The Intuitive Reasonings of Jessica

Dear Edy’s,
I am a college student living in a tiny one-room apartment with my sister. As we both work part-time and attend college full-time, our budget is tight. We buy generic brands of most foods, but with ice-cream we will not settle for inferior quality. I have sampled many different brands of ice-cream, and I have decided that Edy’s is the richest, creamiest, and most delicious. I am often pleasantly surprised when I try new flavors. However, I was recently disappointed when I purchased a carton of Cookie Dough. There were hardly any lumps of cookie dough in it! I got about two lumps in each scoop of ice-cream, which is significantly less that the picture on the carton suggests. Even discount brands put more cookie dough lumps in their ice-cream. If the contents of the carton are improved to more closely match the enticing picture, I will once again be a satisfied customer.

Sincerely,
Jessica A. Young

October break was wonderful. Somehow, it seemed more like spring break, with highs in the mid-80's. My family went camping on Lake Michigan on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and it was so warm out that I went swimming in the lake. I hadn't expected it to be so warm out, considering that it is October and that we went north. I hadn't even brought a swimsuit, so I jumped in the lake in jeans and a T-shirt. The first day, I just waded in, getting my pants half-soaked, but the second day, I dived all the way under and it felt so good.

Now I am back in West Lafayette, and it's cold out. The weather forecast for the next five days looks depressing, with no highs reaching 70. I was sad to have to wear a sweatshirt to school today, but slightly less sad to wear my boots instead of flip flops, as I am rather fond of my boots. I guess every cloud has a silver lining :-).

My favorite class this semester is Psych 120. It's one of those huge lectures with about 400 students. The kind of class where you only raise your hand if you have something really insightful to say, or a really pertinent question. Thus, the whole class erupted in laughter today when a guy raised his hand and asked the professor if it was okay if he went to the bathroom.