Jan 2012
Things I learned from SOU:
1. laundromats ****
2. things you never thought you could do without suddenly become a luxury, like:
1. clean laundry
2. a comfortable bed
3. a printer
4. internet
5. television
6. gas money
7. a hot shower
8. fresh food
3. Don’t ever tell an Oregonian you're from Chico, or California in general. The response is always something like, “Oh. Wow. Yikes.”
4. Sitting in your car outside a coffee shop or library after hours to steal a few precious minutes of internet is suddenly acceptable.
5. Power outlets and comfortable chairs are like gold
6. There is no such thing as a comfortable desk.
7. Roommates/neighbors ****. Almost always.
8. There are never enough hours in the day. Ever.
9. No one knows how to drive in the rain. Except for me, of course.
10. Learn your way around campus. Fast.
11. Never leave home without a gps and cell phone.
12. Using an umbrella in the rain is like coming to school without pants on.
13. Leftovers are a gift from God.
14. You actually consider getting a roommate, just to have someone else clean for a change.
15. There is no such thing as “fast internet” in Southern Oregon.
16. No one locks their doors, or minds leaving their laptops or backpacks out and walking away.
17. Blowing off a class costs $45. Each.
18. You can tell the progression of a quarter by the way the women look.
19. There are entirely too many women.
20. No one knows what a geek really is.
21. Small class sizes are awesome. Small colleges not so much.
22. Foreign language is REALLY hard at 8 am.
23. Don’t ever transfer mid-year.
24. Weekends are meant for catching up on sleep.
25. Classroom discussions are SO much better in Upper Division.
26. Foreign exchange students shouldn’t read poetry aloud.
27. Two hours never goes by fast enough in Art History.
28. SOME English majors are pompous little *******. Don’t talk to them.
29. Bonus points for using 'pompous'.
30. Only the employed or wealthy can afford to go to bars.
31. It's okay to call someone to have them email someone for you, or google something.
32. Having family members nearby is a necessity.
33. You use up all your nightly “free time” cleaning or running errands, and sometimes sleeping.
34. 4 hour breaks between classes is never good.
35. Getting up before the sun and getting home after dark is not okay.
36. On-site laundry is a must.
37. If you can't help scanning everything you read or say, you might be an English major.
1. laundromats ****
2. things you never thought you could do without suddenly become a luxury, like:
1. clean laundry
2. a comfortable bed
3. a printer
4. internet
5. television
6. gas money
7. a hot shower
8. fresh food
3. Don’t ever tell an Oregonian you're from Chico, or California in general. The response is always something like, “Oh. Wow. Yikes.”
4. Sitting in your car outside a coffee shop or library after hours to steal a few precious minutes of internet is suddenly acceptable.
5. Power outlets and comfortable chairs are like gold
6. There is no such thing as a comfortable desk.
7. Roommates/neighbors ****. Almost always.
8. There are never enough hours in the day. Ever.
9. No one knows how to drive in the rain. Except for me, of course.
10. Learn your way around campus. Fast.
11. Never leave home without a gps and cell phone.
12. Using an umbrella in the rain is like coming to school without pants on.
13. Leftovers are a gift from God.
14. You actually consider getting a roommate, just to have someone else clean for a change.
15. There is no such thing as “fast internet” in Southern Oregon.
16. No one locks their doors, or minds leaving their laptops or backpacks out and walking away.
17. Blowing off a class costs $45. Each.
18. You can tell the progression of a quarter by the way the women look.
19. There are entirely too many women.
20. No one knows what a geek really is.
21. Small class sizes are awesome. Small colleges not so much.
22. Foreign language is REALLY hard at 8 am.
23. Don’t ever transfer mid-year.
24. Weekends are meant for catching up on sleep.
25. Classroom discussions are SO much better in Upper Division.
26. Foreign exchange students shouldn’t read poetry aloud.
27. Two hours never goes by fast enough in Art History.
28. SOME English majors are pompous little *******. Don’t talk to them.
29. Bonus points for using 'pompous'.
30. Only the employed or wealthy can afford to go to bars.
31. It's okay to call someone to have them email someone for you, or google something.
32. Having family members nearby is a necessity.
33. You use up all your nightly “free time” cleaning or running errands, and sometimes sleeping.
34. 4 hour breaks between classes is never good.
35. Getting up before the sun and getting home after dark is not okay.
36. On-site laundry is a must.
37. If you can't help scanning everything you read or say, you might be an English major.
The premise of a list poem is simple--make a list of things that relate in some way. Doesn't have to make sense, almost never rhymes or flows like a poem, it's barely poetry, but here it is :)
