I'm a senior?

So somehow I have come to realize that I am actually going to be a senior in college which means that in a year, I'll be in the real world. Well, crap. Where did all the time go and how on earth am I an adult? I mean I still want to be a mermaid and love the zoo so how am I quite nearly an adult? The good news is I still have a year left to be, well, not quite an adult and eat cereal for all meals and sleep til noon. So these are some of the things I have learned this year...and yes, they all really did happen.


1. Olive oil is flammable. Very flammable.
2. Microwaves are wonderful inventions, except when they attack.
3. Regarding 1 and 2, the fire department is very understanding. Campus police? Not so much.
4. Good roommates are key, including ones who will turn off your alarm and tell you go to class.
5. Edward Cullen is a god.
6. Comparing a boy to said Edward Cullen is a very, very disappointing thing.
7. Seeing the midnight showing of the Jonas Brothers in 3-D? Awesome. Being told its nice your parents let you out at midnight? Priceless.
8. You don’t know popular until you are the only adult surrounded by 20 5-year-olds.
9. Those 5-year-olds? They think that you knowing the hoedown throwdown dance is really cool.
10. 2nd graders are TALL. Somehow they are all almost as tall as you.
11. When you’re down, reading fmylife.com will instantly make you feel better.
12. Being carded for a drink is expected. Being carded to get into a movie in front of high
schoolers is embarrasing.
13. The GRE sucks. A lot.
14. The only thing better than being in Wales for two weeks are the friendships you make.
15. The friends you make in college are your family, for better or worse or smoking microwave
or panic attack- whatever.
16. Showering in a rugby club in Wales? Not nearly as bad as it sounds.
17. It is vitally important to know how to use a fire extinguisher. Teach your roommates if
necessary.
18. True friends will put your dress back together with safety pins.
19. Having all the elementary schoolers measure themselves against you how tall they are?
Wow, that was sad.
20. Note to boys: Girls don’t think vampires are attractive. They think romantic boys are
attractive.
21. I may have the soul of a gay man, or a least part of it.
22. Cranberry juice is disgusting. Absolutely disgusting.
23. It is completely ok to have a Little Mermaid themed 21st birthday.
24. Princess movie marathons are quite possibly the best thing ever.
25. Spray painting a wall only makes the damage look worse.
26. Want to see real Southern culture? The Barn and Delilah and karaoke. Oh and jello shots
carried around on a platter by Deliliah.
27. You know how in High School Musical they say they wish it would all just slow down? That’s
how you feel when all your friends graduate from college.
29. If you don’t know this, know it now: Claymation is of the devil and is out to get you.
30. The teacher voice always works. Always.
31. The Hills is completely fake but watching it always makes you feel so much better about
yourself.

And finally…
32. Greeting the janitor in the 24-hour study room at 5:30 AM is generally frowned upon as he
will not be hyped up on caffeine or quite so chipper.