10 Awesome Things They Don't Tell You About Being a Girl Scout

1) Selling cookies becomes WAY easier once you hit high school. I mean, from 1st-9th grade I sold maybe 18 boxes a year, tops (my parents weren't into the whole bringing order forms to work thing). I hit high school and BAM, 150+ boxes a year.

2) You develop cookie snobbery. I think we can all agree that Little Brownie is clearly the superior bakery. I once paid something like $6 a box just to get some SAMOAS, not those "Caramel DeLites" or whatever the heck they're called.

3) The Girl Scouts recognize that you were Born This Way. It really is an institution where no matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, they really do accept girls for who they are.

4) Sashes and vests will work awesome as Halloween costumes throughout your life.

5) Gold Award pins? Made of real gold. And you don't even have to buy them. That's legit.

6) People will marvel at your ability to rifle off (and understand) long acronyms. GSCGSL represent!

7) While it may seem unnecessary when you're seven, the buddy system has practical real life applications. Frat party? BUDDY SYSTEM. Sketch dude at the bar? BUDDY SYSTEM. Black Friday shopping? BUDDY SYSTEM.

8) From its inception, Girl Scouts has always been run by, for, and about women. For an organization created in 1912, this is incredible.

9) When you're 18, there's nothing more impressive than saying you've been a member of an organization for over half your life. And considering that the only other thing I've done for half my life is watch Big Brother, it sounds REALLY impressive.

10) Although they might not realize it, it's the first sorority for many girls.

For this girl, it was her one and only :)

I will do my best to be
Honest and fair,
Friendly and helpful,
Considerate and caring,
Courageous and strong, and
Responsible for what I say and do,
And to
respect myself and others,
respect authority,
use resources wisely,
make the world a better place, and
be a sister to every Girl Scout.

Another Day, Another Blog

So I have another blog, 1 Year. 100 Books., which chronicles my attempt to read 100 books by December 31st of this year. Feel free to go read it, if you're so inclined. But there's so much more I want to talk about! And I need a place to talk about those things. A place that isn't Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, LJ, or my other blog (it is here where I realize that perhaps I spend too much time on the internets).

So here it is, my general ranty-space. While I could be using my spare time to write creatively (since that is what my degree is in and all), let's face it, that's probably not going to happen. Writing is 3% talent and 97% not getting distracted by the Internet. And I do so love to procrastinate.

This blog is affectionately called the "Allisonian Institution," a moniker I was given in college because I seemed to know about everything. Which isn't necessarily true, but I do know a lot. So they tell me.

So this is just my general bloggy space. Really, I have no idea what is going to end up here. But I imagine it'll be quite fun. So they tell me.