Summertime Blues

May, 25 1997

By Morgan Carlson

Despite the break we get from school work - which I've heard that some
of you participate in - summer kind of blows. And you know why?

- Eating is so difficult now. Instead of going to the cafeteria and
waving our meal plan card at the chef, we have to - God forbid - cook for
ourselves. Eating at a restaurant isn't quite so bad, but it costs
money, and Friendly's doesn't pay me enough to live so high on the
nutritional hog.
Tony - "Yo, Morgan, want to go to Wendy's? Everything there is 99 cents."
Me - "Oh la la, Mister Fancy with his fast food. Will we be listening
to opera, too?"

- Also, my nerd lifestyle - which is 100% indoors - makes me feel even
more guilty about never going outside. Being a shut-in is fine in the
winter, but people make you feel guilty about wasting summer weather by
fiddling on my computer all day.
Mom - "Morgan, are you going to waste a bright, sunny day on your stupid
computer?"
Me - "Don't call her stupid, mother. She hears you."

- And three words - no Internet connection.

- And the sleeping schedule we students have in the summer is just
atrocious. At least at college we were forced to wake up in the
morning. But at home.......
Me - "Yawn. Wow. It's great to be home."
Mom - "Honey, you slept for three weeks. It's June already."
Me - "Woo-hoo! My birthday's coming up!"

- Shorts? Ugh. Some people, myself included, should never reveal
their legs in public. Some examples are nerds, fat people, and the elderly.

So bah humbug to the summer.
- Morgan -

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