I'm winding down from some heavy duty avoidance, and so I thought I'd make a list of reasons why I'm not cool in grad student/academic circles. (Although sometimes I think I get faculty way more than I do grad students, because I just can't do the disaffected/listens to cool music/argues about issues/drinks coffee in class thing). Also because I like lists.
1. I get excited about silly things like lists.
2. I get excited over dorkiness like Tupperware or Brad Bird movies in class.
3. I have not seen any of the "most important" movies that all the first-year MA students talk about. Unforgiven? I'm not sure if I've seen any Clint Eastwood movie in its entirety.
4. I listen to ABBA, unabashedly.
5. I listen to the Monkees, also unabashedly.
6. I sometimes say things out loud when I don't mean to, like the elevator inspection form was signed by Clay Serby and I say "Clay Serby" out loud because it sounds fun, and then I realise that I said it out loud...
7. I'm far more likely to be reading some L.M. Montgomery or Louisa Mae Alcott for fun, than any of the "important" books they've read.
8. I purposely walk through piles of leaves to make the crunching noise.
9. If there are multicoloured floor tiles, without even meaning to, I start walking only on one colour. (I partially blame Meg, back when we were in choir, and how we used to make games of that.)
10. I get distracted by all the cool stuff there is in Victoria, like helicopters suddenly flying over, really low (that happens a lot), or the fact that it's still warm here.
11. I talk about Saskatchewan a lot.
12. I'm quite socially awkward, and avoid situations in which I have to socialise with the other grad students.
13. I am not a radical.
14. I go to coffee shops to talk about feelings, not to debate.
15. I love Wal-Mart and Superstore, and think that Safeway's meat prices are way better than the other stores in the area. (Thrifty's and Fairway, I'm looking at you.)
16. I'm really sad about the lack of sausage selection here. (All I can find is Italian sausage! Where's my Grayson sausage? Where's my bison?)
17. I'm really proud of all these facts.
9 comments:
Hurray for leaf crunching!! Best Pride and Prejudice party ever.
My office smells like sausages. I can't tell what kind though.
I think that is precisely what makes you cool.
You're not socially awkward, Maryanne. Or maybe you are...you're just less socially awkward than I am. Hmm...what does that say about me?
Oh, and yay for crunchy leaves!
Hey. Two things: 1. it's May not Mae. 2. Haven't you seen "the good the bad and the ugly" or is that not considered a "clint eastwood movie" since it's not directed by him?
I, in fact, have only seen parts of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Delurking to say I think you should be really proud of all of these facts. Yay for list-making and leaf crunching! :)
Welcome, pink cupcake! I just took a look at your blog, and it's quite lovely.
I've been thinking of more dorky facts about myself: 1.) I love wearing red sweatpants waaaaaay too much; 2.) I am fascinated by egg whites (especially making them puffy! How does it work? HOW?); 3.) The most exciting day of the week is Saturday, because then Chris and I can listen to all our CBC radio shows; 4.) I frequently make up weird dances, mostly involving jerky motions and squatting, and which I use to distract people.
You really do move in mysterious ways, Mary.
Yay! I'm almost finished reading all of your posts after a week of no internet! Oh, and remember that leaf fight we had during second year of university (mine) with Lori? I have pictures, and looking at them still makes me happy. Love you, Mary!
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