Week Four: Invite a Stranger to Hang Out

Okay so this one is kind of cheating.  I did ask a stranger to hang out - but not to hang out with me.  I think it still counts.

Basically, I was walking to class and I overheard this kid talking to his friend.  He seemed like the perfect match for my friend, who had been on my case about hooking her up with someone.  So I turned around and told him I had been eavesdropping and asked if he would like to meet my friend.

And amazingly, he agreed.  The two of them are going on a date tomorrow.

Week Three: Call Someone Just to Chat

I had an hour to spare as I walked back to my room after class this morning, so I figured it would be a perfect time to call someone.  My favorite time for phone calls is when I'm walking around campus.  I feel as though it's the best use of my time, in both ways.  When you're walking, there's nothing else you can really do - you can't read a book or study or go on the computer - and at least when I'm on the phone, I need to do nothing else that requires my attention.  I'm terrible at multi-tasking.

So I called my Grandma.

"Hello, dear!" I hear her ooze.  "You must have known I was thinking about you and praying for you! My dear sweet girl..."

And we talked for a good 45 minutes.  By that, I mean she talked a lot, I talked a little, and then we hung up after at least twenty minutes of goodbyes and distractions. 

It feels so nice to call people who really get so much happiness from receiving attention from you.  It makes me want to call her more regularly - rather than once a semester like I've been doing so far.  Growing up, we lived nine hours away from my relatives, and I was always kind of sad that I was never able to become very close to my family (mostly because we never saw them).  But with technology and my semi-adulthood, why not change that?  I don't have to regret not being close to my relatives; I can become close to them now.

That sounds nice.

Week Two: Create a New Article of Clothing

We are the classiest crew, clearly - which is why we made "Keeping it Classy" tshirts this weekend. 

Step One: Buy a pack of men's small v-neck undershirts
Step Two: Buy transfer paper
Step Three: Create Design
Step Four: Wash & iron shirts
Step Five: Practice printing design
Step Six: Print design onto transfer paper
Step Seven: Remove adhesive, lay design onto shirt
Step Eight: Cover with protective sheet and iron
Step Nine: Let cool
Step Ten: Cut or tie shirt to your preference
Step Eleven: Wear them out with your girls and take photos :)

Voila! 

Week One: Write a Letter

I sat at my desk with a sheet of lined paper, a black pen, and my box of colored pencils (which are organized, of course, by color group and by height). Michael Buble played on my iTunes. The heat was blazing from my little room heater. And I wrote.

The thing I like about writing letters to people is that you can be honest in just the right ways.  Letters allow you to spill out your soul. They take away the fear of ridicule and the fear of being too cheesy.  You won't have to deal with a response, or with interruptions, or with disapproving expressions.  You just write.

And at the same time, letters allow you to censor your thoughts so you say exactly what you mean to say and what you want to say.  Things don't slip out and become catastrophes before you realize it.  There is such a thing as erasing, as starting over, as rewinding. 

The only problem with letters is that they give handcramps. Which is why I've taken to typing a blog instead of writing a diary.




Reminder to Self: Write more letters!