Recently, I have had a few thoughts. I thought I would share them in blist (if you've been following my blist, you would know this is "blog" and "list" put together...I tend to do that kind of thing a lot).
1. College websites are mazes. No. IMPOSSIBLE mazes, and it is VERY difficult to get from point A to point B. Click on one button, you get a drop down menu. You go to the page you want. You get three more drop down menus. Here is my thought process while browsing college websites: "Hmmm. Future students. Uh...Freshman. No. First time students? What's the difference? I'll check both out. Admissions. Cool, I'll check that out. Should I look at deadlines or scholarships or...No, I remember, I wanted to look at that one thing. Wait. How do I go back to that one thing....Forget it...Your website is too confusing and not even graphically pleasing. Therefore, you are eliminated from my potential college list. NEXT!!!"
2. a. Working at the community pool was the BEST decision I have ever made. Yesterday Chunks (one of the lifeguards) told me he was going to push Chloe in the pool. I sat in the office with my cell phone, ready to record the entire event. Well, it took about 2 hours, but I FINALLY got the priceless video. I posted it on facebook this evening. Check it out.
2. b. Once my boss Julio called me. I was at the front desk and thought he was in a meeting. So the phone rings, I answer it. I thought he was a woman...the conversation went like this: S: "Calistoga Community Pool, how may I help you?" J: "Hi, I'd like to rent the pool out please. For SIX DAYS." S: "Well, we are only available for afternoon rentals, however if you would like to speak with my manager and try and arrange something, I could take down your name and..." J (interrupting me): "Can the nudist colony come to the pool? We're the ones who want it." S (shocked, overheating and tugging on shirt collar, unsure of what to say): "Uh....well, like I said, I can take down your name and number and have my manager call you..." J: "My name is Julia [remember, I thought he was a woman? ha.], and my number is..." (Julio proceeds to give me the pool's telephone number) S: "Wait a sec...Is this JULIO???" J (laughing): "You got me!!!" S: "Julio, you owe me a cookie." Julio then brought me a chocolate chip cookie the size of my head to make it up to me. Like I said, the pool is fun.
3. My art teacher said something interesting the other day. He said, "Nothing can exist on its own." Think about that.
4. I was at a church dance on Saturday, and the DJ had everyone do this snowball dance on one of the slow songs. Three couples started out on the floor, the rest of the guys and girls were separated by gender on opposite sides of the room. When the DJ paused the music, each person had to grab a new partner from the sides of the room, so then there were 6 couples. Then there were 12, and so on. So my friend Madeline and I were the last two girls on the side of the room, waiting for a turn to dance, and she turned to me and said, "Sydney, maybe we aren't dancing because we're ugly." Then a guy proceeded to ask her to dance, and I was left on my own. I had a good laugh about that situation. I'm ugly and PROUD of it :)
5. I ate too much, and I want cookies. Again.
Well, I have calculus homework (gag), so I should probably wrap this up. More thoughts to come. My Aunt Carrie suggested that as a follow up to my blist "20 Things I Learned From Abroad," I should do a blist about "20 Things I Learned From a Broad," about all of the various and sundry things I have learned from the women in my life. I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty stoked to write that one! Look for it at a later date.
A List of Random Thoughts
Recently, I have had a few thoughts. I thought I would share them in blist (if you've been following my blist, you would know this is "blog" and "list" put together...I tend to do that kind of thing a lot).
1. College websites are mazes. No. IMPOSSIBLE mazes, and it is VERY difficult to get from point A to point B. Click on one button, you get a drop down menu. You go to the page you want. You get three more drop down menus. Here is my thought process while browsing college websites: "Hmmm. Future students. Uh...Freshman. No. First time students? What's the difference? I'll check both out. Admissions. Cool, I'll check that out. Should I look at deadlines or scholarships or...No, I remember, I wanted to look at that one thing. Wait. How do I go back to that one thing....Forget it...Your website is too confusing and not even graphically pleasing. Therefore, you are eliminated from my potential college list. NEXT!!!"
2. a. Working at the community pool was the BEST decision I have ever made. Yesterday Chunks (one of the lifeguards) told me he was going to push Chloe in the pool. I sat in the office with my cell phone, ready to record the entire event. Well, it took about 2 hours, but I FINALLY got the priceless video. I posted it on facebook this evening. Check it out.
