Sophomore SLUMP

The sophomore slump is real, kids. So real that I have about 30 minutes of free time to finish a six-page paper, a magazine story, another story for class, and some readings and here I am, sitting on Janie’s uncomfortable futon telling you how unproductive I am.

First day of the semester -- when I still had hope.

Let me just say, that I am obsessed with my giant herd of friends and our chef and my sorority and all things Iowa State and my social life in every single way, but I will admit that I have zero interest in my academic life.

Playing dress-up with my roomie and heading off
to chapter is always fun because it's NOT my homework.

I still attend all my classes, do not fret, but I do spend my time in them making massive to-do lists, filling out applications, and responding to the handfuls of emails I get every day. It is really hard to keep up.

Basically, what I’m whining about is my school life and how much I currently hate it. (Hate to say hate, but I meant it…) I have one class I enjoy, but the other four so overshadow that one that I generalize them all as horrible.

An assignment from my only enjoyable class:
Testing a dozen shower products and writing reviews on them.

Why? I despise news stories. I want to cry every second that I spend writing completely unbiased, plain jane, AP-style sentences. All I want to do is write in my twitter voice and flood my pages with the girlspeak that overwhelms my brain. Get me to a magazine, ASAP!!!

Hope you agree?! And Happy Studying from Academic Anna!