School is finally starting!!  It starts today, but technically for me, tomorrow.  I cannot wait, I have been waiting all summer for this!  It has got me thinking of the things I used to love about going back to school…

In grade school it was getting new school supplies.  New pens, binders, highlighters, a compass, calculator and other “mandatory” shit that really somehow never got used.  In my house it was never really about the back to school wardrobe as it was the items we needed for school. 

College back to school days were the best.  My very favorite day in the whole wide world is syllabus day.  In one day you do nothing, but find out so much: how many classes you can skip without it affecting your grade, if there will be pop quizzes, if tests will be open book, how many papers you’ll have to write, etc…  So that takes up about 15 minutes and then class is dismissed, extending your final days of summer.  And the professors who tried to do something on syllabus day…  well then you knew you needed to drop their class ASAP!!!  When I am a professor, I will never do a lesson on syllabus day.  I may however do an awkward “introduce yourself” thing… it’s like a rite of passage in college right?  You try and act all cool but really it’s awkward and you hate your teacher for requiring it.  Ah… to see college freshmen squirm!

Do you have any back to school memories or tips you’d like to share with me??

Pet Peeve of the Day: The feeling I have that syllabus day does not exist in grad school…

Quote of the Day: “Time passed with amazing grace, back where I come from.” –Kenny Chesney

The love of my life:

And a pretty good impression:

Pet Peeve of the Day: People who don’t want 2016 in Chi

Quote of the Day: “I was on quaaludes, I don’t even remember Oslo.” –Chazz Michael Michaels

Sorry Party People– Grad school orientation will take precedent over blogging today

In the meantime, I leave you to admire this legendary t-shirt I just bought online (it is quickly becoming a prized possession):

It goes great with the other Ghostbusters tee my cousin got me!!

Pet Peeve of the Day: Guys who wear button down shirts and leave way too many buttons undone on top.  No one needs to see your chest.  Put a fucking t-shirt on under that shit or button up.

Quote of the Day:“In my body, where the shame gland should be, there is a second awesome gland.  True story.”  –Barney Stinson

Trivia is just another form of random shit, so you know I love it.  Useless knowledge can help you impress people, or win shots at a bar.  It’s win-win all around.  So try your hand at these questions…. NO GOOGLING!!!  I’ll post the answers in the comments section later today…

1) What are the only 2 words in the English language that contain ”a e i  o u” in their proper order?  Hint: one of the words can be used to descride me on a fairly regular basis

2) What brand of underwear does Marty McFly wear in Back to the Future?

3) What mobster said “I’ve been accussed of every death except the casualty list of the World War?”

4) What is the southern most state capitol of the contiguous United States?

5) What sitcom, which premiered in 1988, featured the character known as Dr. Harry Weston?  (Goddamn this was one of the greatest shows ever!  I used to always watch it when my brother and I stayed over at my grandma’s house.)

Things I Live For: The smell of Murphy’s Oil Soap; Cider doughnuts from Crane’s

Quote of the Day: “If you smile at me, I will understand – That is something everyone everywhere does in the same language.” –CSNY