Tyler Oakley, YouTuber and actor, knows how to make the best out of a bad situation. Putting together IKEA furniture is never a very easy prospect – you might not need a lot of knowledge, but it can still take plenty of time and effort. If you watch your dad do it, you’ll probably learn lots of new words.
Things don’t always go well in life, but it’s sometimes possible to get something good out of the bad. This quote lets us know such a thing can happen, but it might not always be easy and it won’t always be possible to do so. Adjust. Adapt. If you are struck down, rise up bigger and stronger. Don’t be fragile, don’t be scared – take life by the horns.
We Need a Surfboard First
If you know, you know. If you don’t know, this line is from the surprisingly raunchy song by Beyonce called “Drunk in Love.” It also has Kanye West and Jay-Z as featured artists, and Eugene has found maybe the only two lines that are fit to print in a senior yearbook.
We have to assume that this line is an allusion to some kind of adult act, but we don’t really know other than that. And that’s just because it seems like that’s what the rest of the song is. Sometimes it isn’t even allusions. Sometimes it’s a lot more clear. So at the end of the day we don’t know why Eugene included this quote in his senior yearbook. A bet? A dare? Wanted to show off his Beyonce fandom?
It's a Shame
Long has Disney done whatever it can tell us that life can be a fairy tale – or at least a little magical – but it’s having a tougher and tougher time of it lately. Lots of people loved “High School Musical” for some reason, maybe because of the songs or the characters or something, but they were then told by harsh reality that it wasn’t a very realistic movie.
You can’t just go around banging on pots and pans and expect to be the best basketball player on the team. You have to practice! And let’s not even get into the sequels. This lass was looking forward to her high school years, but things quickly changed. At least she isn’t blowing her top – she’s just pointing out that it’s upsetting.
Words to Live By
For some reason, high schools have a tough time of fitting the all-important lunch period in between all the other classes. They might have one or two or three, but they always start at strange times, like 11:53 or, in this case, 12:22. It throws the natural hunger cycle into chaos every time the time shifts.
Just another one of the ways that high school teaches you to stay on your toes. Eventually, you’ll find a job and get a far more common mealtime schedule. Jacob clearly had a favorite subject in school, and it wasn’t any of the normal ones. For a lot of high schoolers, taking a break from lectures and sitting with friends to have a meal is the most important part of the day.
Getting the Locations All Wrong
Everybody who has read the famous books or watched any of the multiple adaptations of C.S. Lewis’s masterpiece knows that you go through the closet to reach Narnia. But, despite what Stanley Yip might say, Narnia wasn’t INSIDE the closet at all – it was just a passage. That would be like saying that the ocean is inside of a beach.
But we’re getting off topic. Mr. Yip is free and clear, no longer languishing among the sweaters and slacks that are hanging in his closet. He’s going to move into web design and development with a clearer head than he had for all his time in the halls of high school. On a side note, when did yearbooks start putting future majors next to senior pictures? We kinda like it.