There's a certain zen to the feel of sweat running down your face. Remember when you were a kid, tracing raindrops with your finger as they zigzagged their way down a window? It's like that. Except rain is beautiful, and sweat is kind of gross.
Also windowpanes are cold, and my face is very hot.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Crime, Punishment, Assorted Curiosities! Scenes from the daily UChicago grind
Redacted. -- Ed.
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Alright chucks.
March and April gone, with nary a post from me. Some of you have noted that I only write when something extraordinary, outrageous, fantastical! happens my way. This is, in general, true; however, it's true by default rather than design. Tonight I steer the blog towards calmer waters: waves may be lower in amplitude but higher in frequency. But why?! you might ask. Well reader, extraordinary is by definition rare, and this is boring, for me and for you. So let's put extraordinary aside, and set our sights on curious.
Things that I have found curious (which have come to my attention within the scope of the past two months, and which I have failed to address in the course of daily conversations, these being sadly limited) are:
(1) Marathons. Not the kind where you run. The kind where you sit on a couch, toss your remote, and submit yourself to the will of a single cable television station, only to find that it has devoted its entire daytime lineup to a [addictive network TV show] -dash- marathon. I love this. I have watched Scrubs-marathons, House-marathons, separate and distinct marathons of CSI, CSI: Miami and CSI: New York, marathons that render entire days useless, marathons that glide seamlessly into nights of untroubled sleep. In the process, I have convinced myself that I have Cushing's syndrome (thanks House), and grow ever more mistrustful of my potentially-homicidal officemates (thanks CSI). Also, thanks Jorja Fox. Nothing specific. Just thanks.
(2) Germans, specifically Emo-Germans, extra-specifically the Emo-German Thomas. Thomas is stuck on a rollercoaster ride of conflicting emotions towards yours truly, aka his personal chauffeur (no joke, this is how he introduced me to his friends in Houston).
(3) Shark Bites!! (fruit snack) How are they so delectable? It seems wrong.
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Alright chucks.
March and April gone, with nary a post from me. Some of you have noted that I only write when something extraordinary, outrageous, fantastical! happens my way. This is, in general, true; however, it's true by default rather than design. Tonight I steer the blog towards calmer waters: waves may be lower in amplitude but higher in frequency. But why?! you might ask. Well reader, extraordinary is by definition rare, and this is boring, for me and for you. So let's put extraordinary aside, and set our sights on curious.
Things that I have found curious (which have come to my attention within the scope of the past two months, and which I have failed to address in the course of daily conversations, these being sadly limited) are:
(1) Marathons. Not the kind where you run. The kind where you sit on a couch, toss your remote, and submit yourself to the will of a single cable television station, only to find that it has devoted its entire daytime lineup to a [addictive network TV show] -dash- marathon. I love this. I have watched Scrubs-marathons, House-marathons, separate and distinct marathons of CSI, CSI: Miami and CSI: New York, marathons that render entire days useless, marathons that glide seamlessly into nights of untroubled sleep. In the process, I have convinced myself that I have Cushing's syndrome (thanks House), and grow ever more mistrustful of my potentially-homicidal officemates (thanks CSI). Also, thanks Jorja Fox. Nothing specific. Just thanks.
(2) Germans, specifically Emo-Germans, extra-specifically the Emo-German Thomas. Thomas is stuck on a rollercoaster ride of conflicting emotions towards yours truly, aka his personal chauffeur (no joke, this is how he introduced me to his friends in Houston).
(3) Shark Bites!! (fruit snack) How are they so delectable? It seems wrong.
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