Okay, take 2...

I'm not going to lie, this is not my first attempt at blogging. I tried once before, only to become frustrated trying to keep up with it. But I'm going to try this again, on the off-chance anyone becomes interested in my life. To anyone who doesn't know me, I'm a 21-year-old girl trying to figure out wtf I'm doing with my life while dealing with whatever it throws at me and proving day by day that being a nerd doesn't mean you can't be sexy. I juggle working towards a degree I have no clue what to do with, a long-distance relationship, and helping out my mom. I'm broke as hell and hoping my friend doesn't need her spare laptop back before the evil computer company manages to fix mine. I feel like I work best under crisis, because my mind becomes clear and I can actually focus. I have a hard time dealing with the BS that is academia. In fact, I've probably learned more worthwhile lessons outside school than in. Which brings me to my first list:
Things I've Learned From Doing Things Most Schools Would Consider A Waste of Time:
1) "Double Tap" (from Zombieland) See also, the rest of the Z-land rules. They will keep you alive.
2) "Keep Moving Forward" (from Meet the Robinsons) I could write an entire essay on the importance of this, but I'll save that for a later post.
3) Restarting fixes just about anything.
4) "Fear lulls our minds to sleep" (from Persepolis) If you're afraid of something, that thing has power over you. Then they've pretty much already won. If something scares you, stand up to it. Speak out. Unless it's a radroach.
5) Listen to the locals. (every horror movie ever) If the people who've lived there for years tell you something's dangerous and/or haunted, odds are going in there is a bad idea. Do not ignore their warnings. Walk away.
6) If your love life sucks, you're probably on the wrong side of the Atlantic (from Love Actually, The Holiday, etc)
7) If you're doing something you don't want your parents/teachers/boss to see, keep if off the internet. Otherwise, it WILL get back to them. (from lots of fail stories)
8) No matter what you're looking for, there's a 98% chance it's online. When in doubt, Google it.
9) "Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain." (from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) This one kind of stretches to a good rule of thumb: trust your gut. Your gut is the result of thousands of years of developing survival instincts. Your brain is a result of maybe a couple decades of life. If something seems like a bad idea, it probably is.
10) The rules are more actual guidelines (from Pirates of the Caribbean) There's exceptions to everything, even the stuff on this list (see above re: radroach). Bend the rules to your liking from time to time. Trust me, that's how the best stories happen.