[This was originally posted on June 28, 2008 on my personal blog: http://dianeyface.blogspot.com ]
Earlier this week, I was awakened at the darkish and dreary hour of 6 am by pebbles of some sort being thrown at my window. I peered out suspiciously, but with my eyes behind an outdated prescription, didn't detect the culprit. This got me thinking...
How is throwing rocks at a window romantic?
I didn't necessarily assume that the thrower was an eager young man who wanted to run off with me, but I reflected upon the idea, as this is often done in the movies or sometimes in real life by the menfolk with these same romantic intentions. What if the pebbles didn't do the job, and the thrower threw something a little too big and the window broke? Oh the potential embarrassment! "Hey, I woke you up way before you wanted to be woken up, just to give you something to clean up, make the landlord/lady angry, and stress your tight budget!" And-- perhaps this would be a worse scenario-- what if the thrower actually succeeded in awaking his sleeping beauty? I can tell you this much, I look really funny when I just wake up. My hair is crazy and I'm squinting from behind before-mentioned glasses, and I'm disoriented in my pajama pants and over-sized T-shirt. Besides all that, I have quite a temper if I'm ever unnecessarily awakened from that beautifully rare phenomenon called sleep.
Turns out my sister was out for a run and just wanted to say hi. A little less exciting, and nothing embarrassing or problematic ensued. But I want all you male readers who are hopelessly in love with me to think twice before doing such a thing... it could turn real ugly real fast.
I have a couple pieces of advice for you.
1. The content in this blog, while well-written and interesting to read, doesn't exactly express any kind of progressive topic, which is what Progressive U promotes. I would suggest taking your writing skills and using them to speak about an issue that you care about. Advocate for it, educate about it, promote it. Blogs about your day to day life ultimately won't count towards winning the scholarship, and are best left in your personal blog.
2. We encourage you to blog! Every day, if you so desire. However, you will get many many more people to read and comment on your blogs if you only post one, maybe 2, per day. Posting several blogs within a very short time period will turn people off to reading them, and many of your ideas will be lost to people who may have been inspired by them.
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"Never go with a hippy to a second location."
~Jack Donaghy
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman