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I'm 23 and teach undergrads. It's bound to happen, I know. I used to feel some type of way about it, but now I don't really mind. My students are really cool.
May 6, 2024
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lmao yeahhhhhh… not wrong.
my first few years of teaching, my students would always tell me how much I looked like “that dude from Big Bang Theory.” devastating.
May 26, 2024
Everyone assumes I'm much younger than I am, so what do I do when I find someone's treating me like a teenager? I lie & tell them I'm 10 years older than I actually am or sometimes that I have a son named Carlitos- this one I use ONLY when the other person starts talking about their own kids- to relate to them ya know? The look on their faces is worth the sin I'm committing & it often earns me respect in an otherwise uncomfy situation.
Sep 19, 2024
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I am short and generally bubbly, so people always assume that I am younger than my actual age (which is wild to me). One time a few years ago, someone came to my door and asked me if my parents were home…my tattoos were highly visible… I said no and wasn’t lying 🤷♀️
When my son was first born, I had to bring something to my husband’s work, and the dad of a client asked who the teenage mother was (It was me, I was 31 lol).
Personality things, I don’t know. I’ll have to ask some people and get back to you!
Sep 25, 2024
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When I got into college, I had this thing where I would pick a class crush and a class enemy for every class I was enrolled in. It was fun and a way to ensure I was actually going to class and not skipping (to impress your crush you have to say insightful things and seem smart so you keep up with the course reading/to be a good enemy, you have to be well versed in the course reading to make a good counter argument to whatever your enemy is yapping about). It’s always been fun and now as a Ph.D. student finishing up coursework, I am proud to say that I declared what might likely be my last class crush/enemy ever.
This is all to say that recently I have been letting the crush/enemy paradigm bleed out into other aspects of my life and that I’d recommend it to others. If you wanna meet new people or make new friends, find a crush and enemy everywhere you go. Charm the crush, get into an argument with the enemy. It helps pass the time and you might fall into a friends to lovers or enemies to lovers dynamic which is always a good time.
Sep 12, 2024
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I made the decision to "downgrade" to a flip phone and I genuinely think it is the best decision I've made in a long time. It's weirdly connected me to my inner-child. Which, in retrospect, I reckon I should have expected. The camera quality sucks in the best way, but I carry my Canon camera around too in case I need to capture something more important. I've been calling my friends more because T9 texting is a drag. Haha, I've been texting like "do u wanna c a movie l8er?"
I talk to strangers more when I'm waiting in line, when I can't look something up. I've been writing questions in my journal because I can't look it up in the moment, I have to get onto the computer later in the day and satiate my ever-flighty mind. Don't get me wrong, it sucked at first, but the intrigue absolutely helped. It has just been a fun way to spend the summer I guess. Screen time is down, my boredom has breed creativity, and I feel far more present in the world.
If you've been thinking about trading your smart phone in for a dumb phone, take this as a sign. I recommend it immensely.
Jul 15, 2024
Not sure how many other Doctor Who fans are on this site but I always thought the weeping angels were so baller. They hide in plain sight posing as these angel statues, but the moment your eyes are off them they try and get ya. I thought they were so scary as a kid and have a great affinity for them now.
Oct 9, 2024