well, last class came and went. now i just have to turn in the final draft for my proposal. i think one of my discussion leaders got bored reading my 2nd draft. he filled in some of my letters with red ink...example on right:
i wanted to unwind a little by watching some marmalade boy, but i fell asleep while watching it and woke up with a crick in my neck and a drool stain on my shirt.

i got a monthly subway pass today and it feels soooooooooooo liberating to not have to make sure i always have at least 2 tokens with me.
in other subway news... there's this smoothie stand in the t-station and since everything's made from fresh fruits, i thought i'd try one. not only did the smoothie suck (perhaps it was just what i chose, or perhaps it was the peach that ruined it cuz that peach didn't look too happy cuz the girl behind me couldn't stop talking about the one she had last time), the guy is seriously psychotic. he gives you this really intense look like he's shooting laser beams into your head, and when he was about to toss the papaya into the blender, he held it out to me, flourished his hand over it and was all "look at this, full of anti-oxidants" and waited for a response. that's great and all, but really, what do you say to that... i wasn't sure what to say, so i just said "uh, great." i think he was disappointed with my lack of enthusiasm...

a random sighting at the law school.

according to the doc, when i twisted my foot, my peroneus brevis pulled really hard, causing a comminuted, non-displaced avulsion at the back of my right 5th matatarsal. i.e. a chunk of bone got pulled out. so now i have to wear a really ugly shoe for a couple of weeks until it heals. bah.

i have a "sports injury" from standing. i was waiting outside au bon pain today and when i shifted i stepped on the handicap ramp and twisted my foot. now it looks like it's pregnant and about to spawn something blue. that and it _hurts_ and i have to hobble around like a gimp. i blame this on my sis since i would not have been standing there had she not decided to come into town tonight.

this is for heather, because it's got her 3 favorite things: kitten, hen, crazy japanese narration.

i like it when i sit in a hard chair that doesn't have any give and i lean back and slouch down so all my weight is on my shoulder blades and tail bone and my spine pops. it makes my back fall down just a teensy weensy bit. i like that.

today's boston is tropical

it's surprisingly warm today. a balmy 44 degrees F. such a nice change from the usual below freezing temps. i can definitely feel the cold, but i'm not in pain and/or numb. sweetness! unfortunately this also means the snow/ice is melting into muddy puddles all over the place, but whatever...

rumbly noises

last night as i was trying to sleep the heater kept making rumbly noises. i thought "jesus christ the heater is annoying. living in this dorm frickin' sucks." but then later i realized it was my stomach.

the end is near...

as i was walking outside today i noticed the puddles have frozen over. and as i looked in the mirror today i noticed i'm now vampire-white. all vestiges of the tan i had accumulated over summer are now but a distant memory. it's the beginning of end.

sanrio eraser tea

the local cvs carries 2 types of tea: celestial seasonings sleepytime (ick) and standard liptons (double ick.) luckily i found cardullo's (which in addition to a wide variety of teas also carries a wide variety of chocolates. score!) i made my selection of celestial seasonings perfectly pear white tea based on the following: 1. it was a white tea, which is supposed to be higher in antioxidants, 2. it didn't cost $20/pack like the republic of tea's white tea, and 3. it sounded kind of yummy. so i tried it for the first time today and while it smelled quite good, the smell was exactly that of the pink little twin stars eraser i had when i was 9 years old. it brought back some happy memories, but i don't think i'll be buying this again.

an o.c. moment

i had an o.c. moment this saturday when i went to the joint grad school geekfest they called a "dance" (so high school.) not because there were pretty people there. but rather, they hired a band (for free, i later discovered. so i guess it wasn't so much "hired" as "the band volunteered") that sounded like the crappy bands the o.c. always manages to feature via the bait shop.
in other news, i just ate a whole pouch of milano cookies and now am feeling quite ill. ugh.

the leaves scared me today

since it's autumn, there're giant leaves from giant trees all over the ground. as i neared my dorm today, this enormous gust of wind whooshed in my direction and the seemingly innocuous leaves on the path in front of me flew up, forming a formidable leaf wall. as this wall rushed toward me, i wasn't sure what to do. i briefly considered protecting my face with my arms but ditched the idea since that would make me look lame-ass to the other pedestrians. thankfully, the need for a decision suddenly died as the leaf wall leveled out before it hit me. i was left trembling and considering the what-if''s. i'm still unsure how to interpret this experience. is this a warning from above?....

candy corn strangeness

i bought some candy corn on impulse yesterday and ate some/a lot. when i was flossing and brushing last night, i discovered that my teeth and tongue had bright, almost fluorescent, pink all over them. i'm assuming it's from the candy corn since that was the only artificial thing i ate yesterday (i think,) but that's weird isn't it? should they stain, shouldn't it be orange? i mean, i bought the classic candy corn, yellow/orange/white... how strange. i'm going to eat some more tonight to see if this strange phenomenon is consistently linked to candy corn consumption. and just as a side note, everytime i eat candy corn i think about making a giant candy corn on the cob by sticking them together with frosting. but due to my innate laziness, i've not accomplished that yet. it's been on my to-do list forever.

i have a nice arm muscle

i got my tb and one of my hepatitis b shots today. and when the nurse was shooting the poison into my upper arm she was like "you have a nice muscle." that's right! i know! i kept trying to tell my brother i had a nice upper arm muscle but he always just laughs. but now a NURSE said I have a NICE ARM MUSCLE.

want a bigger nose?

those inventive japanese peeps have come up with something new to help the masses attain better features in the comfort of their own homes! check this: the new "hanahana." hehe. a wee bit funny tis. i don't think the problem (if you can call it such) is simply a small nose. it's also the nose bridge, or lack thereof. supposing this works *eye roll* i'd think one's face would look quite comical with a giant schnaz sans bridge. i guess at least this one doesn't look quite as painful/painstaking as the pitchfork you stick in your eye to make a double-lid...

hateful people

i hate it when people force their way into an elevator before i have a chance to get out. especially when the doors haven't even opened all the way and i have to either stand aside and let them let them pass or get body-slammed. i mean, jesus christ, does it save them anytime? no! but is it a testament as to how rude they are? yes!