Best Birthday Ever!
So yesterday I turned 19! It was weird being so far away from home and having to call my parents for birthday wishes and having all of my Facebook comments from my high school friends end with “I miss you,” but I loved being at UT for it, so I’m not complaining.
LA-LA-LLA-LOVE
I feel really silly about this, but I just realized I’ve never really written anything in here about one of my two major organizations — Longhorn Legislative Aides (LLA)! Essentially, we’re interns for Student Government, and we do research and attend meetings with reps and execs and do all sorts of other little intern-y things [...]
“Oh My God, I’m About to Start Crying”
FORGET HALLOWEEN. THIS WAS SO MUCH BETTER.
Collge Tip #1
Never, EVER, stay up past 3:00 a.m. working on papers/ studying and expect to be fully functional by morning. Especially don’t expect functionality after doing this more than three days in a row.
Just trust me on this one.
Alternative OU
So unlike 99.999% of UT’s students this weekend, I did not attend OU. I just didn’t get tickets in time and then, honestly, I don’t know, but I didn’t totally want to go, so I didn’t. HOWEVER! Do not think that that means I sat around and twiddled my thumbs all weekend. Instead, I ended [...]
“I Don’t Want to be a Tree, I Want to be Its Meaning”
Why picking just one major at this school is impossible.
Forget Your Mom’s Chicken Noodle Soup
So it’s happened: I got sick. After a week of having some mysterious flu-like thing, my roommate has finally gotten me ill as well. Fortunately, I’ve been collecting advice from friends about what to do/how to get better, so I figured I’d share my tips and tricks with you.
YOU’RE SICK? 10 THINGS TO GET BETTER [...]
Austin, We Go Hard
HEY UT AUSTIN BLOGOSPHERE!
My name is Melissa and I wanted to welcome you to my 2009-2010 Longhorn Confidential Blog! I’m so excited to share my freshman year experience with all of you, and have something [so public] to document all of my trials and tribulations these first two semesters.
Here are some fun facts about me, [...]
