putting the knit in shizknitz

Once upon a time Shiz had a job, and a paycheck every month. Shiz had weekends to vegetate, to knit, to tend to her plants. Evenings were spent bitching about work, eating out or cooking. She would take care in getting dressed every morning, washing abd blow-drying her hair, clothes that matched her mood and jewelry to compliment, even on the weekends.

Now, Shiz has no life, outside of school anyway. Evenings are spent in group work, vending machines or the 10E traffic. Weekends are spent on projects, readings, and other projects such as tutoring, and a campus greening project. The long-awaited December break will be spent on a paper on CSR co-authoring with a Prof. She gets dressed for class, mostly in jeans now, but has a more regimented weekend attire - sweats (big baggy old sweats) and a ponytail. What she really wants her neighbors who see her on a daily basis to know is that she really isn’t a bum.