Humor is always the best medicine - sitting here with an all day migraine, I thought I’dshare some humor with my colleagues:
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…you know the janitors by name.
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…your roommates say “good morning,” and you reply “good night.”
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…you carry a toothbrush in your backpack.
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…someone asks you for your phone number and you give them the studio’s.
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…you start paying rent for your desk space in studio.
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…you can’t get a ride from ‘Campus Cruiser’.
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…breakfast is your 5th meal of the day.
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…the morning newspaper beats you home.
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…‘Red Bull’ is you favorite drink.
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…all of the Christmas gifts you give are wrapped in trace.
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…you ask Santa Clause for architecture supplies.
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…you ask Santa Clause for a sleeping bag.
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…after all of your expenses, you can’t afford to pay attention
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…you have 3 or more cups of double shot coffee espressos in one night
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…you have 3 or more ‘Mountain Dews’ in one night.
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…you hear the same song on the radio 3 or more times in one night.
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…the only sleep you get is in your G. E. classes.
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…the cars have turned off their headlights.
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…construction workers are already working.
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…you greet the crew team
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…you’re dating another architecture student.
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…you’re in a 6-unit class and it is still not enough.
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…you spend more time in studio than in your own bed.
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…you spend more time in studio than with your wife.
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…your parents are complaining that you’re not having enough fun.
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…you only leave studio to buy supplies.
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…you haven’t taken a shower in a week.
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…you see showering as a waste of time.
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…you’ve ever dreamt about your models.
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…upon hearing ‘supermodel’, you think of a nicely crafted-foam core model.
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…your parents have more of a social life than you.
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…your 11-year-old sister has more of a social life than you.
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…you consider using broccoli for your models.
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…you enjoy hanging out at ‘Home Depot’.
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…you know all the 24-hour food places in the area.
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…your friends get more sleep in one night than you do in one week.
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…the streetlights turn off.
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…you consider 3AM an early night.
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…when you are out at 3AM, and your wife knows where you’re at.
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…“scoring” involves an X-Acto blade
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…everything you eat comes in single serving baggies.
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…the idea of a 24 hour ‘Kinko’s’ make’s perfect sense
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…smoking sounds appealing.
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…you’re out on Friday nights in studio.
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…you don’t find out who wins the Presidential Election until Thanksgiving Break, if you get one at all.
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…picking up breakfast is the last thing you do before going home.
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…the only building on campus with its lights on is your studios’.
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…a break consists of moving your car.
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…you receive mail in studio.
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…you say “It’s only midnight- I have plenty of time to finish.”
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…you confuse sunrise with sunset.
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…you ask what time it is, then ask “AM or PM?”
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…you strangle your roommate because he said he stayed up late studying.
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…you’ve memorized you favorite vending machine combination item (B6).
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…your Friday night is 68 hours long. 56. …you know how much a cubic foot of concrete weighs (150lbs).
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…you slice your finger, and the first thing you think of is if you’ll be able to finish your model.
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…you understand why architects have glasses and white hair.
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…you swear there are only 120 people at USC.
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…you know all of these are true, no exaggerations.
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…you can listen to all your CD’s in one night.
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…certain songs remind you of studio.
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…you can conceptually compose the food on your plate.
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…you think the ‘Weekender’ happens every weekend.
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…upon hearing ‘Weekender’ you think of studio.
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…the ‘Shop Cafe’ closes when you arrive, and reopens before you leave studio.
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…you have to wait for breakfast shops to open.
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…you go to ‘Taco Bell’, and order the “usual”, and they understand.
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…you use architecture tools to eat.
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…you think “X-Acto Blade Throwing” is a sport.
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…you only buy groceries once a month.
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…you wake up to go to school and you’re already there.
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…you start wearing all black.
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…you carry a sweatshirt to all of your classes.
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…you have no life, and admit it.
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…you start to critique a radio selection’s selection of songs.
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…you bring your friends to studio to keep you company.
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…you refer to outside studio as the “Real World.”
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…“going out to eat” is at the ‘Shop Cafe’.
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…going on a vacation involves going to ‘Flax’ or ‘Pearl’.
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…you have memorized every radio commercial that airs after 10PM.
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…you confuse today and tomorrow.
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…you tell time by when other people leave studio.
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…you can write a 6-page term paper by procrastinating.
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…you hear "Didn’t you wear that yesterday?’ followed by “and the day before that?”
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…you roommate files a ‘Missing Person Report.’
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…you count the number of days (not hours) you’ve been awake.
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…you think days are 48 hours long.
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…you go to the store to buy a six-pack of ‘Red Bull’.
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…“Homecoming” happens once a week.
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…on Halloween, you dress like your instructors.
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…on Halloween you trick-or-treat in studio to get arch supplies or ‘Red Bull.’
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…“respect”, "coolness’, and “hatred” are all based on how much sleep you get, or lack of.
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…you see your own picture on a milk carton.
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…you start using words your instructor uses.
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…your bed has collected a layer of dust on it.
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…concept of time is not forward, but a countdown from the time a project is due (“What time is it?”“4 hours 'till”).
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…you contemplate suicide 3 times a day.
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…you contemplate dropping your major 3 times a day.
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…you have a tent pitched in studio, but still don’t go to sleep.
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…doing models all night long excites you.
