Bored and restless, I decided to wander aimlessly around my alma mater. I am not one of those hardcore alumni-girls who wear the sweatshirts and buy the bumper stickers. It is surreal because I have no attachment. All I can think about is blood, sweat and tears. Mostly, blood and tears. I never attended a college party. Never joined a club. Never pledged for a sorority. I didn’t belong to any cliques. Hell, I didn’t even take a yearbook picture. I just wanted to be anonymous as possible and get the fuck out. To do what? Hell, I am still not sure, but I knew I wanted out.
I don’t miss the essay deadlines or the two hour lectures on King Lear. I don’t miss the girls in the class kissing ass to the professor. I don’t miss midterms and registration. I don’t miss leaving happy hour because I had class. I don’t miss my cell phone battery dying and I had an hour of class left. I don’t miss taking twenty minute bathroom breaks because I was going crazy listening to the same thing I heard last semester.
I was one of the students who sat in the back row who laughed loudly and brought no books. I used to bring my gigantic purse which had Vogue magazines, Neiman Marcus catalogs, bag full of makeup and enough credit cards reciepts to make an IRS auditor angry. I used class time to envision my perfect designer outfit, review my frivolous purchases or text my many men. Oh, I always ended the class with a B. Why? In English courses, you get like a three week heads-up on the essay. Last year, when I went to South Beach with Jorge, he asked me what I was going to do about school.
“Well, I am going to do the same thing I did last week, Jorge.”
“What’s that, Lisa?”
“Not go.”
I was notoriously known to miss class. I loved to skip class. Did I tell you that it took me six years to get out? I am not ashamed. I’m no dummy, but between a few asshole professors and my love to skip class, getting out of college took way longer than I expected. But I got out. I don’t owe anyone shit. Well, except Sallie Mae. All those sweat, blood and tears for an English degree and I wanna pursue a career where creativity and flair are key advantages. Fashion= no degree necessary.
I can’t be completely bitter. I met some bad bitches. Learned some hard lessons. Found love for Shakespeare. I’ve perfected the art of bullshit. Anytime you can write a five page paper on a play that you never read and still get a B. That’s fucking classic. Throw me anything and I can bullshit my way out of it.
Well, it’s never to late for law school, I tell myself. But when one has $52,000 of student loans so much to give back to a bitch name Sallie Mae and the attention span of betta fish, law school sounds too much. At least right now. Right now, I am focusing on getting my money right. Or somewhat right. Law school is such a commitment.
Wow, a former stripper speaks of law school.
After all, there is intelligent life on Earth…