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Sunny Moon
Ew. The guy across from me
is blowing his nose and then kind of cleaning out his nostrils and
it's plain disgusting. Why do good-looking people have to have nasty
habits?
Anyway, onto the important
notions, one of them being that
Groupwork sucks.
Always. I'm at a student body meeting and since I have vowed to keep
my mouth shut because my class has been way too vocal about our needs
in the past (whiny like fussy newborns also says it), I can change my
hairstyle while listening to the two second-semester guys (two boys
in one room at this school – can you believe it? I don't even think
they're gay. How strange, ain't it) that seem to not yet have lost
their motivational spirit. "Let's do something to improve
communication between the different courses", they say. Everyone
nods cheerily. "Let's get to know each other", they say.
Polite smiles. "Let's do interdisciplinary group projects",
they say, and while some are still nodding along, others' smiles get
a bit shaky. Even more groupwork? Between people who don't even know
each other? You can't really yell at people you don't know for
messing up. Does that really sound like a fun idea to anyone? Two
girls in the back start to tell us about a project between them and
the design students, including whole groups of four who never showed
up, ever. "How can anyone not show up to class?", the guys
ask. I laugh a little and they smile at me. Bless their innocent
hearts. I'm overjoyed if anyone else of my regular class graces the
halls with their presence in the morning, but their optimism oughn't
be crushed. Just please don't make me do a project with you.
Fun fact, I now have
three black summer skirts that vary only in details. See, the
first one is a very light, very suited-for-hot-days crinkly version.
Then I got the plissée one I talked about, for a more formal mood
when it is not appropriate that your skirt flies up Monroe-style at
every breeze. And the other day, I finally found a tulle skirt
(remember how I wanted one back in last year's May? It's true
shopper's dedication) that's not too long, so I had to buy it,
because it would've been rude to reject it just because I happened to
discover it so shortly after the last one. However, now I'm all set.
No more black skirts for me for a long time.
The second one I wore to
that party, and well; it was a pleasant night. The birthday boy
is really the cutest thing, hugging me like a long lost sister even
though we didn't exactly see each other much all through last year.
At one point, we jammed in the living room, me on piano and him with
a guitar and a surprisingly wide vocal range. If that's not cute, I
don't know what is. But when he wasn't around, I needed a fix point
to hang out with, because I can't stand being left alone at a party.
So I got talking to a nice girl, and then a guy joined us, and he had
just finished school (I was basically ancient there) and we all
talked for a bit, and sometimes the girl would go and say hi to
people she knew, so I kinda lingered around the guy so that I
wouldn't lose my pack, and that's when I began having these weird
flashback moments. For example, just like last time, girls started
watching us very intently and kept winking at the guy and asking
stuff like "so you wanna score tonight" and I got very
awkward because how do you react to that; Saying "In your dreams" is sometimes perceived as mean, you know. It would be pretty accurate, though. Not wanting to ruin my impression on everyone, I settled for rolling my eyes and thinking very bad thoughts. That worked well for the
rest of the night, just like ignoring him every time he suggested we
go somewhere alone and saying "See, I don't want to actually
have that picture" when he asked for my number to send me
a hideous photo he took of me (I find that silly boys still think it's funny to take your picture, just like in 2010. It still isn't).
Anyways, the next day, I
went to a tiny beach with a certain someone and read Jane Austen's
Persuasion and listened to the water and watched the ducks (they're
so adorable when they duck headfirst into the water, I want one) and
got my feet wet and sandy and everything was so sunny, it felt like a
little mini-vacation. You should do that more often, just drive for
whatever watery spot is nearest and just spend an hour.
I hope you're all sunny,
too.
Love,
Rosy Smith
PS: The title? Just go with it.
2 Comments
This was the really interesting post but I really wish that you always post some kind of pictures or photographs. It makes the post more awesome.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the suggestion! I keep meaning to take more pictures! X Rosy
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