Please don’t look through our locked notes… ever

Ah, the notes app. A place to write down your deepest, most heartfelt feelings without pulling out a physical journal. Smartphone users worldwide have taken it upon themselves to use this app to rant, write grocery lists, or in the case of Barnumbia… just spew random thoughts. Here are some of the most out-there notes Barnumbia students have written (whether they remember doing it or not):

Our personal information:

• My ssn because I literally cannot remember it (don’t worry, it’s locked)
• All my passwords. To everything.

Our most important thoughts and opinions:

• A manifesto of why Barbie was actually impactful and made me cry for days after 
• An ongoing ranking of “evermore” by Taylor Swift (cowboy like me is my #1 forever, love a Texan)
• “He looks more like Haymitch than Kurt Cobain”
• “Let Andrew Scott do poppers on screen”

Our Trauma:

• A list of everything that went wrong on my summer trip with high school friends (over 100 things by the way)
• A list of the worst people I know and why (sorry!)

Thoughts on our futures and pasts:

• Baby names even though I currently have no desire for children 
• “Things to make: Japanese cheesecake”
• “Now that i’ve lost touch with my younger self, i can’t tell them apart by smell anymore”

Errands, questions, and reminders, of course:

• “What to buy: chicken thighs, goat cheese”
• “Bring retainer to the dentist for them to bring”
• “How to turn on heater?”

Whatever these are:

• Signs:
  • Borage
  • Calendula: orange button, alpha
  • California poppy
  • Cauliflower: amazing, cheddar
  • Strawberries: sparkle
  • Scabiosa: starflower, merlot red
  • Spinach: space
  • Beets: rainbow mix
• Great fanfiction idea: Andy Cohen + Anderson Cooper
• “I WILL NO LONGER BE THE PRINCE OF SHAME….AND LIES…..”
• “What part of god is throwing a woman down a gorge?”

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