Building a snowman that represents finals week stress.
BUILDING A SNOWMAN THAT REPRESENTS FINALS WEEK STRESS.
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The bitter cold of winter often perfectly coincided with the even colder dread of finals. Remember those late-night library marathons, fueled by caffeine and a desperate hope for a decent GPA? Amidst that pressure, a curious, weather-based tradition sometimes emerged from the collegiate landscape: the finals week snowman.
This wasn't just any snowman. It was a whimsical, sometimes grotesque, manifestation of our collective anxieties. Maybe it had giant, bloodshot eyes made from cranberries pilfered from the dining hall, or a slumped posture mirroring our own exhaustion. We'd build it, sometimes silently in the dead of night, sometimes with a burst of manic, stress-induced laughter, a temporary release from the academic siege.
It was a shared, unspoken acknowledgment of the grind, a playful, fleeting rebellion against the weight of expectations. A moment of shared humanity and absurd creativity before diving back into the books. This wasn't an official "primal scream," but a quieter, more artistic one. Did you love this peculiar ritual, finding catharsis in the cold, or did you hate the very idea of adding another "task" to your already overloaded mind?
Either way, these weather-based traditions, born from the unique intersection of academic rigor and seasonal shifts, are etched into our shared narrative. They remind us of the intensity, the camaraderie, and the occasional, much-needed absurdity of those formative years.
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