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" Don&amp;#039;t you hate it when it feels like a Friday \u2014 there is gigantic, pseudo build-up to the weekend, and BAM! you learn that it&amp;#039;s only Thursday?! I hate that SO much, but I&amp;#039;ve noticed that on college campuses it is even worse when Thanksgiving break makes you forget about this little thing called finals. For me, Thanksgiving was pure bliss (hope yours was as well)\u2014 that went along the lines of eating too much, sleeping too much, shopping too much, and repeating it all. Needless to say, it was wonderful(!), but I believe it gave me a sense of false hope, tricking me into believing that the semester is over.  Oh, you&amp;#039;re sneaky, Thanksgiving break \u2014 you really are. You tempt me with your delicious cranberry sauce and replace it with a ridiculous amount of exams and papers. Coming back from break, I was greeted with the promise of only a week and a half of classes. However, it seems that everyone has been hit hard by this conveniently debilitating disease called I-am-going-to-pretend-finals-don&amp;#039;t-exist amnesia. Movie marathons, holiday decorating sprees, and hangout sessions are in full swing in hopes of postponing the inevitable:death. There is a reason it&amp;#039;s called &amp;quot;studying&amp;quot; \u2014 it&amp;#039;s a combined form of the words &amp;quot;student&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;dying&amp;quot;. Lovely. One word of advice is to not ask someone how his or her studying is going because serious physical harm will be inflicted upon you. Sorry guys, not one of my frequently used, cute adjectives will mask the severity of the pain that you will suffer if you don&amp;#039;t heed my advice.  So, until college students nationwide choose to realize that finals are upon them, simply nod your head, walk quickly, and carry pepper spray \u2014 they... don&amp;#039;t... want... to... think... about... it. On second thought, you may want to wait until this true &amp;quot;Nightmare Before Christmas&amp;quot; called finals is actually over because it&amp;#039;s all aboard for a one-way trip to Stress City. &amp;quot;When faced with a challenge, look for a way, not a way out.&amp;quot; -David Weatherford No worry beef curry, XOs, and all that other jazz, Katie :) What do you do to take your mind off finals? Leave me a comment below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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