User:Lcparr
Hey, I'm Alfie! My nicknames include: Giddy Balltrippin Mcphailrainbow, Adderall Kid, Parsnip, A Non-Apricot Hipster, Algiers, Alfs, Alfinator, LOMB, Alfalfa, aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I enjoy bassoons and I like spamming folks with pictures of Abby Wambach being emotional.
I took some classes, and things happened during each session:
EXAM.A.SHD.08.1 --> our RA let us watch youtube videos and play Magic! We threw a party! My TA asked me the fastest way to get between two points and I said the speed of light (we were talking about anxiety a few minutes before; I’m pretty sure she thought it was funny). I still have my fingerprinted spoon. Also, I feel like I should mention that Mount Holyoke has a gorgeous campus.
FLSC.SHD.09.1 --> I was learning guitar, so naturally, my friend and I wrote a song and performed it. Also, our TA was a male model by night (rocket scientist by day). My RA and I bonded over being upset about the sudden removal of Special K in the cafeteria.
INBS.B.LAN.10.2 --> I listened to ALL of the My Immortal readings (I love you, Declan!), and I had creepy neighbors (Gaby and Shari). I lovetaped a ton of people.
BIOL.B.LAN.11.1 --> I officially decided that flagellum is my favorite word. I made the kind of friends who you adore just because you’re with them. I got judged for blowing chocolate milk bubbles. (Canada, guess what? I have plaid duct tape from Canada!)
HDIS.LAN.11.2 --> TA Dana wouldn't hug me and I continued to obsess over Canada/Canadians while crying about pap smears. I met my two best friends. I never slept.
PBIO.LAN.12.1 --> my best friend and I both had funky colored hair and rolled around everywhere, my hall consisted of the most adorable people known to this world, TA Dan and I bonded over music (mostly because I played "Candy Says" and "After Hours" on uke constantly), LIZZOP IS RADFABULOUS, Andrew's hall was totally into his booty, everyone got obsessed with "Booty Man" (unrelated), Chantel and I bonded over our meds and vans, we (I) woke our amazing RA Sam up 5 times I’m so sorry, and I found a trilobooty when we went fossiling (ze has a blog with hir boyfriend, a porcupine Andrew bequeathed to me named Piggy).
TOPI.B.LAN.12.2 --> I got our instructor, Brent, to call the class TOPIB. Also, he's fabulous. We had a fudge loving TA from Tennessee, Lauren. I wrote crappy short stories and doodled literally everywhere. Bradley and Kiyun got shipped by everyone, so I guess I third-wheeled them again. I was terribly lacking in spoons, so I apologize if you met me and I wasn’t friendly :(
I aspire to take Princeton’s epidemiology course next year, and that’s gonna be it! I really love you, and I’m really sorry that there are so many folks, including myself, who aren’t able to fully appreciate the wonderfulness that is a group of geeks all in one place combined with minor cultish traditions. I wish I could have made a Passionfruit speech, but it would have just been me sobbing grossly, hugging everyone who was genderespectul, and shouting about my ultimate ship, Stomney (both of them are penguins what are you suggesting).
I love CTYers and passionfruit chapstick. I had never missed a GLOW until they started capping people out, because I love unity, safe spaces, and talking about queer stuff. I remember laughter. GSM/GLOW resources can be found on the GLOW facebook group and tumblr. Please email me at lcparr@aol.com if neither works for you, and/or if you have questions and no one to ask. This blog should always be a safe space if you need it.
Pseudo-neo advice: if a hallmate or other friend is down, be there for them. No one, especially an “academic counselor [who] must not attempt to engage in long-term, curative therapy with students,” can eliminate bad things from someone else’s life entirely. Most of the time, just actively listening and consensually hugging folks is helpful!
Carrie: Did you hear about slut walk CTY 2012? Me rolling around in my underwear shouting, "Don't slut shame me!" It's happening.
Lizzop: It must be so weird to marry a guy and just… be with that one guy forever.
Lexi: Chantel is Bob!
Chantel: I can't be! I'm not married to a woman named Jenny!
Me: (text at 1:37) Partying in the bathroom xoxo
- Illegal in the bathroom stall
- (4:42) I'm never slepe
Ancient Aliens: According to mainstream science…
Instructor Rich: (crying)
Lizzop: Is it… Is it okay to ask someone’s pronoun preference?
Me: Are you scared of the booty, Dan?
TA Dan: I'm not scared of anything.
Me: You shouldn't wear make-up, because you have to take it off later.
RA Sam: But then people apply that to clothes and it's scary.
Bradley (11.2&12.2, on Bugles): Other snacks are pointless!
Andrew: It said look to the left and you'll see what you're sexually attracted to so I looked to the right and there was a pan!
Carrie: David Hasslehoffe a-runnin down the beach-a/he looks to the left and what does he see-a... A pan! (And so on... I'm a lifeguard. I'm not in charge of this kind of stuff.)
TOPI.B Andrew (on Langston Hughes): he’s gay? …but I thought he was black!
Me (whispers into sun): …intersectionality.
Ned: [in order to put an end to the weekly activity Groundhog Day] someone has to sleep with Bill Murray!
Adam: I volunteer as tribute.
