phoning it in
By me • May 27th, 2008 • Category: school, today's blog 365 postThis is the first time I’ve ever gone to school in the summer, and let me tell you, so far it really blows. I am well aware that it’s my choice to be here, and that in the long run it’s going to benefit me, but damn, in the short term I have to do a little bit of whining to get myself through. Just bear with me.
My classes aren’t bad, I’m just not as invested as I could be. It’s sunny and beautiful out. I want to be outside. Or if I have to be inside there’s other, more interesting, things I found that I’d rather be paying attention to. I want to hang out with my friends. I want to get so drunk I don’t remember what happened the night before. I want to go on vacation. Instead I’m here. Sitting in the graduate library, and making it look like I’m working on school work. But I’m really only phoning it in. Considering that the semester’s already a 1/3 of the way through you’d think my notes would look better than this.
That is what I took away from my 3hr collection development class today: when it comes to library resource sharing Ann Arbor sucks, the Triangle rules, and if that bitch didn’t stop kicking her bookbag I was no longer going to be responsible for my actions. Higher education, it’s only what you make of it, and today it was merely an excuse to sit in air conditioning.
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I’m about to start summer classes next week - taking one for a grade, auditing one just for the joy of learning (and because I’m an idiot), and teaching one.
The saving grace will be that I think no sane person should ever leave the air conditioning when June - Sept. hits in Alabama. Because outside in the 90’s with humidity who knows how high is NOT an enjoyable summer day.