Today in quotes

[jedusor]

Me: *wearing the sparkly purple hat Mom knitted for me*
Dude who works the Atrium: Soy latte, right? Nice hat.
Sawnia: I like your hat.
Maureen: Great hat!
Karen: I love that hat.
Tutee: Is that your hat over there? I like it.

Sharai: I have nacho pasta and no fork, but I don't want to-
The dude who has a cat: *walks into the Spectrum newsroom*
Me: O.o
Sharai: o.O
Cat dude: *uses stapler, wanders back out*
Me: Um, do you...?
Cat dude: *is gone*
Sharai: ...?
Me: Was he... do you... did he...
Sharai: Nope. I've never seen him in here before.
Me: ...okay then.

Political science teacher: Y'all know about this habeus corpus thing?
Entire class except me and Sharai: ...Habeus what now?
Me: *explains*
Entire class except me and Sharai: Hey! They can't do that!
Teacher: They already did. You people need to be more informed.

Me: Hi, I'd like-
Taco Bell dude: Two seven-layers, no sour cream or cheese.
Me: Uh, yeah. So do I get a frequent customer discount?
Taco Bell dude: You like cinnamon twists?
Me: Sure.
Taco Bell dude (to other Taco Bell dude): Hey, give her some twists.
Other Taco Bell dude: Okay, boss.
Me: Muahahaha.

Sifu: Okay, everyone, defang the snake, two knives. Angle one! Angle three! Christa, pass, don't brush! Angle two! Good, Julia. Angle five! Angle three! Good, Julia, good!
...
Sifu: Hey, little tip for you all, it'll make things easier- odd numbers scissor in, even numbers scissor out. Remember that.
Me: *grinning madly because I'd figured that out when we first learned the moves*
...
Sifu: All right, Julia, your turn. Stay close to the ground, don't raise up, keep those knees bent... good job. Perfect.

Me: *on phone* Hey Sharai, are you and Josie still at Penn Valley?
Sharai: Yeah.
Me: I am way too tired to take the bus. Is Josie giving you a lift home?
Sharai: Dunno, but I ain't taking the bus.
Me: Could he give me-
Sharai: He says yeah.

Overall, it was an excellent day.

EDIT: Washington (AP) - Using grammar rules alongside test tubes, biologists may have found a promising new way to fight nasty bacteria, including drug-resistant microbes and anthrax. That is SO FREAKING COOL.

EDIT LE DEUXIÉME: Oh, and I did manage to finish a crossword puzzle today, too. These things are seriously addictive.

Comments

[saffroncisco.livejournal.com]

This is awesome. You should write all of your posts like this.

I'm sorry we didn't get to talk for longer the other night. *irritated* My life seems to be slightly insane this week. Next week should be better. How are you doing?

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

It's okay, I've been busy too. Where on earth did the first half of October go?

I'm good. Last weekend's emoness seems to have dissipated, thank god, and I'm able to focus on important things again. Like homework. Eek. Got any brilliant insights as to the relationship between the underground popularity of slash fan fiction and the national popularity of "Brokeback Mountain" to kill some time in my sex presentation?

[saffroncisco.livejournal.com]

Brilliant insights, definitely not, but of course that's the sort of thing I think about all the time. So you have to let ME know if YOU get any brilliant insights. Better yet, send me a copy of your presentation. (Is this a "type it out and read it" thing, or, like, Powerpoint??)

Actually, my Question of the Week has been this. (Really, it's a series of questions.) Why do gay men and straight women often get along so well? What is at the root of the gay male culture's obsession with the Diva (e.g., Madonna, Cher, etc.)? Why is there not a parallel connection between lesbians and straight men? Discuss.

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

I have an answer to that, actually. At least, it's the answer that I see as most plausible.

Gay men and straight women get along well because there's no worrying about where the relationship is going, whether the other person has feelings they're not expressing due to fear of rejection, whether they can guess your feelings, what would happen if they're not attracted to you, what will happen if you're not attracted to them, yadda yadda yadda. Orientationally compatible relationships always have at least a little of that, conscious or not. It's a lot less stressful when that's not there.

There's no parallel connection between straight men and lesbians because of the societal expectation for the straight man to be attracted to the lesbian, and to try to get her into an MFF threesome. It makes things awkward.

The diva thing, though? Not a clue.

-grinning-

[draughanten.livejournal.com]

jedusor, you rock so hard.

Re: -grinning-

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I do, don't I?

[gerald_duck]

(It's «deuxième», not «deuxiéme», btw.)

It sounds like you had a more interesting day than I did. At least I got some important code written well, and met a slightly freaky combination of people in the pub afterwards.

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

This comment amuses me because I made the same correction to one of ticca's entries once, in which she typed "siécle" instead of "siècle." The excuse she gave me is the same as mine for this entry: I know, but I don't know the shortcut for the grave accent, and I didn't think anyone would notice.

[gerald_duck]

People would notice if your spelling was wrong in English; I don't see why we shouldn't spot it in French. :-p

[sharaigenee.livejournal.com]

Wasn't half as good as your "Reasons Why I love Sharai" blog, but it was okay.

[mamagotcha.livejournal.com]

hee... hat!

sounds like you're doing great without us... miss you!

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks ^_^ What part of next year? And what part of the country are you visiting? I would say come to Missouri, but, um... don't. I'm pretty much the only good thing about the Midwest. :P