick,
And suddenly,
Tricked
Into oversleeping.
Alarms
Alarms
Alarms
Ringing,
Absolutely singing,
Bringing
You back
To the world of the living.
Hope the teacher's
Forgiving.
Sleepsick,
Sand quick,
Just a tick,
And suddenly,
Tricked
Into oversleeping.
Alarms
Alarms
Alarms
Ringing,
Absolutely singing,
Bringing
You back
To the world of the living.
Hope the teacher's
Forgiving.
College is a time of gaining independence, exploring new things, and copious amounts of Netflix. If you're like me, you often find yourself laughing at the sheer ridiculousness of the situations you find yourself in. Here are ten times Bob's Burgers accurately captured college life.
1. What you're pretty sure your upstairs neighbors do at 3am every morning.
2. The way you feel during a busy week.
3. When you learn the power of empathy.
4. You can never figure out how you gained that freshman 15.
5. When you get your first taste of independence.
6. When you're overwhelmed by all the new single hotties.
7. When you come home a completely different person.
8.The way you get yourself through the week.
9. When you're contemplating if you really need a degree.
10. You know it's a miracle you've survived college, but you're not claiming to be special.
Throughout school, the theater department has always been my go-to place with go-to people when I need advice, a dance party, or just someone to listen to me vent.
You never know what's going to happen when you're dealing with theatre or what kind of characters you'll encounter. We have too much fun doing anything! One time in my senior year acting class, we spent an entire class period watching Bob's Burgers, and it was the greatest class period ever.
In high school, I was a theatre focus, which meant I took mostly theatre classes aside form the core History, English, Math, and Foreign Language classes. My acting classes were always very small as I went to a small school, but my class size for my sophomore, junior, and senior years of high school had three to four people in them. And, it was the same people too, so we were super close. It's the little things that people do that really matter to me, and my friends and professors in theater have always done these little things.
Actors, actresses, stage managers, lighting designers, and practically everyone is so welcoming! Like many students at Rollins, my first semester at college was the first semester I was in a new place with new people far away from home. And, it was very different. Luckily, my freshman RCC course was like a little family! Every Monday and Wednesday, I could not wait to meet in the Fred Stone Theatre and play improvisation games for two hours with my new little family! My peer mentors were so supportive and hilarious, and my advisor happened to be in the theater department, so naturally I spent way too much time in the theater, between classes and advising sessions.
The first person I met in my Summer Orientation group was Nick D’Alessandro, who is very involved in the theater and an amazing person. Immediately, we bonded over the fact that we were the only non-athletic people in our group.
We are still great friends and I am always so happy to see him in shows and everything else that he does. Aside from Nick and some of my RCC homies, I did not know anyone else involved in theater, but when I was an assistant stage manager for Machinal, everyone was so welcoming. Granted, the director was my RCC professor, but still the cast and crew were so helpful and people already considered me a friend.
Another added benefit of having theater friends is they literally do not care if you start spontaneously singing, laughing, or skipping across campus. Literally, whenever I see one of my friends, sisters, or someone I kind of know, I get so excited! My theater friends always are equally as excited if not more excited than I am, and we always greet each other as if we haven’t seen each other in years. Sometimes, that’s the best moment of my day.
Theater people are amazing, and you should get to know them if you don't already.
Peace, love, theater.
In honor of Mother’s Day, I have been thinking of all the things my mom does for my family and me. Although I couldn’t write nearly all of them, here are a few things that moms do for us.
They find that shirt that’s right in front of you, but just you can’t seem to find.
Sometimes we have trouble seeing things that are right in front of us, but sometimes things are hiding and only our mom can seem to find them. She somehow remembers where everything gets placed, and everyone in our family is lucky that she does otherwise no one would know where anything is at. It has to be some sort of superpower.
They love you unconditionally.
In the presence of your mom, you can always feel safe. Whether you mess up for the thousandth time or do something they don’t necessarily approve of, they will still love you. And when they tell you “I will always love you, no matter what”, you know they mean it and those are the most reassuring words you will ever hear.
They are always there to listen, and when you don’t want to talk, they’re always there to offer a much-needed hug.
Sometimes you need to talk it out, and you want someone who will just listen. Mom’s are the perfect candidate. They will listen without judgment and they will always be on your side. And for the times that you don’t want to talk about it, the hugs they give can make almost anything better, instantly.
They make sure you never go hungry.
“Are you hungry?” or “what sounds good?” are questions that are frequently asked by mothers. If you do happen to be hungry, and even times when you’re not, they offer to make you something which is always hard to pass up.
