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15 Reasons Why Mindy Kaling and I are the Same Person

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I love The Mindy Project and Mindy Kaling in general. I recently finished reading her hilarious book: I could hardly put it down and while I was glued to it I confirmed what has been a long time suspicion of mine. Mindy and I could be best friends in real life. Now I know that sounds creepy, but read what we have in common and then you'll understand. 15 Reasons Why Mindy Kaling and I Must be the Same Person We were both wallflowers in highschool, quietly pursuing a passion We both decided to go to college in the middle of nowhere (Taylor's not as fancy as Dartmouth, but I'll take what I can get) We are both bad/ awkward with children. We like children, we just don't always have the best instincts with them We both like dieting, but also like not dieting...  We take our best friendships very seriously, so we would be unstoppable as friends.  We enjoy sharing a bed with my friends (no matter the size) We hate "roast" style humor We love indi

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Well life at TU is back in full swing and I'm still adjusting to the new major. I officially declared my communications major yesterday and it was strangely nerve-wracking. I felt silly being a junior, declaring my major for the first time. I had a lot of firsts this week; I had my first communications class, I signed up to audition for my first musical, I had my first spanish class of college and it is world's different from high school spanish- I might actually have to study! It's been a week of catching up, moving in, hugging, adjusting, and syllabus shock. But mostly this week has been awkward. I realize now that I'm a junior I really have very little excuse to be awkward and shy. I have to just jump in there and do life. I have to stop worrying about the impression I'm making. I've already learned that life is better when I'm just myself, it's just hard to put that into practice. There's the awkward "introduce yourself to the class&quo