2. b. Once my boss Julio called me. I was at the front desk and thought he was in a meeting. So the phone rings, I answer it. I thought he was a woman...the conversation went like this: S: "Calistoga Community Pool, how may I help you?" J: "Hi, I'd like to rent the pool out please. For SIX DAYS." S: "Well, we are only available for afternoon rentals, however if you would like to speak with my manager and try and arrange something, I could take down your name and..." J (interrupting me): "Can the nudist colony come to the pool? We're the ones who want it." S (shocked, overheating and tugging on shirt collar, unsure of what to say): "Uh....well, like I said, I can take down your name and number and have my manager call you..." J: "My name is Julia [remember, I thought he was a woman? ha.], and my number is..." (Julio proceeds to give me the pool's telephone number) S: "Wait a sec...Is this JULIO???" J (laughing): "You got me!!!" S: "Julio, you owe me a cookie." Julio then brought me a chocolate chip cookie the size of my head to make it up to me. Like I said, the pool is fun.
3. My art teacher said something interesting the other day. He said, "Nothing can exist on its own." Think about that.
4. I was at a church dance on Saturday, and the DJ had everyone do this snowball dance on one of the slow songs. Three couples started out on the floor, the rest of the guys and girls were separated by gender on opposite sides of the room. When the DJ paused the music, each person had to grab a new partner from the sides of the room, so then there were 6 couples. Then there were 12, and so on. So my friend Madeline and I were the last two girls on the side of the room, waiting for a turn to dance, and she turned to me and said, "Sydney, maybe we aren't dancing because we're ugly." Then a guy proceeded to ask her to dance, and I was left on my own. I had a good laugh about that situation. I'm ugly and PROUD of it :)
5. I ate too much, and I want cookies. Again.
Well, I have calculus homework (gag), so I should probably wrap this up. More thoughts to come. My Aunt Carrie suggested that as a follow up to my blist "20 Things I Learned From Abroad," I should do a blist about "20 Things I Learned From a Broad," about all of the various and sundry things I have learned from the women in my life. I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty stoked to write that one! Look for it at a later date.
1. College websites are mazes. No. IMPOSSIBLE mazes, and it is VERY difficult to get from point A to point B. Click on one button, you get a drop down menu. You go to the page you want. You get three more drop down menus. Here is my thought process while browsing college websites: "Hmmm. Future students. Uh...Freshman. No. First time students? What's the difference? I'll check both out. Admissions. Cool, I'll check that out. Should I look at deadlines or scholarships or...No, I remember, I wanted to look at that one thing. Wait. How do I go back to that one thing....Forget it...Your website is too confusing and not even graphically pleasing. Therefore, you are eliminated from my potential college list. NEXT!!!"
2. a. Working at the community pool was the BEST decision I have ever made. Yesterday Chunks (one of the lifeguards) told me he was going to push Chloe in the pool. I sat in the office with my cell phone, ready to record the entire event. Well, it took about 2 hours, but I FINALLY got the priceless video. I posted it on facebook this evening. Check it out.
2. b. Once my boss Julio called me. I was at the front desk and thought he was in a meeting. So the phone rings, I answer it. I thought he was a woman...the conversation went like this: S: "Calistoga Community Pool, how may I help you?" J: "Hi, I'd like to rent the pool out please. For SIX DAYS." S: "Well, we are only available for afternoon rentals, however if you would like to speak with my manager and try and arrange something, I could take down your name and..." J (interrupting me): "Can the nudist colony come to the pool? We're the ones who want it." S (shocked, overheating and tugging on shirt collar, unsure of what to say): "Uh....well, like I said, I can take down your name and number and have my manager call you..." J: "My name is Julia [remember, I thought he was a woman? ha.], and my number is..." (Julio proceeds to give me the pool's telephone number) S: "Wait a sec...Is this JULIO???" J (laughing): "You got me!!!" S: "Julio, you owe me a cookie." Julio then brought me a chocolate chip cookie the size of my head to make it up to me. Like I said, the pool is fun.
3. My art teacher said something interesting the other day. He said, "Nothing can exist on its own." Think about that.
4. I was at a church dance on Saturday, and the DJ had everyone do this snowball dance on one of the slow songs. Three couples started out on the floor, the rest of the guys and girls were separated by gender on opposite sides of the room. When the DJ paused the music, each person had to grab a new partner from the sides of the room, so then there were 6 couples. Then there were 12, and so on. So my friend Madeline and I were the last two girls on the side of the room, waiting for a turn to dance, and she turned to me and said, "Sydney, maybe we aren't dancing because we're ugly." Then a guy proceeded to ask her to dance, and I was left on my own. I had a good laugh about that situation. I'm ugly and PROUD of it :)
5. I ate too much, and I want cookies. Again.
Well, I have calculus homework (gag), so I should probably wrap this up. More thoughts to come. My Aunt Carrie suggested that as a follow up to my blist "20 Things I Learned From Abroad," I should do a blist about "20 Things I Learned From a Broad," about all of the various and sundry things I have learned from the women in my life. I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty stoked to write that one! Look for it at a later date.