True stories from AP Euro History.

"What's diplomacy?"

"Don't laugh. I bet half the class was thinking the same thing."

I saw The Hunger Games. And it was epic.

So, enjoy this awesome mockingjay fan art...

I did something like that, but it didn't come out as cool ^

Sunday.

Do you ever keep looking for something you know for sure isn't there?

The streets of Brugge.

And the dumb girl in my math class says,

"Is radical notation, like, with a radical?"

*facepalm

Lessons from my Chemistry teacher.

Real men crush cans with their foreheads.

Nerds...

...use science.

That awkward moment when your choir director tells the tenors to "grow some balls".

Why it's annoying to have musicians for friends.

(follow-up to this post)

1.) They're CONSTANTLY SINGING.

2.) It's harder to concentrate during rehearsals when you're surrounded by friends.

3.) Jealousy.

4.) No one ever has any time to hang out.

5.) You have to go to every single concert and recital and show and performance. (But you'll probably enjoy them.)

6.) Competition.

7.) You know when a friend thinks they're really good at something, and they really turn out to suck at it, but they're your best friend and you can't tell them? YEAH.

Memento Mori.

During Victorian times, child mortality rates were extremely high. Often, the only opportunity to photograph a child would be after their death.

Why No Child Left Behind is bullshit.

Read

Happy PSSA season, Pennsylvania students.

Winterguard Season is Here!

The kid next to me just gave me the weirdest look.

I was taking notes- on paper.

Why is this considered strange now?

Dear world...

Dear dumb girl in my AP History class,

"...Were the Powderpuff Girls based off Freud?!"

NO.

Makes me want to change my mind about majoring in Psychology.

Sincerely,

Someone who can take class seriously.

Who knew?

Adventures with Indian customers at JCPenney

My aunt works part-time at JCPenney. She likes to tell us stories about the customers she encounters. Her least favorite type of customer is the crazy Desi, who comes straight off a plane from India.

Crazy Desi customers usually shop in large family-groups. There is always a white-haired Dadi wearing a sequined sari and a bald Dada with bad hearing. They rarely speak English and love to exclaim loudly in Gujarati about the price and availability of things. If they do speak English, it's only to try to haggle with a store clerk, or inquire loudly about prices. If they see a clearance shelf marked "$2 And Up", they assume everything is $2. When they are told it isn't, they argue.

There are sometimes a few Aunties, also dressed in saris, with red bindis and frizzy hair tied back in a braid. They speak heavily accented English and smell like frying oil. They usually get stuck by the jewelry section. They like talking about other customers- and employees- in Hindi. My aunt deals with them by taking off her nametag, walking up to them, and asking in Hindi if they need any help. They are usually astonished. She doesn't look Indian.

Otherwise, there is a husband and wife, dressed in cheaply made American clothes, talking in accented English. There are ALWAYS at least two toddlers in strollers and Disney clothes, running wild and climbing on everything, screaming, "Amma! Amma!"

The worst is when a pack of Aunties walking in with a poor teenager. They always take her to either the childrens' section or the petites' section and pick out the cheapest and worst-fitting clothes to make her try, while constantly criticizing her.

Next time you go to the mall... watch out.

This is not meant to be offensive. My entire family is Indian, and no one-that I know of- has ever done any of this.

3d Painted Rooms.

Why it's great to have musicians for friends.

1.) You always have an arsenal of instruments to choose from if you don't have your own.

2.) Because being in a group of some kind is always cool- whether it's a rock band, jazz group, or electric string quartet.

3.) Impromptu jam sessions!

4.) Everyone always walks in step.

5.) You're always harmonizing.

6.) There are so many dirty jokes in music (I broke my G string...), and you need a friend to properly appreciate them. (And some innocent bystanders!)

7.) Sharing music and teaching each other your instruments.

8.) You can talk theory and composition, and watch bystanders' faces go blank.

9.) Because musicians generally aren't shallow and can appreciate something bigger than themselves.