disclaimer: the opinions and views expressed in this post do not necessarily signify that keri ranzenberger is ungrateful to be a student at BYU.
happy halloween (late). i spent the weekend in kansas at my parents house. i hung out with three of my nephews and ate candy the whole time. it was great. a much needed break from this kind of crap:
happy halloween (late). i spent the weekend in kansas at my parents house. i hung out with three of my nephews and ate candy the whole time. it was great. a much needed break from this kind of crap:
so there i was, in the library on monday morning, like the conscientious student that i am, minding my own business . . . no wait - i wasn't minding my own business. i was totally eaves dropping on a girl and a boy sitting next to me. boy is relentlessly trying to flirt with girl, but she was not interested. i don't like witnessing this. it's painful for everybody involved, including the innocent eavesdropping bystander. ok - i admit on occasion i find it a little bit entertaining, but only a little.
so girl and boy continue talking and by that i mean, boy kept asking girl questions to which she replied with one or two words, even if the answer required more. it came up that she was going to be 21 soon. in his wisdom the couldn't-be-older-than-22-year-old boy, enlightened girl and everyone within earshot, of the 'prime' age at BYU. according to him for guys it's 21 to 24. but for girls it's 20 to 22. he then told her to 'enjoy her last year in her prime age'
first of all . . . what does that even mean? i hear the word prime and i think rib. but apparently i have an expiration date and it was two years ago. damn.
i realize that he very well could have been joking. but i heard a statistic once, that is probably false but i'll repeat it anyway, that 10% of jokes are truth or something like that. So when boy told girl to enjoy her last year of whatever he meant by prime age, he was probably joking but he probably also kind of meant it. so when i 'joke around' about being older than everyone on campus and kind of self conscious of it, i'm only 90% joking. 10% of me wants to cry on the inside. [just kidding]
[roughly translated: i like to study diligently and long.
and probably will for the rest of my life. italics added, by yours truly.]
Also . . . watch this it's funny:
BYU: great school, mentally handicapped culture.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, I'm laughing so hard right now. Sometimes, only on VERY rare occasions, do I miss times like that in the library and on BYU campus. Siobhan wrote it perfectly: great school, mentally handicapped culture. AMEN! Love your blog. And hey, you're not alone in having an expiration date. :) We're in it together. TWO YEARS!!! *Barf*
ReplyDeleteOh Keri! I miss you! You crack me up... can't say say I miss the BYU/BYUI culture AT All! Your blog highlights my day!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHA! I love you.
ReplyDeleteGood day.
I said good day.
Dear Keri: I always thought there was something wrong with you. Now I know that you're just like old yogurt: it looks fine, but you can just feel that it's old.
ReplyDeleteJust Kidding. Also, no 10% of truth in that joke :). BYU has a VERY handicrapped culture.
i am in love with your new picture. so pretty!
ReplyDeleteHey, I was apparently past my prime ripe old age. Hahahaha. Next time you go up and tell the guy that there is no prime age and that the chick he's talking to isn't interested in him. Guys like that at BYU school's, single wards, etc. so need to be put in their place. I ditto Siobhans statement.
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