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Sanity is a relative thing, but I think my roommate is crazy.

I have five drafts waiting to be written on, and some of them have been sitting so long that I'll probably just delete them. I thought now that midterms and such are done that I'd be free to blog, but... eh. I've been photographing trees and such because it's fall and I like the colors.

On an unrelated note, rule 34. I have no idea what most of the first thirty-three rules are. The first two are "Don't visualize" and "No, really, don't visualize!." Rule 34 is NSFW, so you'll have to click below to read about it.

momz0r called me tonight. We usually try to catch up at least a couple of times a week, depending on how well our schedules mesh. Tonight, she had this to share (and I'm paraphrasing here, I don't remember her exact words. I've captured the spirit of it though, and her general tone.):

If you ever get ice cream from one of those vending machines, and you get an Edy's strawberry popsicle, be careful. They're really cold! I got my lips stuck to it! You know on that movie you'll shoot your eye out where Ralphie gets his tongue stuck to the pole? It was just like that, except it's a popsicle. I was going to go back into the store to get a cup of water, but I think they would've laughed at me.

No, Mom, they would've been laughing with you.

The good news is:

• I found my super glue.
• I could play video games for hours without getting a blister.

The bad news is:

• Slow drying glue is not very good for vertical surfaces.
• It doesn't appear to be very effective on metal.
• My fingerprint reader doesn't recognize my thumb with superglue on it.

I've been playing with Googlism for about half an hour now. It uses Google searches to determine information about things. Some of the results are absolutely ridiculous.

"sex is a thirteen letter word"

Let's see. One, two... thirteen! Awesome! I learned something new about sex today.

There are reasons that I get upset sometimes. For example:

And tomorrow on the Drillfield from 9-5 there will be some awesome festivities!!

• Shirts for sale!
• Vagina pops for sale!
• Wage gap bake sale (.75 for women, 1.00 for men) OH SNAP!
• Positive v. negative body image displays!

I guess I can't complain though, I did see it on lj

I sometimes wonder how I get myself into these situations.

Me

This is why there are no pictures of me.

Ashley

Well if you didn't make a face—

Me

I'd still be wearing a purple wig.

"Dr. Wansink, who holds a doctorate in marketing from Stanford University and directs the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, probably knows more about why we put things in our mouths than anybody else." (NYT)

Normally this is the sort of thing that'd end up in the lateral tally (that's sidelog, for those not keeping track), but I felt that that quote needed to appear in a prominent sort of way. It's actually referring to food and how people think about food, but I had a little MiG (that's Mind in Gutter) moment. I mean, think of the possibilities. Wait, isn't that a food slogan?

Anyhow, you can check out the article for yourself.