Let’s face it: sometimes college is not fun. It’s expensive, stressful, and makes you pay homage to the coffee gods. Thankfully, we have amazing actors like Daniel Day Lewis to remind us that we were made to be awesome … or maybe Kid President does that. Anyway, as everyone knows, the best part of waking up is Daniel Day-Lewis GIFs. And don’t worry if you have no idea what film these gifs are from—they’re actually more fun out of context!
Cold and flu season.
You’re sitting in class on a chilly but beautiful day, watching as the snowflakes fall with lazy, chaotic care. Then you hear a sneeze and feel a sticky breeze across your neck. An hour later, you start to feel a sniffle coming on …
Your body is a liquid.
The chair with the uncomfortable wooden backing? Sleep on it. The stone bench with tiny spiders crawling in between the cracks? Sleep on them. The
Thou shalt not break the classroom chair.
It’s the second day of classes. You walk into class with a pep in your step, a hip in your hop; you slept in the study lounge and you feel ready for anything. But then you see it. Your spot, your chair—the one you meticulously chose the day before that was destined to serve as the home for your butt for the rest of the semester—somebody else has invaded it. You roll up your sleeves. It’s on like Donkey Kong.
Class registration day.
You slowly bend your fingers one by one, feeling the crack of each knuckle like a gunshot declaring war. The light of your computer screen reflects hazily in your eyes as you stare fixedly at the top right-hand corner where the digital clock reads one minute before the hour. Your breath grows deeper, heavier. You look up and see a potential rival sitting across the room in the same position you are. Your eyes narrow. There will be hell to pay if he steals my seat. Tick. It is time. Let the class registration begin.
Forgetting your phone.
As you’re walking down the street, a funny joke pops into your head. Your lips curve up slightly and you can’t help a loud snort escape your throat, causing a passerby to glance at you a little awkwardly. But never one to be embarrassed by public displays of merriment, you simply smile and wave. Thinking about the joke again, you reach into your pocket for your phone to text your best friend because you know she’d love it. You freeze. Your phone’s not in your pocket, nor your other one, nor your backpack, it’s … gone. You fall to your knees as thunder booms overhead and a cinematic rainfall pours onto your shaking shoulders. All hope is lost.
That moment when you realized you forgot to turn in an essay …
… and it’s worth twenty percent of your grade.
Group projects be like...
When an unknown person on your dorm floor breaks something and you have to pay for it.
“Hello ____,
This is an email to let you know that today obscene images were drawn in permanent marker on the walls of your dorm floor. If you know any further information on the incident, please contact ____ at ____. In the meantime, each resident on your dorm floor will be charged a $30 common damage fee.
Sincerely, ____.
Summer.
