By Rachel Brackins and
Phoebe Cunningham
Head and Asst. Copy Editors
The Pinterest fail of the year
Pinterest is the land of good intentions and creative inspiration; however, it is also the land of failure and disappointment. Avoid crushing your artistic dreams and skip out on the festive Pinterest board you’ve been pinning to for weeks. We all know you can’t paint, cook, sew or glue like the mommy bloggers and homemakers the site is littered with. Save yourself some face and don’t attempt that six-layered swirled tie-dyed ghost-shaped cake or that intricate witch on a broom with a castle in the background scene on your thumb nail. Let’s not even get into the wreath made of refurbished materials that miraculously resembles a pumpkin patch. Take some advice from “High School Musical” and stick to the status quo: keep buying the basic pre-packaged cookies and only carve that simple smile on your pumpkin.
Everything PSL
The next horror movie trilogy to hit the big screens this year: “Invasion of the Pumpkin Spice Latte: Basic Girl’s Revenge.” Hide yo kids, hide yo wife, ‘cuz PSL has made its way back to Starbucks and literally everything else in the world. There is no doubt that a well-made latte is sufficient to ring in the best time of the year, but this is getting a bit ridiculous. Every corner of the grocery store contains some item that has a limited edition pumpkin spice label. Let’s be real people, no one needs PSL-flavored gum or dog shampoo or pasta sauce or hummus (all items actually exist). Please contain your basic-girl excitement for fall to your coffee order.
Caramel Apples
Caramel apples look pretty and smell nice, but they aren’t worth your time. Let’s get real, folks. How many times have you ever actually eaten an entire caramel apple? Sure, the first bite tastes like fall on a stick, but with each passing minute the caramel gets stickier and the apple gets soggier. You’ll spend the rest of the day picking gooey sugar out from between your teeth and trying to convince your suitemates to eat the rest of the apples. Save yourself a toothache and just eat an apple while sitting next to a caramel-scented air freshener.
Trick-or-Treating
It’s no secret that Harding students aren’t afraid to grab a couple of friends, craft ridiculous costumes and parade around in public. Mixers, Spring Sing and functions thrive because young adults on this campus are willing to throw pride out the window. Just because it’s acceptable inside the Harding bubble does not mean you should buy that sweet Power Rangers costume and go out on the town for Halloween. Trick-or-treating is for children who dream of free candy and mystery, not adults who don’t have anything better to do.
