I just took a psychology exam today; I need to take one more exam in philosophy next Tuesday, then I am DONE WITH INTENSIVE ACADEMICS UNTIL AFTER SPRING BREAK.

Maybe now I can actually have some extra time to relax and catch up on sleep.

The best part is that the philosophy exam for next week is an essay exam, and I generally perform much better on essay exams than I do on multiple choice exams. Also, we went over the material repeatedly so much during lecture and discussion sections that I think it’s almost impossible for anyone to do poorly.

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Topic #53: How long do you think you could go without a shower?

I get asked this question once in a while, and a lot of people think that this is an embarrassing question and don’t want to answer it truthfully, but I don’t actually think that it’s embarrassing at all.

I think a large factor of people overreacting to this question and saying “eew, I couldn’t go a single day without a shower” is due to cultural influences. With today’s technology, generally everyone has a shower in their home or apartment that they have access to whenever they need it, so there’s essentially no excuse not to take a shower. Even for those who don’t for any reason, there are public showers available at public work-out areas and recreational facilities. Because of this, society as put a great influence on staying clean all the time.

However, before the technology of having water pumped straight to your home and through your shower head, people were unable to take showers on a regular basis. People would go weeks without even getting the opportunity to take a shower, because they needed to use the water for more urgent purposes (like drinking it). Based off of this information, I’m assuming that I can also go a couple weeks without taking a shower.

Of course, it would be more beneficial to me if I was able to spend those two weeks alone and not interact with anyone else, because I can bear my own smell while others probably cannot bear others’ two-week-old body odor.

However, I question my own ability to deal with my own greasy face or hair – I tend to produce a lot of oil on my face and in my hair, so much that I usually wash my face four to five times a day, and my hair becomes noticeably glossy about 16 hours after I last took a shower. So I am hoping that I would still have access to a sink in which I could wash my face and hair.

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 18

Number of times I did my own laundry: 1