They’re always willing to help with all the adult things you quite haven’t figured out yet.
Don’t want to go to the doctors by yourself because you’re getting a shot? You don’t have to; moms are always up to holding your hand. Don’t like making difficult phone calls when something goes wrong? Mom’s usually offer to help you out; this isn’t their first rodeo. Need to know anything about your insurance, your bills, or those spots on your leg? If they don’t already know it, you can guarantee they will do everything possible to figure it out for you.
They know how to make you laugh.
You and your mother have countless inside jokes. You could go on for hours talking about "remember when’s." She knows the things that will make you laugh until you cry. Even at the age of 20 she will still pin you down and tickle you, because she can and because she knows every one of your tickle spots.
Moms are a special kind of human. They are such a blessing every single day and deserve the praise, not only on Mother’s Day, but on every day of the year. There is a reason they are often referred to as supermoms. These sweet individuals are always trying to make our lives easier, and bless their souls for that.
A true friend will tell you if the shirt is ugly, or at least ask to borrow it and "accidentally" burn it.
A best friend will love you regardless of the stale french fries you left on the floor of your car, or when you had lice in 8th grade and no one wanted to talk to you.
Sometimes your first true love is your best friend. This person picked you, out of everyone else, to be the one they connect most with. Love the crap out of them.
It's calming to know that they will be one of the first to come looking for you if you miss their call.
Find the friends that will be supportive when your fish dies.
Sometimes all you need is someone to remind you to indulge in some of life's finer things.
If a friend does the same embarrassing thing as you just to make you feel less alone, they truly care.
A best friend can make you feel confident, even when you're wrong.
In the words of Josh Groban, "You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains."
If you haven't in a while, tell your best friend you love them.
"Friends" maybe didn’t have everything right or realistic all the time, but they did have enough episodes to create countless reaction GIFs and enough awesomeness to create, well, the legacy they did. Something else that is timeless, a little rough, but memorable? Living away from the comforts of home. Whether you have an apartment, a dorm, your first house, or some sort of residence that is not the house you grew up in, I’m sure you can relate to most of these!
Getting a pet is great -- cats, dogs, fish, or any sort of thing you can keep makes you care for something beyond yourself and gives you company. (Some are huggable, too!) As a pet owner, you can definitely tell when they’ve gotten into trouble … and sometimes you get a little weird with them. Non-pet owners just wouldn’t understand.
Without parents to wake you up, how do you even? Or, you know, if you fall asleep at your desk studying because you're working hard. Rough life, man. And mornings were hard enough as it was.
We all make mistakes, Ross. It's fine. Whether you mixed your colored laundry with your whites, or you were cleaning and you bleached something that was not meant to be bleached, there's gonna be nobody at fault but you. And even if you're by yourself (or your cat is judging you), you have to own up to it, and move on.
Nobody can do sarcasm like Phoebe. Cooking is very exciting in the beginning and all, but once you're at that stage in your life when you're too lazy to even make ramen, and all you have in your fridge is an empty milk carton and some leftovers from last week, well, it's a lot less fun.
You've finally got a place where your friends can hang and people can come over! But see above. Cooking, cleaning, all that stuff you need to do to prepare for guests is harder than it seems, and if you keep telling yourself that pizza isn't a cop-out, then everything will work out.
Just like Chandler, you might not be entirely aware of what health and sanitation is. It's fine, we've all been there. And it's a lot harder than it seems. You're not alone.
Since you can go all out, you will, and there's nothing your roommates can do about it. Friendsgiving? Heck yeah! St. Patty's Day? Of course! And best of all, Halloween, where your space becomes the spookiest around (on a budget, of course, nobody's made of money).
So maybe you don't live exactly alone. It's good to have a roommate, right? Especially if they're a good roommate, so you don't have to be picking up after them or complaining to your cat. And when you want to have a do-nothing day, they'll be there for you (and you'll be there for them too.)
Don't even pretend. That's hilarious. If you can study, good for you, but the rest of us will be over here not doing what we should and hanging out with our friends instead. And cramming and panicking later.
If you've ever cleaned a place after a party, you are a survivor, a true warrior. Even cleaning bathrooms or the nooks and crannies of your place before a parent visits will yield some interesting results, however. You never know what you'll find, but it's usually not pleasant.
There's only two modes here: #foreveralone or everything's coming up roses. Without supervision or even any sort of restriction, you can do what you want to when you want to. That means going out ... or staying in. You can do whatever.