Observations : A List in No Particular Order

These are some things about myself that I've recently noticed and have found interesting.

• Of the 3 major crushes I've had since seventh grade, all 3 are vegetarians.
• I find it difficult to stay awake between 5 and 8 pm.  I find it difficult to stay asleep between 8 and 11 pm.
• I do not like to capitalize or full-stop the post- or ante-meridian abbreviations (in other words, I don't do PM or p.m., as is technically correct—rather, I prefer pm).
• Strict-ish-ly structured music with a clear bass (like Cake) is oddly lulling.  Bombastic classical is like ... well, like strong novocaine, I guess.  Especially between 5 and 8 pm.
• I tend to prefer numbered lists.  This one's not a great example.
• I'm a sucker for grammar/usage.  I will listen to any musician who uses "whom" properly.  Aimee Mann won me over with her proper use of "agendum".
• I like glasses.  I wish I had some.
• When I pick a new favorite word, I tend to use it far, far too frequently.  "Lame" is my new favorite word.
• I use the exclamation point to emphasize a clause or phrase, but not necessarily to end the sentence of which that clause or phrase is a part.  I don't mind writing something like, "Wow!, dude, are you serious!?".  On a related note, I almost always place the exclamation point before the question mark if both are necessary to communicate the thought.  This is because the shape of {!?} is better looking, I believe, than that of {?!}.
• Holiday Special!:  I like to do a casual week of Christmas, rather than one morning.  That way, the gift itself can be a surprise, but so can when you get it!

Snowflakes

I love making paper snowflakes.  But hey, if you're going to make any, make sure you fold it first in half, then half again, then—here's the key—thirds.  That'll result in a snowflake with a pattern based on sixes, rather than based on fours or eights.  This is important because that's how water crystalizes.  Hexagonally, I mean.  It's because of the shape of the water molecule I believe.

It's a peeve of mine; I don't believe in "Creative License", especially with reality!  I mean, a level of inaccuracy is to be expected, because, heck!, I'm not God.  But something as simple as 4 instead of 6?  C'mon!

In elementary school we made snowflakes all the time, y'know?  I remember getting so annoyed in, like, 2nd grade (or maybe 4th or something like that), we did snowflakes during recess, 'cause it was snowing or something, so we couldn't go outside.  Everyone was folding quarters, then going for it, and I was like, What on Earth are you doing!?  Have you ever seen a quarters-snowflake!?  No!!  And it's a friggin square!!!

I got all worked up over the stupidest things back then, huh?  Isn't it funny that sometimes people don't change at all?

(By the way, if you have flash player 6, and you want to make some online—no mess!, no folding!—you can go to snowflakes.barkleyus.com).

Double-U Tee Heck!?

So, uh … Sean just called.  The Sean.  Of 'EVERettLASTING LIFE'.  He called me.  On my phone.  Not even my house phone.  Just the cell phone that Josie usually has during the day, but I have at night, y'know?  Sean's old phone (well, phone number).

He called.  I know, huh!?

He was all "Hello?"  Like, three times, just to mess with me.  Then we were like, "What's up?", and all.  And he was like, "I was just curious whether you still had this phone."

And I was all, "Yeah."

And he was like, "Does Olivia have a phone."

And I was all, "Yeah," and I told him her number.

And he said, "Oh, yeah."

And then I was like, "So why are you calling?"

And he was all, "I was just thinking, 'I have a phone, I should call'.  So I did."

And I said, "..."

And he was like, "Yeah."

And then we hung-out for, like, 17 seconds.  Then he said he'd call home tomorrow.

Weird.