Return of the Blogger, or My Crazy Life in Quotes

So, what has this mythical runaway creature been up to lately?  Besides overload of classwork, of course.  Let's see.  Here's the last couple months, summed up in one quote.

What is this madness called life? - Brianna Stacyn, 2018.

Oh, you want more than that?  Fine, fine.  So, after I posted in March saying that I was going to take a break, I did a LOT of homework.  (And when I say a lot, I mean a lot.  You guys, it was ridiculous.)  Several major papers, three presentations - all at least ten minutes long, all by myself - a few finals (one of which I didn't have time to study for,) the normal day-to-day load, catch-up from being gone, and now I'm done for the year!!!!  Freedom is so sweet, y'all.  Beyond that, what have I been doing?  (Nothing.)  I'm so glad you asked!  Because do I have a lot of fun quotes for your reading pleasure!  Please don't question my sanity after all of this.


First of all, a few conversations from the past couple months.

Nighttime road-tripping:

"This section of Iowa is nice - very rolling and pretty."
Me: "Looks dark to me."


Same trip, middle of the night:
Sibling: *groans*  Preccioussss!  *rolls over*  *keeps sleeping*


Study hall conversations are officially the best.  We are weird people, in all honesty.  Shh, we totally didn't have a DJ and a wannabe chiropractor plying their trades in there.  Here's a few of the best things I've overheard:

"Beowulf?  The weird Scandinavian dude who fought and killed a dragon?"
"Yeah, him."

"They're called screaming services?"

"No, streaming services."

"The actor or the horse?"

*exasperated* "The zebra!"

"Yeah . . . I don't think many people are going to try the orc drink."

Me: "No, Dan, you cannot use a time bomb to blow up a kid!!"

Just some random advice: get enough sleep when you're in the middle of finals week.  Otherwise, this is what happens when one is trying to answer questions late at night, and one's snarky mental voice takes over momentarily:

"The subtle use of dramatic irony in “The Dead?”  I honestly have no idea.  Okay, I can’t actually use this as my answer, so why am I even still typing this out . . . let me get back to you on that.  Good gracious, dear, you’re so ridiculous sometimes.  Now, dramatic irony.  Maybe it’s that I actually finish this?"

This was the only good comeback I had in two months.  My sarcasm seems to have taken a vacation also.

I was playing Spoons with several junior high girls, and there were some junior high boys nearby.  (Recipe for disaster.)  They kept walking up, pointing at each other, and saying, "He's available!" Finally the ringleader comes over.  "Well, I'm available too, but you know, you guys are kind of young, and I don't want to break any hearts . . ."  I turn around and say calmly: "Oh, they're available too - just not to you."  And all the girls (and guys) go "Ooohh."

I wish I could tell all of the funny stories I've lived through, but there's too many.  There was the whole thing with me and stairs, how I found out it's wise to eat breakfast, the plot to invade Poland, the amazing vegetarian sandwich, or my status as the last survivor of a mini zombie apocalypse - they're all ridiculous.  Maybe I'll have to include them sometime.

However, my life has been fairly normal otherwise.  I haven't done much outside of classes, and that's been okay.  The sad part: Now that classes are over for the year, I miss them.  But that's enough about school.  There's not a whole lot of interesting news from the past couple months, but I did pass all my classes, was offered a job next year as a TA for my favorite professor, found out who sent me an anonymous valentine, and was cast in a production of Sherlock Holmes.  

Well, it's good to be back!  I hope this wasn't too overwhelming for y'all, seeing as it was quite a lot of oddities.  Also, I've been tagged (several times) for the Liebster Award, so I'll be doing that within the next week.  I'm still considering making some changes here, and I'll announce those soon as well.  So stay tuned!  And I know I've said this already . . . but it's really great to be back.  I've missed all of you. 

How have all of you been?  

Brianna