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Ladies and Gentlemen, of FLP 2005-2006. Wear Sunscreen.
Mary Schmich once dispensed advice in the form of a song and for her sunscreen was it.
I, Jeff Peak would like to do the same, in the form of a FLiPpin’ Sweet article.
(Cue the soothing background music)
Let’s begin.
Life is just as scary as you think. Once you graduate from Creighton, you will face the world degree in hand and debts in tow. Savor your time in school, you will have plenty of time to look back retrospectively in the future.
Omaha is not as cold as you believe. Kids from Fargo or Anchorage can attest to this. It is possible to make it through a semester at school wearing nothing but shorts. Don’t always wear shorts. People will look at you funny.
Take time to dress up every once in a while. Sure it is more comfortable to walk around in a baggy sweatshirt and pajama pants, but have fun dressing up for the day before it become a hassle while you are working.
Smile. It doesn’t matter if you have no teeth, or a mouthful of pearly whites. A smile is a smile in every language. A smile in English, is a smile in Russian. Just think, you know how to communicate in Russian. Your foreign language requirement is practically met.
Make friends with your roommate. Heck, make friends with your next-door neighbors, the kids across the hall, and the kids down the hall. Learn what they want to do in life. That way if you land on hard times, you have a lawyer or a doctor to call to help you out.
Doctors. They really aren’t as bad as you think. If you slip on some ice and think you have a concussion, you probably have a concussion. Go tell a doctor, that way you can get treatment. It’s a nasty deal making your roommate clean up your dead body.
Take care of your body. While you can pretty much replace anything these days, hips, knees, even faces, that all costs money, and involves some sort of pain. While I hate to admit it, your personality will only get you so far. Looks count for something. Who wants to marry an extremely overweight balding twenty year old with a mustache? I know I don’t.
Chuckle. What good is a simple laugh when you can chuckle? It improves your disposition and makes you sound jovial. I know I haven’t met a soul who doesn’t want to be jovial.
Finally, wear sunscreen, and give hugs. You don’t have to do both simultaneously because that might make for a greasy and possibly unsatisfying experience. However, an apple a day keeps the doctor away, and sunscreen prevents cancer. Well at least skin cancer, there’s probably at least seven hundred trillion other kinds so at least you’ve taking precautionary measures against one.
Hope you had a great 2005.
Love, Jeff
Mary Schmich once dispensed advice in the form of a song and for her sunscreen was it.
I, Jeff Peak would like to do the same, in the form of a FLiPpin’ Sweet article.
(Cue the soothing background music)
Let’s begin.
Life is just as scary as you think. Once you graduate from Creighton, you will face the world degree in hand and debts in tow. Savor your time in school, you will have plenty of time to look back retrospectively in the future.
Omaha is not as cold as you believe. Kids from Fargo or Anchorage can attest to this. It is possible to make it through a semester at school wearing nothing but shorts. Don’t always wear shorts. People will look at you funny.
Take time to dress up every once in a while. Sure it is more comfortable to walk around in a baggy sweatshirt and pajama pants, but have fun dressing up for the day before it become a hassle while you are working.
Smile. It doesn’t matter if you have no teeth, or a mouthful of pearly whites. A smile is a smile in every language. A smile in English, is a smile in Russian. Just think, you know how to communicate in Russian. Your foreign language requirement is practically met.
Make friends with your roommate. Heck, make friends with your next-door neighbors, the kids across the hall, and the kids down the hall. Learn what they want to do in life. That way if you land on hard times, you have a lawyer or a doctor to call to help you out.
Doctors. They really aren’t as bad as you think. If you slip on some ice and think you have a concussion, you probably have a concussion. Go tell a doctor, that way you can get treatment. It’s a nasty deal making your roommate clean up your dead body.
Take care of your body. While you can pretty much replace anything these days, hips, knees, even faces, that all costs money, and involves some sort of pain. While I hate to admit it, your personality will only get you so far. Looks count for something. Who wants to marry an extremely overweight balding twenty year old with a mustache? I know I don’t.
Chuckle. What good is a simple laugh when you can chuckle? It improves your disposition and makes you sound jovial. I know I haven’t met a soul who doesn’t want to be jovial.
Finally, wear sunscreen, and give hugs. You don’t have to do both simultaneously because that might make for a greasy and possibly unsatisfying experience. However, an apple a day keeps the doctor away, and sunscreen prevents cancer. Well at least skin cancer, there’s probably at least seven hundred trillion other kinds so at least you’ve taking precautionary measures against one.
Hope you had a great 2005.
Love, Jeff