4/8/25

Dear Diary,

What up party people! Haha. It’s Sophie here to tell you about my day yesterday! Get excited!!!

Yesterday I woke up at 7 (completely unnecessarily as my first class wasn’t until 10) and took my time getting ready before watching some X-Files to brighten my morning. If you didn’t know, which you don’t because I haven’t told you, I live in a dorm with three other girls. This can cause a bit of disruption when getting ready, so I find it useful to get up early even when it means I go to bed at 10pm. Also, Abbi if you’re reading this, I’m sorry I’m so loud in the morning. I really try not to. Really.

I went to class from 10 to 11:15. It was uneventful so I won’t tell you about it, but imagine me being studious and participating in class (I know. I’m kind of a big deal). Eventually I got lunch with my aforementioned roommate, Abbi. Whenever we get dining hall food I only get a salad because everything else scares me. I then did some work before going to my Intro to Graphic Design class (that’s my major!) which is actually not my favorite of my classes. We had a full two and a half hour long critique on posters we’ve been making for the past week. It is very exhausting and anxiety inducing and scary and I hate it. But it’s very nice to get feedback on my work (which everyone was so kind about. Shoutout my classmates).

After a trying 2:30 to 5, Maddie picked me up to spend the night at her and Allison’s place. Maddie and I are basically codependent so I sleepover like once a week and we hangout and I eat Maddie’s food. This time, we had big plans to watch one of my favorite movies, Empire Records. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a fun, kinda cheesy, and slightly controversial teen flick about a bunch of employees in a record store. The movie takes place on April 8th, 1995, so naturally the 30 year anniversary was big among me and mine. First, though, Maddie and I did a fun photoshoot for both her artwork and my Intro to Photography class. We do a photoshoot every couple months, usually just for fun or to photograph one of Maddie’s pieces, but this was definitely a favorite. You can check some of them out on Maddie’s instagram (@madeleyess)! Subtle plug.

Anyway, we got to watching Empire Records (Allison joined in too). Maddie had never seen it and I think she liked it. I have seen it 5 times now. What can I say, I like to rewatch things. At some point, I’m going to do a blog post about teen movies — feel free to recommend any underrated ones you love (especially if I haven’t seen them already, which you can check at my Letterboxd).

I’ll talk to you all soon!

Love ya,

Sophie