Dear Self...

12/31/1969 - 19:00

Lisa Brancaccio
Undergradate/Public Relations

April 14, 2011

Dear Diary,

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about my future and part of that future is the possibility of joining the Peace Corps after graduation. This potential future that I have created for myself has led to a lot of thought about traveling the world and also a lot of stress-relieving alcohol intake. The consequences of these habits? Lots of notes to myself that I find on my phone and lots of theories about what I will find in remote parts of Africa. Have you ever done that, though? Left yourself a note on your phone or on a whiteboard when intoxicated and then been thoroughly confused by it the next day? Here are some examples of notes I’ve found on my phone: Atomsigesf. Port-a-potty in Neillsville tattooed on my knees. Get rich...sell drugs. Find a way to get a baby inside me and I will push it out. Spite don’t grow on trees. Buy yellow socks. PICKLES!!!! Blue houses are boxes of disaster. And, finally, my personal favorite: Find a green lizard. Name him Corduroy. Feed him jelly beans and do not let him sleep alone.

I’m not really sure what most of these notes mean, but I can guarantee that at the time of creation they were really super important and I honestly thought Sober Lisa would oblige and get that shit done.

In related matters, do kids in Africa actually receive a pair of Tom’s for every pair of Tom’s sold? And, if so, where the heck are these kids? I’m expecting to go to Africa and see entire villages of kids wearing Tom’s and if I don’t I am going to be piiiiiiissed. I’m a little skeptical that those shoes even make it into the hands of the poor children who, no doubt, line up outside of the Tom’s factory in the middle of the jungle, waiting, sometimes years, for a pair of brand new burlap shoes. Tom’s should consider using an image of that line of desperate children as a marketing strategy, although I’m not sure if it would be seen as positive or as really depressing. Regardless, I better see Tom’s on every adorable African foot I see or ELSE.

Merry Baby Bunny Day!



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