Friday, December 19, 2008

SPEED DATE Returns

Speed date, well, worked. I ended up chatting with a charming Industrial Design major for quite a while today. Of course, Winter Break is upon us all, which is unfortunate timing on my part. Perhaps I'll invite her to coffee once we return (and I have, you know, money for coffee).

What happened to all of my socks? I had, what, two with holes in the heels at the beginning of this semester, with about two dozen pairs all told. Now, magically, I have about 10 pairs, most with holes in them. I've heard of losing left socks, but this is a straight-up, indiscriminate sock genocide.

I have a habit of making big plans for my school breaks. For this one, I'm going to undershoot what I want to achieve, as well as make it vague: I, Ian James Anthony, hereby resolve to build something out of the stuff in my junk drawer. Not a specific item with a size or shape, but just something. I ought to be able to do that, right? Right?

Also learn a new song on the ukulele.

Oh man, holiday party this Saturday with some friends I haven't seen in ages. I'll have to take the Metra out there, but that will give me a chance to be downtown for a bit, where I can perhaps sharpen my photography skills. This is the party, where, last year, I started my long, spiritual trek, starting with straight atheism. There was a gentleman at the party who spent a good deal of his time preaching about Jesus, but in a way that was not conducive to gays or evolution, and, thus, logic and science. I wasn't able to mount any sort of defence against what he was saying, save that it didn't sound right. I've now reached a sort of comfortable logical agnosticism, though, with a general distaste for both extremes, Dawkins and O'Reilly alike. Perhaps I'll be a little more informed if he decides to slander proven fact again.

Ever sleep until 4:00, and shrug the day off as wasted, spending it watching movies and playing video games?

Man, the negative time after finals but before the trip home is excellent.

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