Why do I do it?

Before entering high school, I made a decision that would effect me for the rest of my life. I did not know that my choice would have such a big impact on me at the time, especially since I went on a limb in making it. Joining the cross country team was something that I did so randomly that I do not even know what made me do it today. I had never ran more than a mile, and I was not particularly good at running. I wound up running all four years of high school, and I still run today. Yes, I really sucked at first, and to be honest, I hated going to practices. However, it did not take long until I developed an addiction to running. When I run, I am in a zone. Sometimes I make myself go, but once I am running I never regret.
Everyone always asks me how I can make myself go running for miles; I think it is a feeling that only a runner, or a swimmer probably, can understand and make sense of. I do not run anymore because I have to go to practice and nobody ever made me do, I do it because I truly enjoy it. Running has taught me so much about discipline and doing something just for the sake of doing it. When I am running I think I am experiencing a little bit of the "optimal experience". 

Sorority Life

As I was sitting in Chapter last monday, I thought to myself, why do we (Greeks) do this stuff? Who thought of it? I love my sorority and am truly proud of being a part of my house. I just sometimes wonder who initially thought of all the things that we do... For instance, RECRUITMENT. Sometimes when I go out at night I feel like I am so eager to meet freshman girls who I want to be a part of my house after recruitment, that I do not even pay attention to my friends. My friends and I sometimes refer to the recruitment process as flirting with girls. Because, when you go out you want to talk to as many younger girls as possible, you want them to like you and if all goes well hopefully you can get their digits and ask them to lunch! It sounds really funny and ridiculous but all Sorority Women do it in order to get girls they like in their new pledge class. Guys do it to! Since  SMU Greek life is so popular it seems that first semester all Greek Men are doing is buying younger boys drinks, cab rides, and trying to show them a good time, while Greek Women are also trying to win over the younger girls. Sometimes it seems a little bizarre to me to think about, especially when I think back to when I was a Freshman and I would get so excited when an older girl in a sorority would come to talk to me. The process of formal recruitment for sororities also makes me think sometimes, whose idea was it to sing for other girls to entice them to join your organization??? The whole door chant thing (the way a sorority greet the potential new members during formal recruitment) is just a little creepy and intimidating. Then there are the different days of rush... maybe I am being cynical but I have always thought that skit day is a particular strange part of recruitment. In normal life, I do not make people or watch people perform skits before I decide if I want to be like them and join their group. Bottom line, the Sorority World is not the real world... from an outsider's view, they probably think we are all HUGE weirdos who do weird stuff. While I will admit that I too find what we do a little weird sometimes, it works, and it is something you would have to be a part of to understand.

Things I've Always Wondered

1. Do dogs think in barks??

2. How does traffic on the highway get started (w/o accidents or construction)?

3. What do ants think humans are?

4. Do we all see the same things? If we did, would we all be the same?

5. Do directions (N, E, S, W) really exist?

6. How did waffles and pancakes become breakfast foods?