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Day in the life: Hameed Weaver ’17

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Photo by Mary Zheng
Photo by Mary Zheng
Photo by Mary Zheng

5:45 a.m.—Wake up for that Fajr prayer tho. I’m trying to get back on that five times a day grind.

5:53 a.m.—Go back to sleep.

7:50 a.m.—Wake up for my 8 a.m. class.

7:52 a.m.—I say hi to my sleeping roommate Mineta Suzuki ’17 and then I tell him he’s a nobody.

7:55 a.m.—Dress like a fashionable hobo.

8:03 a.m.—Head to class. It’s MAT-124 with the first- and second-year homies. Yung capitalists.

8:25 a.m.—Ma man [Professor] Royce the Wolf [Mathematics and Statistics] gives a corny joke and I laugh because he’s funny.

9:00 a.m.—I got baking soda.

9:02-9:31 a.m.—I sit in the grill and eat something.

9:32-9:47 a.m.—Look at clothes that I can’t afford online.

10:00 a.m.—Islam and Gender class with [Professor Caleb] Elfenbein, [History and Religious Studies,] the homie.

11:00 a.m.—Indoor soccer class wit the squadron.

11:00:01 a.m.—One second into the game, I score a goal and make everyone cry.

11:01 a.m.—I become the greatest of all time.

12:30 p.m.—Head to CRSSJ. Got to pray again.

12:51 p.m.—Thinking about a catchy plug to promote Black Kids Do Radio Too, that one show that comes on Friday morning from 1-2 a.m. on KDIC 88.5.

1:01 p.m.—Reply “ur mom” to practically every Yak I see.

1:15-4:05 p.m.—Learning and speaking French because I do it for the Black diaspora.

4:30 p.m.—Go to Indoor Soccer Club.

4:45 p.m.—Nirabh Koirala ’17 curses ridiculously because he skied a tap in.

4:50 p.m.—John Franca ’17 got bigger. It’s like every time I see him he gets stronger and I’m still cool like the other side of the pillow *insert sunglasses emoji*

4:55 p.m.—Muhammad Sami ’17 still hasn’t passed the ball.

6:00 p.m.—Sami is still dribbling.

6:55 p.m.—I head to dinner and chill with the brodies.

8:10 p.m.—Start homework by finding out what homework I have.

8:15 p.m.—Talk to roomie about how much homework I got.

8:30 p.m.—Walk to Noyce to do homework.

8:35-11:00 p.m.—Check emails, watch soccer highlights, compose playlist for radio show and chat on Facebook.

11:25 p.m.—Actually start homework.

12:55 a.m.—Walk back home.

1:04 a.m.—My roommate is asleep but I wake him up and tell him he’s no one.

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