{"id":3087,"date":"2017-04-21T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=3087"},"modified":"2017-04-19T22:54:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T02:54:19","slug":"angeli-college-is-surrealcereal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2017\/04\/21\/angeli-college-is-surrealcereal\/","title":{"rendered":"Angeli: College is Surreal(Cereal?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gmail_default\">You know those people who say they hate breakfast? Yeah, I don&#8217;t trust them either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">For as long as I can recall, I, Angeli S. Rodriguez, have been a breakfast food <i>fiend<\/i>. I could eat a bagel once a day for a decade and never get tired of them. I don&#8217;t discriminate against microwavable oatmeal compared to the homemade stuff. Discovering a new muffin flavor or way to make eggs is what I consider a life-changing experience. And don&#8217;t even get me started on the obstacles I would be willing to endure for a stack of my mom&#8217;s specialty pancakes right now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">Breakfast items are like my children; I love them all the same for what they are, but I also can&#8217;t resist the urge to have a favorite. The one that has consistently been there for me. In good times and bad. At any hour of the day. None other than <b>cereal<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/comblog\/files\/2017\/04\/giphy-23.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"329\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3088\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">My appreciation for cereal is a deeply rooted one that goes back to my first ever bite of Special K (I was a miniature adult as a child&#8230;) Since then, it has been a staple component of my diet. I am a firm believer that no meal is the &#8220;right&#8221; meal for cereal. Heck, college has taught me that it can even be a dessert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">Ah yes, college. That&#8217;s where I was going with this. The end of my sophomore year is rapidly approaching, and I can&#8217;t help but get all sappy and self-reflective. I&#8217;M HALFWAY DONE PEOPLE !!? I really don&#8217;t know where time has gone, but I can also confidently say a large portion of it has been spent stupendously. I&#8217;ve grown in more ways than one since moving into my double in Warren Towers two years ago. I&#8217;ve enjoyed new experiences, met (and continue to meet) the most interesting of new people, and tried a plethora of new foods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">And through all of this change, I&#8217;ve found comfort in things that remind of my roots, of what&#8217;s familiar. I thus feel it&#8217;s time to express some gratitude.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">Thank you, Cereal, for always being by my side\/in my stomach. Thank you old pal for keeping me full and focused (I&#8217;m a fan of Mini Wheats) during late night study sessions, before internship interviews, and following those tough <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">8 AM<\/span><\/span> lectures. Thank you for always being readily available and understanding when other dining hall menu options just aren&#8217;t cutting it. And even on those days when I mix you with Sargent Choice Oatmeal, know that you&#8217;re forever my #1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/comblog\/files\/2017\/04\/giphy-24.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"196\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3089\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">P.S. CA Angeli&#8217;s top cereal picks of all time:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">1. Special K Chocolatey Delight<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">2. Honey Bunches of Oats Almond<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">3. Frosted Flakes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know those people who say they hate breakfast? Yeah, I don&#8217;t trust them either. For as long as I can recall, I, Angeli S. Rodriguez, have been a breakfast food fiend. I could eat a bagel once a day for a decade and never get tired of them. I don&#8217;t discriminate against microwavable oatmeal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2017\/04\/21\/angeli-college-is-surrealcereal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Angeli: College is Surreal(Cereal?)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44430],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3087"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3087"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3091,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3087\/revisions\/3091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}