octopus

my hawaii memento (other than a wicked tan and an awesome hat) was this little octopus toy who is supposed to grow 600% in water. i've had these guys before, and 600% never ends up being as big as it sounds, but i still decided to try. here are the results:






i let that fella soak for a whole week, hoping he might get bigger. it's probably 600% by mass because of all the water - i was hoping for 600% by length. he's still pretty nice, though - nice and slippery to hold.

vampires

Conan O'Brien: "Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff is on trial for perjury. And his lawyer says he only going to select jurors who have a favorable opinion of Dick Cheney. Yeah. Experts predict that the jury will consist of 11 vampires and a werewolf."

that jerk bobby

tonight a universal truth got in my way:
there will always be abandoned bobby pins on the floor of the gym locker room, unless one is desperately sought.

but then two other universal truths helped me out:

people hardly notice anything at all.

anyone astute enough to notice that someone has used toilet paper to tie her hair back is probably astute enough not to mention it.

and yes, i passed a bobby pin on the sidewalk on the way home.

so i'll just give bits n pieces

best recent exchange with my friend c:

"we still have a long way to go to understand each other and really be a couple."
"your first date was wednesday!"
"oh, right."

nearly verbatim. but not quite.