| wowww.. umm yeah it's been forever. first i have to post this i found it on facebook but its SO true..even though i no longer attend SC...its true so very true hahaha:
you know you go to usc if...
-you wear flip flops to class everyday -you are a true southern californian and think that 60 degrees is cold -your bike has been stolen at least once, despite the fact that you've locked it up 3 times -campus cruiser is amazing -you've seen variations on 'the practice safe sex, make love with a trojan' ' fucla' and 'we're not snobby, we're just better than you' t shirts -you know NEVER to call a fraternity a frat (for the same reason you would never call your country a ____) -you've befriended a waiter at upstairs commons and convinced them to let you buy wine and beer with your dining dollars -you've wasted your dining dollars at the end of the semester because they don't carry over from fall to spring -trojan grounds as a frosh is amazing -and you know better than to eat at EVK (because you know it really stands for evil kitchen) -parkside dining was cool for the first week of school.... but now it is just too far -quarters are GOLD -you've camped out for 2 days just to get season football tickets -and go on the weekender religiously -although there are 20,000 undergrads you know everyone that actually leaves their room and makes it to class -you know that going out and getting drunk during the weekdays is cost free (well, monetarily at least) -the biggest party nights are always during the weekdays because everyone goes home to their beachfront mansions during the weekends -you own a pretentious audi a4, bmw 3 series or x5, burberry scarf, or ipod -the people who work at our abercrombie at the grove look like the ones that are on the posters for their ad campaign -you go to the library to people watch or make out (doheny stacks, you know what i'm talking about) -and study in cocktail lounges -alcoholism is a perfectly acceptable "past time" -you've taken a well deserved nap in KAP after trekking across campus to get there -parkside should be called the darkside of campus -you know at least 5 different versions of that game where you throw a ball into a cup (beruit/ beer pong, when to re-rack, how many cups, etc.) -chano's and del taco at 2 am are money -you shop online just to send packages to yourself -and check your mail everyday but just end up getting pissed about the millions of flyers in your box -they were just kidding when they said verizon has the best service all over town (and although they sponsor the colliseum you don't get any reception and can't make any calls during the football games) -... speaking of which, the peace sign *really* stands for "fight on" -upperclassmen: you know you wouldn't have gotten in if you had applied this year -you hate michael jackson and sample's slow "stanfordization" of USC -you are sick of cardinal and gold/ trojans anything -when you walk into a room and see a toga, a hooker, and a golf pro, you know it isn't a joke, just after hours -you can never get coke on campus, only pepsi -you've met a local at a party -you've seen the swat team and/ or cop helicopters chase locals out of a party -you've run into an RA or TA on a saturday night.... drunk -you've been hit by a biker -you've gone to the health center and learned that the cure for streph throat is a pregnancy test and a condom -your discretionary account is higher than your credit card bill -you love the sound of new email -you are a novelty if you are not from california -nor cal hella sucks! it's called the university of SOUTHERN california -you know who has and hasn't showered by how faded the x on their hand is on saturday morning -freshman girls are your ticket into any party -UCLA SUCKS! fucla! -you've been reprimanded by a senior to NEVER set foot in traddies until you are actually 21 -you hate the 9-hole for smelling like vomit and urine, but you go for the $2 beer and jack and coke specials anyways -... with a black woman's id even though you are a white male -you will only see steven sample twice in your entire career at usc: once during welcome week, and once at commencement -you wonder about all the construction going on around campus, but you know it'll be going on waaaay after you've already left anyways -you wouldn't even consider sleeping with your TA because he can't speak english anyways -no one in the math department speaks english -... or in the econ department -you sign up to host prospective students so you can corrupt the incoming high school kiddies -you take every out of town guest to go saki bombing on sunset -you can only see the hollywood sign from campus half of the time because the smog is too thick to allow for visibility the other half -you sign up to be an orientation leader to start orientation week partying 5 days earlier -you have sat in LA traffic before and wondered why they call them 'freeways' when they should really be termed 'parking lots' -you've never been to the viterbi engineering school, and you never plan on going -you'd like to fuck the 2.75 business school curve -you stalked people on myspace before there was thefacebook -you've seen herding freshmen -at home you start to pull out your id card when you go to starbucks -by hooking up on the row you are connected to the entire school 'six degrees of separation' kevin bacon style.... or less -you know what "the row" is -though you've never met her, you receive daily emails from linda cole -your school sponsors a day entirely devoted to getting drunk... homecoming -trojan football KICKS ASS! -... and you'd like to get in matt leihnert's pants if you could -.... even if you are a guy -you will sing the alma mater -... and know drunken party versions of it -you will know 20 different drinking songs and card games -sorority girls complain about rushing, and fraternity guys complain about pledging -you know what shacking is -you have woken up, rolled out of bed, and realized that you've just shacked with someone you don't recognize -you've never given up on going to the lyon center because of the line to use the cardio equipment -... but when you did you decided to go to gold's instead -you've gotten up at 6:30 am to buy a parking permit online, but couldn't log on until 6:33 and ended up with a permit in the parking center anyways -you have 6 outstanding parking tickets from tuesday/ wednesday street cleanings and those bastard meter maids on campus -you've had DPS come and unlock your dorm room when you locked yourself out as a freshman -....in a towel after your shower -you have been woken up at 6am on the day of the big USC v. fucla game by members of the USC Marching Band playing the fight song directly at your dorm -fountain runs are clutch! -you've done a fountain run that has included hopping the fence of the rose garden and swimming in its murky water -you've woken up and cried -you've woken up and thrown up -you've woken up and remembered the night before, and realized it was all worth it
ok so anyway, im on winter break and its been ok so far i guess nothing exciting or whatever just relaxing, i spent the first half of my break in Tepic with fsmily and stuff and it was honestly like nonstop partying..like weddings and christmas parties and new years parties..i was actually getting sick of it but it was more liek getting sick of seeing the same ppl at every party..and basically this one cousin i cant stand...but anywho..now im back in tustin and it never felt so good to be in california and I can FINALLY go shopping in a MALL where there is something called VARIETY sigh so good...and not to mention the delicious fast food that leon SO lacks...mhmm..its kind fo sad though all fo my friends are like back in school or somewhere who knows where..its like we've all fallen apart..yesterday i hung out with Hao aka Travis and Jessica...it was just like old times but still it was too short and theyre going back to school now....and Long and I still keep in touch and stuff but we dont ever really hang out..cuz we're both doing different things or whatever it's cool..we're good friends i guess ..umm yeah Michelle is practically married since i hear she spends all of her time with James...its weird i remember she would get mad at me for always hanging out with Long back in h.s. but now she's doing the same thing...oh well its cool i guess at least things are working out for them... whcih reminds me i have to call her......and umm yeah so ive been working..shopping...spending time with the fam..and I actually miss leon..ok may\be not leon itself but just my friends over there like Gaby and the girls and Betun...and just stuff we do the freedom jesus the freedom is awesome...so when i go back im moving out of my old apt and im moving in with cesar and renee that should be interesting...im excited though my room is awesome..its huge ..balcony huge closet...lovin it...plus its a little closer to school...hmm so i dont really have anything to say...cept i hope i manage to keep the few friends that i seem to have now here in cali...its sad...but real friends last forever...and what better than to have one real friend than a 100 acquaintances? i dunno if that made sense...anyway i have other stuff on my mind but i dont think i want to write about that right now...im not sure what to think or feel about that..... |