The Eighth Page

Phillipian Satire: Day in the Life of a Senior Who Takes Four Classes:

12:00 p.m.: Wake up, get my bread up. Birds are chirping, the sun is shining, I will take on the world today! 

12:05 p.m.: I hear the sweet sound of keys jingling! Due to my sleep schedule, the custodian and I are on a first name basis now. 

12:45 p.m.: After 30 minutes, I emerge from the bathroom in a cloud of smoke.

1:30 p.m.: Trade options on Robinhood using my dad’s money. 

1:35 p.m.: Make the long walk to the Chapel for Baseball and Philosophy class

1:45 p.m.: After ten minutes of wiffle ball, we’re released to mob the lawn.

2:00 p.m.: Catcall Freshman that are walking too close to the spikeball net I stole from Borden.

4:20 p.m.: Hang out at WPAA headquarters.

4:25 p.m.: Uh-oh! Morse alarm went off again.

4:45 p.m.: Open laptop, uninstall Canvas.

5:00 p.m.: Wake up again, fell asleep writing a letter of continued interest to Cape Cod Community College. 

5:30 p.m.: Take care of some business and order Doordash. 

6:00 p.m.: Call home (need money for Porsche)

6:01 p.m.: Finally hung up with those hooligans. Thankfully, I only have to call once a week. 

6:10 p.m.: Scream obscenities in a Call of Duty lobby for a few hours.

8:10 p.m.: Play online poker until failure.

12:10 a.m.: Decline calls from loved ones and fall asleep listening to Alex Jones podcast.