impressive

on my way back from campus today, i overheard this girl saying, "jen's hips and thighs are huge. yeah, her hips are huge." her friend responded by saying, "oh, really? is her ass really fat too?" by this time, they were standing right next to me waiting for the stoplight to change, so i casually looked to see who could possibly be talking about someone so demonically. i expected abercrombie models or something, but the two girls standing there were the smallest, meekest, most unassuming people i've ever seen. one of them was wearing glasses and a disney sweatshirt (seriously). i don't like being surprised like that, because it means that you can trust no one. as the old adage goes, "it's always the quiet ones."

dan bought me veggie thai fried rice last night, which is awesome and dangerous at the same time. it's awesome because i can have that to eat for the next few days, and it's also dangerous because i can have that to eat for the next few days. also, dan showed me this kids' website (which i must actually post on here eventually because it's so amazing) run by fanatical christian ministers that has characters such as "habu" (the hindu elephant with so many gods he "lost count" of how many he worships), "hopsiah the kanga-jew" (which is my personal favorite, not because i'm half-jewish, but because it's so creative), and "professor giraffenstein", the creation scientist (who answers questions about fossils by saying that they are "the bodies of bad men and animals that lived 4,000 years ago before the flood"). it was incredible. seriously just what i needed last night when i was feeling shitty and sadtown. i haven't laughed so hard in a while.

udeitha and i have started taking turns bringing foods to the classes we have with each other five times a week. it began a few weeks ago when i bogarted half of her veggie sandwich when we were watching "kinsey" in lecture, and in return, gave her some trail mix (which, by the way, is just about the only thing i eat nowadays, when i don't have thai fried rice laying around). it's kinda like the college equivalent to the elementary school black market food trade ("i'll give you my capri-sun for your fruit roll-up."). so, long story short, it's my turn to bring something of actual substance (i.e. not nuts and raisins) tomorrow, and i'm thinking of going with the veggie sandwich from kerchkoff. i know, you read this blog for valuable information such as this.

i'm on my fourth cup of chai tea, and i'm still using the same tea bag, which is kinda gross i guess, but it's working out ok.

also, today i made a very primitive list of things that either impress me or don't:
-things that don't impress me:
+wealth
+inexplicable bitchiness
+gpas
-things that do impress me:
+senses of humor
+artistic ability (be that musical, visual, etc.)
+that i can never find a pair of jeans that actually fit me

these are all things i encountered while i was walking around campus, so all in all, i had a pretty balanced day.