October 27, 2009

Of Relationships and Overalls

Do you ever wonder how people come up with such good one-liners? It seems like the best ones come out in natural conversation, like when my friend Nate and I were talking about dating.

"I'm just being myself. So if that doesn't work, I'm kind of out of options..."

This kind of brilliance was also manifest in his earlier observation about overalls, namely that "there is a good reason they are not allowed at BYU-Idaho." Although I'm not entirely sure what that reason is, I could venture a guess. While general human decency is usually not required in writing, I think BYU-I is trying to eliminate the option of being tacky.

So what if we could do this with other things? Mandate being classy, that is. We would see a lot fewer intimate "study sessions" on "chemistry" at the library (or anywhere else on campus, for that matter). More than likely, fewer students would be willing to plop down at the public piano in the Wilk and blast inane, repetitive music (the likes of which only belong on an EFY CD). Certainly, girls would cease justifying their tights as being pants, and nobody would try to conduct (or evade) extremely personal matters via texting.

But what do I know? Maybe girls who wear overalls or boys who mindlessly serenade innocent passersby in the student center are kind of perfect for each other. Maybe there is a place in this world for our quirky idiosyncrasies. Maybe one of these days, we'll find that "just being ourselves" is actually enough.

Until then, I think Plan B is to become a troglodyte. Preferably in southern France.

3 comments:

  1. Love this entry, not only was it insightful, but it was wonderfully humorous.
    And, I especially enjoyed the part about tights as pants-that's an epidemic here on the MSU and LCC campuses, even on days that are frigid cold, and I was beginning to worry that I was the only one who had any qualms with it whatsoever.

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  2. Isn't it funny? We crave individuality but shun non-conformity. There has to be a middle ground.

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  3. thank you Rachelle you just put so many wonderfully tacky images in my ming haha and I did laugh outloud. I'm excited to be blogging friends. Stay posted for the brookelyn eddition haha

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