In college...

1.) A C is not an F, and you find times when you are quite happy with a D.
(new college translation - a sat is a sat is a sat. it doesn't matter if there are ambiguous/possibly negative comments and/or question marks all over your paper. it's still a damn sat.)
2.) You may not be able to have pets bigger than like fish or amoebas, but the squirrels will be your best friends.
($100 fine if they find a cat in a cage under your bed during fall break)
3.) You can wear leggings, JUST leggings, all the time. No shorts, no dress, no skirt, you don't even need a long t-shirt, and it's totally legit. Be proad of your steadily growing freshman 15 ass; everyone else is.

4.) People actually like Daft Punk and aren't ashamed of it. Actually it's mostly frat boys that like Daft Punk, but I suppose that they are people too.

5.) You can say things that are complete nonsense to people that aren't in your major and your fellow classmates will totally get it. Engineering student examples: "It was like so small, like epsilon small" or "He was so the indefinite integral of e^xy" (write it down and stare at it for a minute BJ and you will get it, don't try and solve).

6.) Almost all nicknames end with an "ie" sound: MechE ("mechie" aka mechanical engineer), ChemE ("chemie" aka chemical engineer), Jammie (one who lives in the Just About Music "JAM" Program House), Hotelie (hotel school student)

7.) All the free food will be gone in 20 minutes. Be prepared to fight for the last slice of pizza.

8.) Males now do not find it necessary to bathe or do laundry. If you need to find someone who knows the score of a football game/how to change the oil in a car, just follow the smell of beer and sour clothes.

9.) It is absolutely necessary to master the "no I do not want your damn pamphlet" walk, lest you wish to litter the Earth with countless pieces of paper detailing clubs which you have no interest in e.g. Pre-Law Society of African American Males, or Hispanics against violence in Antarctica.

10.) You can stare at people all you like, and listen to their private conversations, and they will not stop what they are doing. College students have no shame.

11.) There will be kids that come to class daily with huge, yummy starbucks drinks because their mommies and daddies have way too much money. You will both hate and envy those kids for the rest of your days.

12.)You will meet people who plan to one day have jobs that will control the fate of the free world, you will also see these people totally drunk off their ass many a time in college and you will fear for the future of the free world.

13.)Every cool person really has seen Boondock Saints and Death Proof.

14.)People sleep anywhere, at anytime without discretion: In class, on benches, on couches, on the grass, on the bus, at dining hall tables, in chairs, on floors, on their friends, in the car, on the car, on picnic tables, and against the walls. Naps are also code for sex, as in, "uhhh, yeah we, uh took a nap..."

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CARL

7-10.) K.D.
11-14---> WonkY coMma

Bill Nye was here today

but I did not see him, thus I did not pee my pants.
So I feel like I just finished my first round of prelims and my second math one is next week. My ROTC physical training test is also next week, but I am going to pass because I passed the practice one last week by like 10 points. I am running 1.5 mile in 13:30 now which is still pretty bad, but much better than 16:00 like I was when I got here.
I learned today that they figure out how many calories are in something by burning it and seeing how much it heats up a fixed amount of water. You can also find the amount of calories a person burns by subtracting the caloric content of their poo from the caloric content of their food. I would hate to be the researcher whose job it is to burn shit.
I miss you guys, but I'm not so lonely now. My friend Alex (Death Cab kid) and I are so attached at the hip that we can practically read each others thoughts. He is still in love with his cheater girlfriend, but it's cool, it's kind of like having a gay boyfriend. Actually it's just like when I was with Derek but I was friends with Charlie and told him all my relationship problems, but this time I'm Charlie...strange. That's not to say that we are going to end up the same way. At least not anytime soon because I'm looking forward to my month-long winter break in Florida if you know what I mean ;)

J'heart german potato salad

i also love when songs you love get on commercials. we just had a tasty dinner and before that we went to the gym. i have homework to do that was due sunday at noon, thus i love no penalty late stuff. i love the weather right now, it's perfect.
wC