Humorous Blog 2
For this to make sense the first thing you need to know is
that my roommate is exceedingly studious. She is the person who wakes up early
to get her work done and then stays up late triple checking everything making
sure it is done correctly. She never thinks that her work is good enough and is
never “done”. But me, I really enjoy sleeping. I have never been able to wake
up early to study or finish homework; it is just not in my genes. (I took one 8
am class. Never again.)
So last night, we were making dinner and talking about our
plans for tomorrow and what all we needed to get done. Having been really busy
this past week with papers, tests, and reading assignments, I was planning on
catching up on some much needed sleep tomorrow morning. My roommate on the
other hand said she had work to do and desperately needed to get to the library
so she would be able to concentrate.
Keep in mind that while we were having this conversation she
is yawning and has been saying how tired she is all night. So, after a few
moments I turned to her and asked if she is going to sleep in tomorrow. She
looks at me with a bewildered look on her face and says “Sleep in?” The tone in
her voice was perfect. It was as if she thought I was crazy for even mentioning
it! Instantly I burst out laughing. The way she spoke combined with the tone of
her voice as if I was acting absurd was hilarious. She too quickly joined in on
the laugh realizing how she had said that. This was the definition of my
roommate. Maybe this is one of those occasions where you had to be there to
find it funny, or maybe you just need to know my roommate but it was really
funny.
Jennifer-
ReplyDeleteYour description of the situation made me feel like I was there, and without even knowing your roommate, I can definitely tell where the humor is coming from. I think a common theme in humor is being able to derive laughs from the basic nature of those who are close to us. When one of our friends who we know so well does something that goes along with our preconceived schema of them, we laugh in relief that they are keeping with the personality that what we know of them. Sometimes you don't need a cognitive shift. Sometimes you can laugh because it's what we expected.
Great post and keep blogging!
Jennifer, I found your post hilarious!! I have a roommate that is exactly the same, so it is easy for me to relate. I'm with you though, I LOVE my sleep. But I guess somehow our roommates can get through the day without quite as much of it if they know they have school work to finish up. I agree with Sarah that it's definitely an expectation type of humor, and it's funny to me that both you AND your roommate recognized the humor in the situation right after she said, "Sleep in?!"
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