Charm Is Deceptive and Beauty is Fleeting...

The unavoidable tragedy of my creeper is that he is the cutest guy I have ever seen. Let me explain. I have a friend here at Furman who asks me out all. the. time. For some girls, this situation might be fine, and even a welcome one, but I am NOT most girls. When anything in my life happens too much, too fast, I get freaked out and run. Therefore, I guy I met TWO DAYS AGO harassing me on facebook every time I get on is simply not ok, and is causing me to head for the hills. I don't care how nice he is, this is just too much. However, the tragedy of it is that he is the MOST attractive thing I have seen in awhile...a true tragedy in my mind. He's cute, why is he WEIRD?! Heres a lesson ladies: don't ever judge a book by its cover. It may be the nicest, most colorful and cute cover you have ever seen, but what matters is what is written on the pages.

In other news, I received a high compliment today. I was told that I'm refreshing, that I know how to enjoy the simple pleasures in life. I do, in fact. This week, I have been dealing with some particularly awkward food cravings as a result of high stress levels (I'm a girl, I can't help it). These include burgers, pecan pie, chinese food at 3 in the morning...yum. Because of these annoying urges, my friends and I decided to satisfy the easiest of these cravings in the form of a cheeseburger from five guys. I cannot even begin to describe to you the taste of that first bite of burger: my stomach was empty in preparation for the even, I had been waiting all day for it, it was juicy and complete with all the necessary trimmings. In other words, it was heaven. This may seem small, and even a bit greedy, but my week has been starting to wear on me, and through the mire of schoolwork and the drama that just comes from being young, to be able to put aside all that and laugh with some friends is a truly wonderful thing. I wish I had the ability to let go of those pent up emotions more often. I find that I sometimes bury my stress deep inside me, and it comes out at the most awkward times. Today in my leadership meeting, for instance, we had a really emotional session that involved one excercise where the man leading it read a scenario (it could be an easy thing like where you are from, or something harder, like stuff about suicidal thoughts, family issues...) and then we had to step into the circle and turn our backs to everyone else if it applied to us. I admitted some hard things, and watching others do the same brought me closer to crying than I have been in a long time (fun fact: i never cry). It was really emotional, and an interesting release of all the pent up emotions that have been bouncing around in my head. At any rate, life may be hard, and things my be stressful. But every little thing is gonna be alright!