First Day of School!

Nothing exciting here today. No new shoes (at least not the kind appropriate for class), and definitely no new crayons. Though I guess I have a new 5 subject notebook I took from my brother's endless supply of school stuff at home. Today pretty much just consisted of a violent head cold and me getting tricked into taking another Statistics class. That would explain why when we signed up, they just listed the class number and no name. First words out of the professor's mouth? "I'm not going to lie to you, this is a statistics class. Plain and simple." Oh, great. On the other hand, regardless of what it is, it's required so I guess at least I am taking it sooner than later.

I also somehow managed to get myself into some real clothes and put on some sort of makeup, though the "dressy" look with the dress was really just so I could wear leggings and be comfy. Also shown is my winter coat, which I finally bought after experiencing some ten degree days over break. It was originally $250 annnd I got it on clearance for $65, so I'd say that's a win. It's a litttle big, but I think once I add a belt we'll be good to go. (I know the actual outfit pictures are kind of dark and it all looks like one color. AH! I'm ready for my real camera to be back!!!!)

Dress and Gray Zipper Leggings- Old Navy

Boots- Ugg

Coat- Worthington

Bracelets- Forever 21

On the bright side, I do love my professors. They're all pretty funny, even the one who talks with his eyes closed and tends to ramble a little bit. In the statistics class, we were discussing a case regarding student drinking and IU's reputation as a party school that we'll be studying, and our professor informed us that he too is definitely a binge drinker. "Back when I was your age, I didn't know what it was LIKE to drink less than a six pack!" He then said something along the lines of, "Now I love bourbon. Gets ya there faster and it doesn't take as much! I'm not married, I tried that whole thing once, now I've just got a great girlfriend who bought me a bottle of crown for Christmas. I downed four or five shots and had a great Christmas Eve!" Please keep in mind this guy looks like a clean cut, nice guy, business professor type, and that's really the last thing we saw coming, but he basically had us all about to pee our pants from laughing so hard.

Really, advice to any college educators out there: ALCOHOL REFERENCES ALWAYS DO THE TRICK. Especially at a school ranked in multiple listings of party schools, drinking/drug citations, and even one apparently called "Reefer Madness". Keeping it classy, Indiana. 

I'm most excited about the class "Creativity and Communication" because, OH, WAIT, it basically is all about playing on Photoshop and InDesign and doing the fun things you'd never immediately think of when you think of business... the whole reason I'm allowing myself to be put through the ringer of the Kelley School of Business in the first place. I especially like that my professor graduated from Kelley, worked in retail, went back for her MBA, and then worked in Realty doing marketing for new home construction and essentially doing interior design before teaching this class. Hi! Over here-- dream life!!!! Maybe she can give me some tips on how to get the exact same jobs she did... because that's not creepy at all. 

My day was cut a bit short when I decided to skip History of Rock. How very rock and roll of me, right? Well, I'd been sitting through my other three classes as THAT GIRL who's sniffling and coughing and shaking, looking like I either needed to be at home in bed drinking tea and eating chicken noodle soup, or maybe in a rehab facility detoxing from some kind of hard drug. (Definitely the first, in case there was any confusion, though based on the washed out look I'm rocking in the picture above, I couldn't blame you for wondering) I was sure I wouldn't make it until 9pm in Rock, so after assuring I had someone to get any notes from I booked it home for some bed bonding time. (Oh did I mention my first professor went ON and ON about how you should stay home or far far away if you're sick, because he absolutely does not want to be sick too? Yeah. My bad for trying to make it to class. I had to stifle my sniffles and coughing the rest of the class to avoid some kind of confrontation. I kind of like these attendance policies swine flu has brought about)

I'll leave you with this link to an article about Conan's decision regarding the whole NBC debacle. All I have to say is, you tell 'em, Conan. Last night David Letterman and Craig Ferguson were cracking me up with their commentary, and I honestly just feel bad for all these poor talk show hosts caught in the middle of this mess.