Days Go By

Is 4 months a long time?

In the context of my life, obviously not. But in the context in which it matters (the past 4 years aka high school), it's a decent amount of time. It's 1/12th of that time.

Up until this week, it had been at least 4 months since I'd made proper use of my brain and my heart. I essentially shut them both off when high school ended. 4 months of nothing but scanning, running, and eating. I was indifferent to almost everything in my life, since neither my heart nor my mind were factors in my decisions/ actions.

But with the start of school, at least my mind has started working again. No less than 90% of my peers dwarf me in intelligence, and I'm no good at journalism, but at least my mind is being distracted. Yay rah Frankenstein!

Tonight, Seth Meyers and I conversed about Tina Fey, Tommy Boy, Paris Hilton, eBay, and the Hold Steady. It was magical. Never have I ever experienced such quick wit. The man has truly earned his place at SNL... and his place on my collage.

Oscar blues

It's just now dawning on me that I will have very little exposure to Oscar contenders this year.

No money = no movies = no Oscar knowledge.

Sadness!

I recited every word of Lion King at our Disney party tonight... I hadn't been that happy in months.

Mediocrity!

mediocre: adjective: of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance; ordinary; so-so

I am mediocrity incarnate up here. 

My teammates not only find the time to run 50+ miles a week (I'm lucky if I reach 35),  but they're all majoring in bio-chemical engineering or pre-med or double majoring with both. 

According to US Weekly's college rankings, my SAT scores were on the lowest end of average for this year's incoming class. 

While not everyone is Shelbi-thin, they aren't exactly overweight either... yet again, I fall into the average category.

In case you haven't crept on my roommate yet, she's naturally gorgeous. Bear wants to marry her. I just kinda fade into the background I guess.

Despite this, I've received several of the best compliments of my life:

"You seem like someone who would have great YouTube recommendations."

"Do you watch 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'? It seems like a show you'd like."

"You're like the coffee master!"

(After hearing "Me want food" and thinking it was a 30 Rock reference) "You belong in journalism."

Oh well.. I suppose I'll just have to adjust to getting lost in the shuffle!