What I ALREADY Miss About College!

DAY FIVE: A list of things you fancy doing.

Traveling, watching TV, watching movies, surfing the Internet, writing this blog, discovering new music, reading screenplays, reading books, reading magazines, reading blogs, dancing, partying, talking to strangers, skyping with friends, painting, crocheting, writing lists, surfing Wikipedia, online shopping, Facebook stalking, eating, cooking, baking, not working out, playing board games, making bucket lists, tweeting, swimming, getting pampered, playing with my dog Haze...

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So I’m not gonna lie…summer boredom is starting to kick in. I can only do nothing for so long until doing nothing starts to feel tedious. Well, I've already written a blog post about the 10 things I DON'T miss about college...Given the current state of my life, I thought it only made sense that I countdown the top 8 things I’m already missing about college : (

1. All the little people—When you think of the people you’ll miss the most from college, you tend to immediately think of all your close friends who are moving across the country and around the world to pursue jobs and grad school. Although I love my friends and miss SOME of them dearly, I think the people I’m starting to miss the most are all the little people! You know…the overly friendly card swiping lady at Commons (cafeteria) who always put a smile on my face, my boys Juan and Jose at Allegro’s Pizzeria who happily greeted my greedy ass at 2am every weekend, Rich the bartender at Blarneys who made it his mission to always get me and my friends wasted by pushing free 20 ounce Long Islands our way throughout the night, and that insanely hot guy who shall not be named who my friends and I have all crushed on since freshman year—basically all the people who have filled in the gaps in our days and nights and made the last four years rather meaty. You all will be missed!

2. CampusFood.com—Only the Lord up above knows just how much money CampusFood.com got from me over the last 4 years. As disgusting of a thought that is, I can really do for some Campusfood right now!! I’ve been eating leftover jerk chicken and curry goat from my graduation party for the past week!

3. Taking naps—So I’m definitely still taking naps. After all, I am still unemployed and the summer heat is so draining in my house some days that no matter how late I sleep in, I always find myself dozing off. However, I know once I hit the job market, I’ll be saying bye-bye to nap times. The other day, I was talking to this girl who works for a top financial firm in NYC and she revealed that they have a “quiet room.” It’s basically a soundproof room where people can go to distress, but more times than not, people go there to take naps! I think I might have to see if they’re hiring…

4. Lab studies—Who doesn’t love free money?? At Penn, Wharton Behavioral Labs, aka BLabs, were a way of life for many of us. It only took one hour of your time to fill out some computer surveys and you walked out with 10 bucks. I remember fall semester senior year, fresh and broke from Sydney and an unpaid internship in the city, I was scheduling BLabs like they were my job! It was to the point where the technician knew my name.

Q. How do you know you’re a broke ass Penn student? A. When the BLab technician becomes your BFF.

5. Pottruck (College gym)—I didn’t step foot in Pottruck not even once after spring break. Yup, I’d let myself go (resulting in my disgusting 10 pound weight gain…damn shame). However, having Pottruck as an option was great! Although it wasn’t exactly free; my parents did pay for Pottruck as part of Penn tuition…not having to shell out my OWN money was magical! Forseeing myself signing up for a gym membership once I hit the real world makes my stomach rolls curl…

6. Being a slacker—My work ethic during my final spring semester was quite shameful. Few people know about my 2000 word final paper for one of my major classes in which I submitted only 1000 words and got a 4/10 grade (only God knows how I finished that class with a B-). However, those days of slacking are over and done with! In the real world, you slack at work and you’re fired, which can result in homelessness, begging on the streets, and forced prostitution! And nobody wants that!

7. Learning—As painful as going to class became, I did learn quite a bit while I was in college (one would only hope so)! Some of my favorite classes: Race and Ethnic Relations—learned that white people are evil, Screenwriting Workshop—learned that Rocky is actually a really good movie, the Study of Whiteness—learned again that white people are evil, Media and Militarism—learned that Republicans are evil, and Children and the Media—learned that Sesame Street is the shiznit. However, in the real world, those painful recitations, final papers, and annotated bibliographies will only be replaced with scheduling meetings for a boss I’ll probably hate and working on projects with impossible deadlines.

8. Summer break—Unless I move to France where five-weeks paid vacation is mandatory, after this summer, I can kiss my summer vacations goodbye : (