2008 Woodie Awards
Onset of Spring Brings Better Mood, Less Nerdy Activities
John Miley
Issue date: 4/3/07 Section: Forum
Which is interesting, because I don't especially enjoy talking and don't have a lot of friends. I blame it on seasonal affective disorder. One thing is pretty clear: if they hadn't moved up daylight savings time this year, I would be getting into a lot more fights. The sunny weather and longer days keeps hostility to a minimum. Who can be aggravated when the sun is shining so brightly?
Along with spring resonating more strongly because of my nostalgic trip home, it made me realize that sometimes I feel like we are all nerds at Bates. It's not such a bad thing, but since we are sort of isolated from the rest of the world, the nerdiness is allowed to grow unabated. It's good for people to get outside Bates for a while and then come back and call out any possible nerds. I'm on nerd look out. I'll pick myself first, to be fair, and then move to others. With me being pretty nerdy, it may be a blind leading the blind sort of thing.
Let's be thankful we finish earlier than other colleges. We have Short Term which gives us more time pursue endeavors which don't include deadlines or page minimums. Sometimes on cold, spring nights, I like to pretend its fall and winter is coming up. Basically this achieves nothing, but I think it is possible that it makes me even more excited for the summer time. Try it sometime and see what results you get. You may be pleasantly surprised.
"That's dumb." My sister responded when I told her my article was about the energy and re-birth that spring brings. She was not caring much about this article or me or the fact that we are genetically related. While she may have been right, I couldn't be bitter because it was six o'clock at night and still bright outside. Boy, do I love Short Term and spring. Now we just need to get through finals. After all, it's summer time and the living is easy. I think Shakespeare said that. I am so ready for finals.
Along with spring resonating more strongly because of my nostalgic trip home, it made me realize that sometimes I feel like we are all nerds at Bates. It's not such a bad thing, but since we are sort of isolated from the rest of the world, the nerdiness is allowed to grow unabated. It's good for people to get outside Bates for a while and then come back and call out any possible nerds. I'm on nerd look out. I'll pick myself first, to be fair, and then move to others. With me being pretty nerdy, it may be a blind leading the blind sort of thing.
Let's be thankful we finish earlier than other colleges. We have Short Term which gives us more time pursue endeavors which don't include deadlines or page minimums. Sometimes on cold, spring nights, I like to pretend its fall and winter is coming up. Basically this achieves nothing, but I think it is possible that it makes me even more excited for the summer time. Try it sometime and see what results you get. You may be pleasantly surprised.
"That's dumb." My sister responded when I told her my article was about the energy and re-birth that spring brings. She was not caring much about this article or me or the fact that we are genetically related. While she may have been right, I couldn't be bitter because it was six o'clock at night and still bright outside. Boy, do I love Short Term and spring. Now we just need to get through finals. After all, it's summer time and the living is easy. I think Shakespeare said that. I am so ready for finals.
Be the first to comment on this story