Julianna Mariani ‘24
Chief of Being Desperate For Fall Break
- Go apple picking: don’t eat the ones off the ground
- Attend the fall concert – it’s today! get pumped!
- Go costume shopping: buy seven for the inevitable week of Halloween that will last on this campus
- Wear pink on October 3rd: Mean Girls Day!
- Cry a lot the week before break: why oh why is everything due?
- Fall foliage. That’s it, that’s all. Just stare at it.
- Horror movie marathon: I definitely won’t be checking this one off.
- Go to a pumpkin patch
- Carve those pumpkins!
- Watch Casper the Friendly Ghost
- Go on a hayride: try not to sneeze.
- Haunted house! Bring a buddy… or ten
- Make a fall charcuterie board: highly recommend making one with everything fall-themed Trader Joes has to offer
- Find your way through a corn maze: warning to not get lost
- Bobbing for apples: I will admit this is not very COVID conscious
- Watch It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown: fantastic movie and an obvious classic
- Toast pumpkin seeds
- Trick-or-Treat: it’s still cool guys
- Watch Hocus Pocus: I’m really not trying to make this into a watch list
- Feed into the gross marketing of Salem: you only live once
- Make a fall themed playlist: listen to it every single day
- Grimace at the Christmas decorations being put out three months early: I mean seriously, why?
- Family weekend: hey guys, didn’t I just spend the whole week with you?
- Take a road trip to Western Mass: mainly so I can prove it does exist and that it’s beautiful in the fall
- Bake an apple pie
- Harvard game and homecoming – an Ivy League school vs. a school with pretty ivy
- More football: serious question – why is dressing up for football games a thing?
- Apple cider and apple cider donuts!!
- Decorate your dorm room: I’m psyched for this
- Get a Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew from Starbucks… or 20
- Halloween.
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