it is a tradition to get the wednesday paper before class and read through the shout out section. they pick the best ones of the last week, usually about 'coasties' and ex-boyfriend/girlfriends, and freshman and other annoying/funny/ironic commentaries on 'society'. it brightens my day to hear the misfortunes/happinesses of other people's lives. SO's are sarcastic, short, simple, and to the point. they make class more bearable and make me laugh when my day is stressful, boring, or needs something extra.
literally today, my thoughts were in SO's. this is pathetic. i used to think in terms of facebook statuses, but now that i'm more sarcastic era of thought, i've switched. and no joke, when i walked to class as well as walked home, the heavens above decided to bring the torrential downpour and seriously make up for lack of rain the past 21 days. in one day, we got 3.89 inches of rain... making up for the 2.5 inch deficit in september, and now having a large record, not only in my city, but surpassing the records of the state. anyway, my windows do not portray the world as it is, so i did not notice the large amounts of rain.
i went outside with my umbrella, which broke my freshman year, and waited for the bus to get to class. on the way there, i got severely soaked, but since i was able to sit in a lecture hall for 2.5 hours, i nearly dried off. then back to the rains, noticed the bus did not come for another 15 minutes, and too lazy to wait, i walked home in the rain. on the way home, i realized not only are the spokes from my umbrella broken, but there are holes in my umbrella. it is not water proof, and my face, hair, jacked and backpack which were all under the umbrella also became quickly soaked. this only compliments the rest of my body including my pants, socks and shoes. (i did see girl wearing flip flops... now really- it's a fucking down pour, get some proper attire... even some athletic shoes.) i came home and changed in my room, only to realize a large wet spot on my bed. my ceiling was leaking, and since this is the first time it's rained since i've been here, i just noticed it. ugh!! i called the landlord, who said he'd send someone over. sure enough, 5 minutes before i had to work, someone came over. i left for work (so i have no idea if he actually did anything, but lets hope for my sake he did) and tried for my rain jacket this time, but it has no beak on it, so my glasses got wet. in an effort to avoid this, i tried holding my hood forward which facilitated the rain to enter my jacket through my sleeve. alas, i arrived late and soaked for my job which today was an open house. i had to greet people in my wet state and tell them how cool the place where i worked was. wahoo! (i really do love it, the beginning of today was just a little rough..)
anyway, here's my SO list.
- ASO (anti shout out just in case you didn't get it...) to my umbrella who decides to let me know TODAY that it has holes in it.
- SO for the rain not deciding to be snow yet..
- ASO for my meteorology TA for telling us yesterday in class about the 21 day dry steak and informing us that it was going to continue another few days at least... i guess you didn't notice the huge rainstorm due for all day today!
- SO for only being able to think in so's
- ASO for my ceiling trying to be the match maker between the torrential rains and my bed. it's going to make for a wet night...
- SO to my roommate for making me work out*, and me resisting to the point that she actually DROVE me to the gym herself. (*i did tell her to make sure i went and do everything to make sure i go)
