Hucks & High Fives [and Chest Bumps for Betsy]

date night post poned until after this weekend's Ultimate Frisbee Tournament in Richmond, VA sponsored by Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). I'll be back on Sunday.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhDATENIGHT

psychopharm test = DONE

backposting already?

Tuesday:

Poor, Poor Roommate, S. has been "contour" drawing this cloth for at least a week. As far as I can tell, "contour drawing" is essentially synonymous with "cruel and unusual punishment". Then again, I probably haven't been helping the process by mimicking her prof and prodding her to make her lines more "confident". Last night, S. finally discovered how to make confident lines: she used a pen instead of a pencil. Kudos for the creativity.



Wednesday:

it was sunny and nice all day long. i spent the day indoors working on my psychopharm test. As a welcome break, I went to frisbee with hopes of scrimmaging. Instead, we tossed for awhile, then played hot box. I HATE HOT BOX. then, as we started to scrimmage finally, it started to rain. "nono! look! it's just going to blow over!" i kept saying. Well, we had to get off the field because it started raining pretty hard. i was pretty disappointed. especially since i had to then bike home in the rain. Lo and behold, within 10 minutes of me arriving home, the rain stopped and the sun came back out.



It all worked out in the end, though, because in the evening, S. expressed an affinity for hair-dying that may actually go beyond mine. Someday I'll get some of the archived pictures she has and display them, but for now, the hair dying extravaganza was relatively tame: maroon/red to blue/black. it actually came out really well and looks really cool.

and a giant bowl of chocolate

SPSS lab: DONE
Cog Exam 1: DONE
no-bake chocolate pudding pie: BAKED
two week old pizza from the back of the fridge: OWN3D
reheated mocha with greasy fat sitting on top of the layer of sugarcaffeine: SLURPED


To Go:

-Psychopharm exam (due friday)
-Reminiscence Reading
-blog (due everyday)

Official Christmas wishlist item

S., and newfriend, B. and I went on an adventure to Christiansburg to the mall and surrounding areas. I had previous knowledge of the porn section in FYE (still not ok that mall movie stores sell porn), but my eyes were opened to the world of anime soft core porn, as well as anime-related romance novels/comic books. I feel enlightened.

The real gem of the afternoon came not at IHOP, not at coldstone (where I had coffee icecream mixed with peanut butter, almonds, and an oreo), but in the shoe store. Amongst the union bay section, I found these dream-shoes. I'm very sure these are the epitome of lesbianhood: flannel knock-off birkenstocks! Only to be worn with corduroy pants or shirts, of course.

Decals forever burned into my mind

For some reason, I feel that more than others, Nestle holds a special place in my heart.

You stay classy, Fulton, ny.

Varsity fat kid

I almost went running tonight. I got dressed, took my steroids, went to campus, and everything. Instead I was a fatty and ate food. twice. ohwell.

Virginia is for Lovers. or gunmen.

This afternoon during frisbee practice, I happened to look behind me and catch of this friendly fellow. He had a mock automatic weapon, too. Or at least I think it was a mock weapon. Apparently ROTC (army) was practicing in the woods/field next to ours. Still, I was a little freaked out by the random lone kid in camo with an automatic weapon half-hidden behind a trailer.

And She saw that it was good.

Last week in my night class (cognitive psych) towards the beginning we talked vaguely about hindsight bias and confidence. The example we used was to predict who will win the upcoming Presidential election. No one really knew. No condidate had too clear of a bias. To demonstrate the point, K. called out Hillary for the sake of moving the class forward. "How confident are you?" Dr. D.H. asked. I think she said something like 30%.

Last Wednesday, the morning after class, CNN announced that Oprah is now officially endorsing. Let's consider Oprah's track record of endorsement:

On the first day, Oprah declined eating a hamburger and cripple the meat industry. and they apologized to her.

On the second Day, Dr. Phil appeared as a guest on Oprah's show. He moved on to get a segment of Oprah's show regularly, and now has his own show and mini empire.

On the third day, Oprah acted in The Color Purple. I didn't even have to see the movie to know she was in it. I did, however, have to see it to know that Whoopie Goldberg is in it and WHOOPIE IS THE ACTUAL ACTOR BY TRADE. The Color Purple has a broadway show, shows regularly on tv (lifetime/oxygen), and has its own mini empire and cause.

on the 4th day, Oprah watched The Food Network, saw Rachel Ray, and commanded that Rachel Ray would have her own daytime television talk show. and it was so.

on the 5th day Oprah opened a school in Africa. she refers to the schoolchildren there as "her kids"

on the 6th day, Oprah publicly endorsed Obama

If on Wednesday I had been asked who will be the next president, I would have declared with 95% confidence that Obama will be. because of his political agenda? because he's a democrat? because he's been on the Daily Show a whole bunch?

No. Because Oprah will make it so.

Do they ever stop migrating?

Happy Constitution Day! In Norway, they celebrate constitution day, too, but apparently with Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Logically, or at least by Elian Gonzalez standards, that makes them more American than any of us could hope to be.

And, yes, there's a website: www.constitutionday.com

Day 2 of Hitchock Movie Extravaganza: The Birds ft. Tippi Hedren (mother of melanie griffith), and Rope ft. the second of JImmy Sterwart's appearances of the week.

Voyeuristic aspirations

I think of the 12+ hours I was awake today, I only spent 1 outside. The rest was in front of the computer/TV/a plate of food. Today's tasks included:

1. Working on a take home exam for Cog. Psych. The final product is purported to be somewhere around 20 pages and include just about everything I know about anything. It might be closer to 10-15 pages. double spaced.

2. Watching the first of 7 days of Hitchcock movies on AMC. Tonight's features included Rear Window and Dial 'M' for Murder. <3 Hitch.

Unlike Jimmy Sterwart, I prefer to close the blinds so I can't look outside. And the axe murderers can't look back at me. And I drink coffee instead of tea and whiskey. Other than that, we're basically the same.

p.s. did anyone else notice that Ellen DeGeneres was sitting next to Portia deRossi as the Emmy's? I thought that was over and done with?

The Inauguration Post

In commemoration of the inaugural post of The Rock Just Sits, I present [symbolically] circle food. I like to think of it like the olympic rings, or something equally evoking of feelings of patriotism mixed with competition and controversy. and steroids.

Following in the footsteps of those further along in their pursuit of higher educatiom, I present The Challenge: One day, One photo, One rant by yours truly.