Check out my hot summer bod
Hey! How was your summer?!
Good! How was yours?
This week The Thrill staff welcomes you back to our glorious, digital publication by reliving summer 2019’s low moments because nothing unifies this campus like the love of Kenyon our mother and shared trauma.
A picture of me, bored during the summer (via telegraph.co.uk)
It’s that time of year again – when you see your friends for the first time in months, asking them how their summer was before you could stop yourself from avoiding the topic. You know what comes next: how was your summer? We all know you didn’t really do anything important or impressive, so here are some things to tell your friends when they inevitably (albeit half-heartedly) ask how you spent the last three months. Continue reading
The Thrill reached out to our wonderful student body to submit their anecdotes from this past summer, and oh boy did you all rise up to the occasion. For starters:
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In October you were really proud of yourself because you typed the word “internship” into your search bar*. In January you heard someone mention “summer” and you laughed at them as you pulled on your third layer of pants and trudged out into the sleet and snow and slush. Then it was February, March, and April and now wassup everybody it’s almost May and you don’t have a job! Or you do and you’re way better at adulthood than I am. Maybe you’re volunteering abroad or working at a place with desks and filing cabinets. And if that’s you, great, but also shut up right now I’m not talking to you.
I am going to assume that you’re just like me in the liberal-arts-school-trenches and we are all here and accepting our fate as bookstore clerks and baristas. You’ll inevitably get the question from your aunt, friend from high school, or the cashier at market. But have no fear, there are ways for us mere mortals to make our lives sound way cooler. Here are a few things to make your summer actually worthwhile, sort of.
1. Knit something. This is admittedly a cheap shot, but winter is closer than you think (I’m sorry) so get crackin. While all your friends will have stories about their wild summers, you’ll be coming back with a whole lotta stitched wool, so basically take THAT.
Well, it’s been one hell of a year — the Thrill is going on summer break, and barring any major news story or even more major news story, we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled bloggings-about-town in the fall. Thank you for your readership, ideas and feedback — HAGS, guys. HAGS.
Love,
Emma Specter ’15, Claire Berman ’16 and the rest of the Thrill team.
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