duh. (and your brain stops working when you pull all-nighters.)
Yasmine: i’m so bitter
S: and why is that?
Yasmine: i hate writing papers
Yasmine: it’s so stupid
Yasmine: they should have a major that’s all about drawing crayon pictures
Yasmine: the crayola major!
S: lol
S: it’s called art class
Yasmine: oh yeah

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listen carefully, kiddos
Never pull three allnighters in a row.

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Somayya and I, wasting our lives away in anthro lab:
Somayya: What’s a lower molar cusp pattern? And a dental arcade?
Me: I have no idea, dude.
Somayya: Didn’t he just go over this in lecture today?
Me: Yeah, but I wasn’t paying attention. Or maybe I fell asleep at that part.
Somayya: Great, that helps.
Me: I think the dental […]

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studying dead people (and not-so-dead ones, too)
So, because I know y’all are just dying to know, I’m taking two anthropology courses during this summer session: Anthro 1 and Anthro 2. Exciting, no? Half the time, I forget which is which. I go to class thinking we’ll be talking about dead people, and the instructor starts […]

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Earlier this week, I spent a few hours helping proctor the math and chemistry placement exams that incoming freshman have to take in order to prove their eligibility for the introductory calc and general chem series. As a proctor, one basically checks ID, signs in these kids, passes out scantrons and pencils, gets them seated […]

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so i wonder when they’re going to start paying me for taking naps
Late-Night AIM Conversation (OR, the Things I Say When I’m Half-Asleep):
Ben: but I want money
Ben: it’s nice for buying things
Yasmine: no way? is that what it’s for?
Yasmine: wow, I’m so glad you told me
Yasmine: cuz I was thinking maybe you’re supposed to eat […]

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“another lonely highway in the black of night…”
So…
Good news: Final exams are over.
Better news: I have a whopping three days off.
Bad news: Monday, I start my second summer session (six weeks of two more classes).
Something I’ve just fully realized: I haven’t taken even one summer off in the past three years of college.
Something I already […]

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Usually, I roll my eyes impatiently and jerk away in annoyance when people try to fuss over me. But there are still people who, no matter how deceptively sweet they look, can out-do me in stubbornness and nag me without annoying me. Now that takes some major skill, I say.
Take this friend of mine, for […]

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run-on sentences are so much fun
Has anyone been noticing that my posts are getting shorter and shorter? I was scrolling through some of my archives early this morning, looking for things to do to stay awake, and the fact that I was half-asleep and struggling to write a coherent paper did not put me in […]

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even red bull can’t make me do this
I paused before making a right turn on a red light this morning, giving the right-of-way to a young guy who was bobbing his head in time to whatever was blasting out of his Queen-Amidala’s-hairdo-sized headphones.
He acknowledged me with a brief wave of thanks as he crossed through […]

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butterflies and books
Okay, so one midterm down; now, a constant stream of midterms, research papers, and final exams planned for the next three weeks. How exciting. If I keep disappearing from my blog for prolonged periods of time, it means I’m pretending to study. Got it?
Hmm, I’m trying to think of interesting things to […]

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school blues, OR: studieren macht keinen spass
The long weekend was spent doing nothing more productive than reading novels and stubbornly refusing to drive anywhere, meaning that I hadn’t been behind the wheel of my car in three whole days. That’s a big deal for me. Which is why today’s 120-mile round-trip commute to and from […]

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bambi was here + random musings from everyone’s favorite rebel child
- The most exciting thing to happen today was that a deer found its way into my front yard this evening and started munching on the rose bushes. I was too delighted by the spectacle to do anything other than remain seated at the dining […]

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break time, yay time, nap time forever!
Salaam, everyone! Sorry I haven’t been around lately. Trust me, it’s taking me forever to get over the traumatic experiences of the past few weeks…all that drama about finals and allnighters and papers and study sessions and more allnighters. And not nearly enough meals, yeah.
Things I Never Knew […]

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