Happy October 1st! This is my favorite month. The weather is a wonderful mix of sunny and crisp (when things go right), my birthday is within sight, and the new chill in the air means this is the first opportunity you get to wear all those new Fall clothes you splurged on, even if it was just at Target on Tuesday night a mere 5 minutes before they closed just because you needed a daggum MOMENT TO YOURSELF WITHOUT SCHOOL AND WORK AND PIANO AND SEWING AND OH MY GOSH SOMEONE GIVE ME OXYGEN AND A MOSSIMO T-SHIRT!!!! Oh wait, that was just me??
::crickets::
Moving on then!!! I do have a few feelings recently, which should come as no surprise to you because, well, something is always causing me to be a tad disgruntled in this fragile state of limbo where I’m not a real member of society yet, but really close, but still a student, but really hating school, etc. And with the aforementioned weather change, one of those things is footwear. Trivial, you say? NAY!!! This is one of my greater annoyances with college women! Saint Mary’s college women in particular. My argument is this, ladies: Yes, this morning it was 31 degrees. Brr, ok, I get it. But NOW it is in the 60’s. And despite popular belief, UGGS and flip flops are not your only two footwear options. THERE I SAID IT! Go buy a frickin’ pair of tennis shoes, closed toe flats, loafers, hell, I don’t care if you wear scuba flippers because at least then you are being original!! I am so. sick. of seeing UGGS and flip flops everywhere I look. If there is any debate as to whether you should wear your flops or your UGGS when you are getting dressed in the morning, it means that neither are appropriate because those shoes should not be worn in or around the same season under any circumstances. Also, if UGGS are the best option, you better have a coat and pants on, as well, because it better be so frigid that your feet will cease to exist without the sheep’s wool goodness of those boots. In other words: It is never OK to wear UGGS with shorts! Or a short skirt! Or a skort, for that matter!!!!!
Next issue: lately my sales professor has found it amusing to punish me and single me out for my participation, saying that basically, I need to shut up and let my classmates talk. In fact, she said exactly this when she requested I stay after class the other day to “talk to her” but really, do NO TALKING BECAUSE YOU JUST TOLD ME TO SHUT UP. Um, ok I get it, I have some opinions (hence courtneyhelman.wordpress.com, amen?) but isn’t the point of higher education to learn to ask questions and make meaningful contributions to class meetings?? And if she slams me one more time for using Orange Tree as an example, I quit school, because HELLO, WOMAN I am actually going into sales and have at least an iota more experience than the rest of my classmates who all interned with some company that delegated them to Chief Donut Fetcher and Summer Receptionist duties. Also, I happen to have, again, just an iota of experience as a buyer for a company, so if you try to squelch my enthusiasm for this, I will report you since you are clearly missing the point of being an educator. Then today, because apparently I was contributing to class too much again (shame on me), she used me as an example for “speech issues” and said that even though I am a good speaker and should be proud of how I present myself (ahem, thank you very much), she said I end every sentence with a question mark and that it makes me sound like I have no confidence in what I’m saying and that I will not be a good salesperson because of that. Well, dear educator, I would like to tell you that I think you are an utter piece of crap professor that would really be better off as a paper salesperson (hello, Dunder Mifflin!!) like you were in your earlier days? And if that gives you any inclination as to the type of professor she is, just picture yourself sitting in class with a professor that has the dynamic personality of Stanley or Phyllis? This is me speaking with question marks at the end of my sentences? Ugh, I can’t wait until professors are a thing of the past for me. Notice that I did not put a question mark after that sentence because there isn’t a doubt in my mind regarding that statement.
On a final promotional note, new loot here.
Have a good weekend and talk at you soon? Don’t wear UGGS yet? Wait, scratch that. Don’t wear UGGS yet. That, I am confident of.
4 Comments
October 1, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Don’t let an ivory tower professor discourage your real life experience and enthusiasm. I have heard it said that those who really have the goods “do.” Those who don’t teach. Kind of harsh, and certainly not always the case but this time sounds appropriate.
October 1, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Loved it! You are truly a college senior when you realize that you will leave your professors in the dust in a few short months!!!!!
October 1, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Love, love, love it– and I’m sooooo sorry you have to experience this senioritis… and sadly, mine started my freshman year. Hang tight… you will be done SOON!! xoxo
October 5, 2009 at 9:17 am
I am appalled! You definitely gave up the question mark statements when you were 10 years old. You did have me confused those first few years though.
Courtney, “Mom, school was okay today?”
Me, “What??? I don’t know, what did you do? Did you get in trouble?”
Courtney, “No, mommy? School was okay today? Really?”
Really. School will be okay today too, sweetie:)!