Chris’s advice to me today via IM: “just say yes to random dating.” I don’t know what spurned the comment, or why he felt the need to explain it to me other than the fact that he said they were trying to come up with a romantic interest for Brad, which then made him think about me somehow. Sigh. My sister is dating this great boy…who I had the chance to date last spring and declined, ironically. In retrospect, it’s good that we were only friends, as it has given my sister a wonderful sidekick. I wonder if she realizes how great her boy is.
I’ve developed a random habit of checking a webpage that lists recent earthquakes in the Bay Area. I never realized that there are multiple tremors each day, always so small that they go unnoticed. I have this strange desire to experience an earthquake while I am out here…one strong enough to feel, but not strong enough to do any real damage. I wonder if this is weird.
This quarter I am taking a class called “The Designer and Society.” Except the name of the course doesn’t really have anything to do with the material. It is decidedly non-technical, filled with graduate students like me who worry that they are mindlessly following the engineering trail and losing hold of their creative/emotional/human half. We read books. We meet for three hours once a week. And we just talk. About each other, about what we read, and about what we think. I am amazed to find that I am going to receive credit for something I would do voluntarily.
Carter says he likes it when I visit because I get everyone together, which they never do on their own. This makes me happy. It makes me remember that I have awesome friends who love me and who I love in return, who are willing to meet on a random Sunday night for mediocre pizza simply because I asked them to.
Today was good for many reasons. 1) It was sunny. 2) The bursar’s office bowed to my demands. 3) I met many interesting people in my ME215 class and look forward to learning more about them. 4) Nju, Tunji, David and I did the dishes to the tune of random rap music that was oddly entertaining. 5) I located the nearest Pier 1 so that tomorrow I can get some photos clips like Christina’s. 6) There is a message on my answering machine from Neal. 7) I turned in another Daily column. 8) Alberto bought those cookies that I like, the ones with lemon jelly and a creme filling.
Today was bad for only a few reasons. 1) It turns out Dawson’s Creek doesn’t return until next week, so I missed my weekly indulgence. 2) Christopher was not at dinner. Nick and Emily think Christopher has issues, and maybe he does, but he also has a friendly smile and laughs at my jokes, and so I missed him.
Hmm. I think that is all.
(12:05 a.m.)
AGGGGGH!!! Yet again, I have been brought close to a heart attack by freaking Microsoft. The reason? My freaking computer tried to delete all my freaking email without any warning. I was calmly installing a new version of Microsoft Money and happily restarted my computer as requested…and when it booted again, all my email was gone! BASTARD MICROSOFT!! Bill Gates is lucky I knew how to handle the situation and locate the old files before they faded into the oblivion of my hard drive or else I would have figured out a way to firebomb his house. Why does installing Microsoft Money have anything to do with my Outlook Express? I have no idea. Money, email, Money, email…I don’t see the correlation. FREAKING MICROSOFT!!!
Tomorrow I go in search of a better email reader. Does anyone have similar complaints about Eudora, or is that a good choice? If you have suggestions, please let me know.
