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How not to successfully earn a college degree

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

During my first semester of college at a state university, I was perplexed at the situation I found myself in. I was five hours from Pittsburgh, and at the time, let me tell you, I was happy to be away from that place. I mean, there had to be better places! With people, who [...]

Insert new acquaintance here

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

“So, Rachel, what are you studying?”
“English.”
“So, you’re going to teach?”
“No, I’d prefer not to. I’d just like to write.”
“Oh, so, like, journalism?”
“No, not really. More on the creative side, I guess.”
“Oh. Like, stories?”
“Maybe.”
“What are some of your ideas?”
“Well, there’s this one about a girl who walks into a mini mart, and her head rolls [...]

Thinking and walking to class

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

It’s my fourth year of college, and even though I’m probably not graduating for another year, it’s absurd to think that I once expected to be engaged by the time I was a senior.

But maybe, given that I had met the right person, things would have worked out that way, and I wouldn’t find [...]

The first day of school, REMIX!

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Shouldn’t a one-credit, 8:00am class entitled “Lifetime Fitness” be a lecture course regarding topics such as flexibility, healthy eating, anatomy, etc.? Was I surprised by being tested on the number of pull-ups I’m capable of? Should I have worn anything besides jeans? The answer to all of these questions is yes.
At my college, only [...]

A different sort of college

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

My first college was located near Philadelphia. It was pretty average, a state school, with brick buildings and a large student population.
Since then, I’ve made a few transitions, the biggest of which being my current college, a private school tucked away in the “park-like acres” of Pittsburgh (the most fantastic place in all the [...]

A problem with college

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

It’s interesting and disheartening that the only time I’ll be able to truly enjoy learning, without having the constant torment of insufficient finances that I need to make it through, will be after I’ve graduated and finished with higher education.

Urban ladybug

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

One nice thing about college, besides beer pong, is the ability to generally form your own schedule around how often you want to be lectured consecutively. I piled everything on Tuesdays this semester, straight through from 12:30 to 9:30, with some minor overflow on Thursdays.
As I sit here between Biology and Psychology, trying to [...]

Just a moment

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

The professor is struggling to get the overhead projector to work. This happens at least once a week, in any given class. She turns it on. The blue screen comes up. There’s sound, no picture. She stares at it, exasperated, and turns to the class. “Are any of you technologically inclined?” Nope! We don’t [...]

What I thought of college students when I was 12

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

They do their hair, daily.
Why was I always picturing a dainty brunette in a white blouse and pencil skirt twirling her hair around a thick, round iron while waving around a hefty can of Aqua Net?
They are engaged by senior year.
Because that’s the next step, the only thing left to do in life.
They drink [...]

The first day of spring break…

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

…and the sun finally came out.
The lacrosse season has begun again, my favorite time of year, and I’m hoping that my coaching ability has somewhat improved since 2006.
I was such a wreck at our first game last season. We were set to play the first-ranked team in our division, undefeated after four games. The [...]

Winter, bleak campus

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Money and Papaya

Friday, January 26th, 2007

As I write this, I’m sitting in my class entitled “The Holocaust” and thinking about how much my professor reminds me of the one from Legally Blonde. I think I like mine more, although she may be even more ruthless.
I’m still trying to get comfortable with the whole “I’m in control of my life” [...]

Starting over

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

I’m already a big fan of the private college. It makes me realize how uncomfortable I was with living on or near a university campus. No wonder I hated studying so much; I never really got away from school.
Or maybe it’s just nice having classes in an atmosphere where eight girls of different ages [...]

Flashdance

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

A bunch of high school kids came to the restaurant I work at last night for dinner. They were all decked out in frilly dresses and coordinating tuxes. I was somewhat surprised since it’s neither prom nor homecoming season, but watching them talk and take pictures brought back memories and I really missed wearing [...]

When did I get all growed?

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

So remember when I used to post all the time? Those were the days.
Who knew that obtaining such a beautiful apartment would lead me to bills? Bills?! That, and I still don’t have internet at home. Come on, Friday!*
These professors at these tiny schools…pretty tough. Pretty tough.
And also, these professors? All quite wonderful. Especially [...]

Pointed: New School Edition

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

At my last two universities, which were both (of course) co-ed, I woke up and, without even glancing in a mirror, went to class. Why am I more compelled to look pretty on a campus full of (only) girls?

Move along

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

I feel I should write, if only to get the pictures of the damn cat out of the way, even if I don’t have the opportunity, at this time, to be as thorough as I need to be.
I’ve made quite a transition.
In late December, I applied to a very private college located right in [...]

I’m satisfied. Time for January.

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

It appears that Flickr has done away with its two gigabyte monthly limit for pro members and has replaced it with no limit at all. On top of that, the storage space for free account members has been increased fivefold. Although I hardly ever got close to my limit, this Christmas gift is up [...]

Even if I’m not in it

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

We’re expecting at least 15 inches of snow today. I walked to the university bookstore to sell back my history book. I liked that book. It had pictures from Ancient Egypt and the Renaissance. I briefly considered tearing them out to keep, but then remembered I was 20, and headed out into the blizzard.
I [...]

And it starts again

Friday, December 1st, 2006

What do you do when you live in a linen closet that doesn’t have room for a TV and your five roommates have overtaken the community television to watch season after season of Beverly Hills 90210 and you have finals to study for and papers to write but it’s Friday Night and there’s a [...]