{I} Rule the World.

From freshman year, 07-08.

Walking up the hill was always a pain, no matter the time of day or whom you were with or where you were going. A pain-that’s what it was. This day was no exception, especially considering I was going to take a test. Human Development with Nelson {the good Nelson, not the one that people complain about}. In that class I sat in the back of the classroom because I missed the very first day of class due to the fact that I wasn’t aware I had signed up for it. And who has a right to sit in the front when you missed the first class, eh? Well back to the hill of pain or the hill that was a pain. I was on my way to my test, reviewing the study guide that I had essentially memorized. All 12 pages. Impressive? No, just necessary. I pulled out my iPod as I reviewed Piaget’s stages of development versus Freud’s. I scrolled through my songs looking for my freshman year pump up song-Rule the World, which was a problem song. The problem was that this was the illusive song that could never be found. Not by artist. Not in a search. Only by scrolling through every song at least 3 times until it decided to be there.

At this point in time I was at least up the hill, but still looking for my song. Glancing up I noticed that I was passing the bike racks, on the right path-headed for the testing center. The search continued on my iPod, seemingly never-ending. But suddenly my search was interrupted. In the most embarrassing way. As I was scrolling, scrolling, scrolling through my iPod I ran into a stop sign. I ran into a stop sign. Not just a pole. It was a STOP sign, it was giving me directions that I clearly ignored by plowing right through it in that way where you bounce off and your face is the part that bears the brunt of the accident. Well after ignoring the stop sign’s explicit directions and bruising my nose I swerved around it-at least proving I’m not so stupid that I would keep running into it.

As I continued on my journey to the testing center feeling like a supreme idiot I heard something as I had yet to find my song and was walking with silent headphones in. The noise was laughter and it was coming from behind me. Lucky me to have a witness, a someone to relate the story to all of his friends once he got home. “So today I saw a girl run into a stop sign.” And that’s would be all he needed to say and I’m sure everyone would laugh, at my expense. It’s always at my expense. Therefore, the only thing to do was to quickly cross the street, looking both ways before going so as to not get hit by a car and then have to rely on the laughing boy to call 911. So I crossed at a safe moment and continued on my quest for Rule the World and the testing center while rubbing my nose to relieve bruised-ness. I walked, and walked and finally found the song. Feeling confident now that part one of my quest was complete I stole a look across the street to my laughing non-friend-notevenacquaintance who I didn’t really like despite our bond. You may think it was harsh of me to dislike him so quickly, but it was a legitimate dislike because he was still laughing. Still. Laughing. I had crossed the street, I had found my song and yet he just remembered that stop sign. So, dislike for the notevenacquaintance. Plus my nose still hurt.

But in case you were wondering, I got a 94 on my test, and an A in the class.

And here is the song that was so difficult to find. Still is. Annoying iPod...