Live footage of a grad student who has clearly just found the Hamilton soundtrack

We made it to the weekend! We’ve left the worst behind! Rejoice! Oh… what’s that? You still have your hardest final to go, and it’s on Monday? You poor soul. Well, don’t you fret – as usual, Bwog in Bed has your back. 

Bwogline: Finals week – what a time to hate America! A recent poll found that 30% of Republican primary voters and 19% of Democrats would support bombing Agrabah, the fictional city-state from Disney’s Aladdin. As one Twitter user puts it: “Of course we should bomb Agrabah. They cut off the hands of poor teenage boys who steal an apple.”

Study Tip: Coffee breaks! Blue Java is the go-to, but try to pick somewhere farther – you can use the walk there and back to clear your head before you get back into the thick of things. Instead of seeing coffee as a way to keep yourself awake, try to see it as a way to treat yourself. And if you end up going to Starbucks today, don’t forget to ask for a free ugly sweater sleeve!

Procrastinate: If DJ Khaled’s snapchat story is good enough for himself to use when he’s trying to procrastinate from jet-skiing his way back to safety, it’s clearly good enough for you to use when you’re trying to procrastinate from exam studying, too. This rotund and talented man spends his days teaching us all the keys to more success via the medium of Snapchat, and we’re so much better because of it. We can’t believe we’re saying this, but the DJ K snap seems to be the biggest cultural phenomenon since Hamilton (see below). Bless up. 

Music: How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence impoverished in squalor, turn out to be a hero and a scholar? If you haven’t heard of Hamilton up until now (and really, we’re wondering how this is possible on Columbia’s campus), you probably just know it as that thing Buzzfeed can’t seem to shut up about. If you have, you’re probably trying to refrain from screaming in Butler, or tearing up thinking about all the amazing things Lin-Manuel Miranda has done. Either way, this soundtrack is the ultimate tool for study motivation. Try “My Shot” or “Non-Stop” – we guarantee you’ll be writing twice as fast by the time you’re done. Just trust Hamilton to guide you to where you need to be.

Overheard: Very fitting – “I’m not prepared for my final but I have learned the entire soundtrack to Hamilton in less than a week so… that’s got to count for something.” (Courtesy of Overheard @ Barnard)

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