Hot Mess for Breakfast

I'm starting to realize the setbacks of dormlife/roommate living. All I ask is that I can watch TV now and then, and be able to do my daily makeup/getting ready routine without being viewed as "the one who takes forever". (I wanna put my best face forward in the world--literally--I see no shame in that, and six out of the seven days of the week, I take under 20 minutes to get ready). There's such a difference between living with friends and living with strangers who you hope to become friends with. My closest friends would know every day when Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars or X-Factor (BRITNEY) is on that they don't even touch that remote. With "strangers", how do you say "Um, if I don't watch this I'm pretty much going to die" without seeming psycho or just silly? How do you say "Umm can you get off Facebook for five minutes so I can actually do my homework that requires internet access" without seeming like a total bitch? SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME what do you do when you CANNOT help that your hair "sheds" a little bit, and you thought you were doing your part by swooshing it down the drain instead of leaving it ala "The Exorcist" style in the bathtub!? (Apparently I was not doing my part, I learned that today). I am in no way bitching. I'm lucky I have three super funny roommates who are also super chill about almost anything. I know there are MANY who have and/or had worse than me. (I've heard some horror stories that have included machetes....no joke). It's just one of those feelings when you thought you were doing the best you possibly could but then someone slaps you in the face saying "You really thought that was enough?". However, if I wanted to be a constant people pleaser, I'd be majoring in Hospitality Services then, now wouldn't I?

Divas can't conform. It's just not in their nature.

In other late night babbles, I'm freaking out because I can't remember half of the pom routine I learned last week that we're supposed to show to new auditionees tomorrow evening. (Did I mention I was in the front? Yeaaaah, I'm screwed) and I'm REALLY avoiding reading my damn required book for my Journalism class. The Problem of the U.S Media: U.S Communication Politics in the 21st Century. Mr. Robert W. McChesney, you could have summed your entire 300 page book in a mere sentence:

 The media is too much of a monopoly.

Now Mr. McChesney, what would you do to fix this monopolic media world we're living in? Oh....no answer....?

Awkward.

In more positive news, I've made a friend :) Someone who I think is going to genuinely be around for a while and that I don't have to pretend I have things in common with! The girls at my school, and I think in the Downtown area of Chicago in general are majorly intimidating. I'm sorry my shorts don't cut off at the same angle of yours or that my hair isn't growing out the ombre from this past summer but dammit, I AM A NICE GIRL. And that's all I need to give to anyone.

But hey, Carrie Bradshaw wasn't the most popular either. But she still loved life.

And I am doing the same.