1. “Yes, my ‘Fantasy Wedding’ Pinterest board has 300 pins…no, I don’t have a boyfriend.”
Well ladies, here’s a little statistic that you may or may not have heard before…we have roughly 60 percent of women here who are all vying for a mere 40 percent of men (think “Mean Girls” jungle cafeteria scene). This discouraging disparity is so pronounced that it even prompted the New York Times to write an infamous article about it. Way to rub some salt in it, NYT. It seems as if boys have such a fantastic selection of lovely ladies here at UNC that they struggle to pick just one at a time. Although we all wish they would narrow their focus, at least we always have Beyonce’s encouraging words to uplift us in our darkest hours… “All the single ladies…ALL the single ladies…”
2. “I went into Walgreen’s to buy toothpaste and I walked out with five new hair products, ice cream, six magazines and a Snuggie.”
Who knew that our friendly neighborhood drugstore could be the biggest money trap on Franklin Street? You walk in with a strict shopping list of practical hygiene items and you walk out with buyer’s remorse and deep conditioning hair treatments (maybe you have frizzy hair; I don’t know your life.) Regardless, after your next Walgreen’s haul, look down into those plastic bags and think to yourself: “look at my life, look at my choices.”
3. “Yeah I just ate an entire large cup of YoPo by myself; sorry I’m not sorry ’bout it.”
It’s a known fact that Carolina Girls are incapable of thinking of a single situation that cannot also involve a trip to YoPo. Just aced your test? Just bombed your test? Girl’s night? Date night? Celebrating victory? Admitting defeat? After class snack? Before class snack? I can’t even deal with the world right now so I’m just going to casually eat my feelings? Yep. They’ve got a YoPo flavor for that.
4. “…And then, Kendall Marshall looked me straight in the eyes, like, basically into my soul, for a full 1.25 seconds.”
Our unhealthy obsession with our beloved student athletes here at Carolina is so universal that I wouldn’t be too surprised hearing this line coming out of a Carolina Guy’s mouth. We should really look into adding a new event to our Track & Field lineup because I feel as if the “Jersey Chasing sprint” would quickly become the most competitive Track & Field event in Carolina history. It’s about time we put those Nike shorts to work.
5. “It’s raining outside? Leggings as pants and rain boots it is.”
The age-old debate of whether or not leggings qualify as pants rages on, but here at Carolina, especially on rainy days, it appears as if the vast majority are pro-spandex/cotton blends. Add a pair of rain boots and a hooded north face raincoat and I can guarantee you will see roughly 36 other girls in the exact same getup on the way to class. At least we have an excuse to scream ‘TWINSIES!’ at each other?
6. “Last night, on the P2P…”
This common phrase is always followed by a ridiculous anecdote. Us P2P warriors have heard and seen it all. We’ve shared personal space that should never be shared with complete strangers. We’ve suspiciously eyed that nauseated passenger and strategically planned escape routes to get away from them if need be. We’ve witnessed people get kicked off for “bus flipping” using the handrails. The P2P is more than just a bus; it’s a unique UNC adventure.
7. “Well, I went to this really awesome party at Duke/State the other night.”
HAHA, just kidding.
8. *screeching* “AND I’M THUMBIN’ MY WAY INTO NORTH CAROLINE…HEEEEEY MAMA ROCK ME”
Regardless of if you even like country music or not, when this song comes on on a Tuesday night, you BASK in that neon glow of Deep End and you GRAB that person next to you and you SING this song. Just the brief mention of our awesome state’s name gets Carolina girls all riled up, but why shouldn’t it? We live in the southern part of heaven, and we’re proud of it! So Carolina girls, keep wearing your leggings with pride and eating copious amounts of YoPo, we all know we wouldn’t want to have it any other way.
Sources:
http://admissions.unc.edu/Academics/Class_Profile_and_Rankings/default.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/fashion/07campus.html?pagewanted=all
Photo Citations:
Katie Holmes in Rainboots (photo): Cute Raincoats,
http://www.cuteraincoats.com/2011/01/katie-holmes-keeps-in-style-with-leopard-rain-boots
Yogurt Pump (photo): Stir Crazy Mom’s of Durham Blog, http://stircrazymomsofdurham.blogspot.com/2011/10/yogurt-pump.html