Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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14 Living Zombie

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1986

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NIGHT OF THE LIVING ZOMBIE what do you mean — study in advance for a test? What a preposterous idea! Sure, you think about it. You know that big test is Friday. But today is Sunday, and Sunday is a day of rest. You ' ll study Monday. Monday comes. Mondays are always bad days. Well, you still have three more nights to read those five chapters. Tuesday rolls around, it ' s imperative that you attend a meeting. After- ward, your favorite programs are on television. Wednesday is another day. You get this sudden urge to study for Friday ' s test. Ten, maybe fifteen minutes pass. It ' s Welfare Wednesday! Who would be crazy enough to stay home tonight? Okay, serious business — it ' s now Thursday. Oh, the drudgery of cram- ming for a test! How do you condense three week ' s studying into one night? The first necessity in preparing for this nightmare is a trip to jitney 14. Coffee, No-Doz, and a few snacks begin this night of the living zom- bie. You know the dorm will be far too rowdy, so you drag all your books to the library and plop them down at a desk on the first floor. However, it seems to be social hour there. Load up the books once again — second floor — private study rooms — that ' s where serious study- ing takes place. Eleven o ' clock rolls around. Devastation — you ' ve only studied two chapters. You meekly smil e as the librarian locks the door behind you — the last person to leave the library. Well, it ' s back to the dorm. Doesn ' t your roommate look comfortable sawing logs? Quietly, you fix a cup of coffee, grab a bag of potato chips, and sit down at your desk to continue boggling your mind. As the clock quickly ticks away, you realize more and more that you should have prepared for this test. After a while, the words on the page become very blurry, and that tenth cup of coffee tastes like mud. A pizza break is in order. You find one lone studier down the hall and call Domino ' s. Forgetting that they closed an hour ago, you run to Super Stop and get a piece of chicken and a couple of jo-jo potatoes— yum— food for thought. Meanwhile, back at the dorm, the books are calling your name. You feel a little sick at your stomach after that bizarre dining experience, but you have to push on. Okay, now you deserve a ten minute nap. Just lay your head down on those books. You will burn tomorrow. Great! The next thing you feel is your roomate shaking you vigorously. Don ' t you have a test at 8:00? Well, it ' s 7:45. You spring to your feet, wash your face, grap a few pencils, and dash out the door. You made it though the night. You didn ' t study like you knew you should — but, of course, as you always vow — you WILL be prepared for the next test. —adapted from the 1984 MSU Reveille Living Zombie 15