A highlight of the conversations that entertained me during work/designing/job hunting:
JANUARY
Laura: i have a pressing question
me: go
Laura: how is it possible for a giant and a human to have a child?
how does hagrid exist?
me: hahahaha
I think the exact same way that two humans have a child
though I think having the giant as the mother is probably a lot easier on both parents.
was that too much?
Laura: no, i just don't get how that works out physiologically
these are the questions that plague me as i listen to HP
also, hagrid should mathematically be in his 60s
do giants age differently?
me: I don't think they do
Laura: well, then i'm baffled
me: why would they age differently?
Laura: i don't know. he doesn't seem to be in his 60s in the books
i would put him in his 40s
me: people in their 60s can do what he does
not all of them
but some
plus, he has giant blood
FEBRUARY
Danielle: only 60 dollars
me: yep
hmm...
I was looking for animal print, but I like these shoes
Danielle: hahah still looking for leopard?
you better hurry up before the tren is over
me: haha, I know
h&m has snakeskin ones that I love, but they never have my size
I think I might have to just give up on the animal shoes
Danielle: hahahah
mike just caught me swaying/dancing in my cube
woops
me: hahahaha
awesome
now the question is do I have clothes with which to wear purple and yellow heels?
Danielle: of course
me: hahaha
of course I do?
Danielle: yeah
you can wear them with anything
me: I like your logic
and I think I will add them to my tax refund present.
Danielle: there you go
me: yay
MARCH
me: do you have great spring break plans?
I'm a little surprised you were awake to send an email at 7:40
Dema: haha yeah i've been used to waking up early now, so can't sleep in :)
plans are just homework and hang out with friends at night
we're still on for tomorrow, right?
me: yep
time preference?
Dema: well if you wanna do something right after work we can, or if you're interested in going to that show together we can meet up later
i'm currently asking Jan Marie if she would date me
me: I'm guessing the answer is yes
Dema: u just have to take that step into the dark/leap of faith (think Indian Jones and the last crusade).
and it always seems to pay off
Jan: I seriously love you for making that analogy
me: that's why we'd make a great lesbian couple.
think about it
Jan: absolutely
me: hahaha
I love it
and I'd totally date you, too
Dema: good
APRIL
Matt: oh my word, your church has a style guide
how great is that
me: of course it does
I have a copy of it
I've used it before, I used to intern with a BYU professor writing a commentary on the New Testament
haha, how'd you find it?
Matt: i was perusing the general conference stuff
me: ah
Matt: haha...top-down management of the church, very interesting
me: what do you mean?
Matt: well, top-down meaning there's a central authority that manages nearly all facets of mormonism, opposed to most other sects of christianity where the mangement is spread across the members of each individual church (bottom-up)
me: right
I find ours more effective.
Matt: for some aspects, absolutely
like I said, very clean
provides clear and consistent results
Mormonism also, i think, exercises more control than, say, Catholicism, despite both being centrally administered
me: I don't know a whole lot about the organization of the Catholic church, so I can't say
Matt: well, the main similarity being a central authority (pope and cardinals vs. president and...his cabinet? Elders? Not sure what you call them)
me: haha, it isn't a bureaucracy. they are apostles. like in the Bible.
MAY
Miranda: hey MASTER
me: hahaha
oh hey
Miranda: so proud of you
i'm going to brag all about my roommate
me: hahaha
Miranda: to who ever wants to listen
me: everyone, I'm sure
Miranda: there is a line forming outside my cubicle, waiting to hear the ballad of allison mitton
me: ooh
is it as good as when you recite ice ice baby?
Miranda: better
i've grown wiser since then
me: hahaha
I loved that
that's one of my favorite memories
Miranda: i'm glad!
so, have you read any of briTTany's blog?
because it irks me because it is written so poorly, i can only imagine what it does to you
me: oh my gosh NO
send me the link
Miranda: i can't access it write now, (fb is blocked at work) but its on her page
ahhh WRITE NOW?! who am i? my brain ismelting at this job!
right now****
me: hahahaha
JUNE
me: okay. it's just the one selena gomez song I really like
everything else is just, meh
Katelyn: haha, thats a good discovery
me: is it on repeat?
yes. yes it is
Katelyn: hahaaha
oh, you and selena. bffs.
me: hahaha
terrible
my music listening sometimes takes these huge nose dives
this is one of them
Katelyn: haha, well acceptance is the first step
me: to recovery?
but I haven't recovered
case in point:
Ke$ha
Call Me Maybe
Selena Gomez
I'm Sexy and I Know It
need I go on?
haha
Katelyn: haha, no no. i think we all have a bit of pop music trash attraction. it's an inevitability of life.
me: that is true
oh. Britney Spears
old and new
I Wanna Go is just so great
Katelyn: case and point
me: plus there's my horrible Maroon 5 love affair.
Katelyn: haha
me: all my favorites of their songs are the dirtiest ones
and I never realize it until it's too late
Katelyn: hahaha
me: oh well.
Katelyn: it's not the worst thing in life. embrace it
JULY
me: so I told Danielle and McCall and Anne Marie the David date story tonight
they loved it
Jan: hahahaha
I love it too
that was great
me: D wanted to know why I'd never told her before, haha
Jan: well it's not like you go around telling everyone you meet
me: I hardly tell anyone
it makes me look bad, haha
and I still had the note
so she read it out loud
Jan: HAHAHAHA
I can't even remember what it said now
I wish I had been there
how does it make you look bad?
you didn't do anything
me: you don't remember?
when I got back from Christmas Dema and I were sitting in the foyer at church and he came to talk to us and she totally steamrolled him and wouldnt let him talk to me
she monopolized the entire conversation
and he doesn't talk to me now
we'll pass in the hall and he doesn't even say hi
Jan: yes I remember that
if it makes you feel better he doesn't say hi to me either
AUGUST
me: how goes the search
Calvin: didn't yet
got emails from BU
me: haha, I knew it
oh yeah?
how are the terriers?
Calvin: fast
me: not as fast as jackals, though
Calvin: who has a jackal mascot?
me: I don't know
but I always say to be speedy fast like a jackal
have you never heard me say that?
Calvin: of course I have
me: well then. terriers aren't as speedy fast as jackals.
Calvin: how do you know?
me: because jackals are the speedy fastest
Calvin: no they're not
two words
cheetahs
me: that is one word
also, I saw the african cats movie and the jackals were running just as fast as the teenager cheetahs
Calvin: teenager cheetahs are always high on weed
me: you are making that up
Calvin: i would never
me: you would always
Calvin: touchez
me: haha
I win
SEPTEMBER
me: so I've been watching grey's again
it's bad because I get sucked in, and because it makes me think I have some weird serious thing wrong with me and I don't know it and I'll die
but also I like it because I love Cristina and Meredith's friendship.
McCall: haha oh dear
yeah their friendship is great
but that's bad because you tend to self-diagnose anyway
but in all likelihood you're fine
however, if you would like to take this opportunity to go to a doctor, i'm all for that
me: hahaha
you and everyone else
McCall: smart people
smart people
me: yeah yeah
haha
aaah there is a moth in my room
it keeps saying you do not receive my chat
hmm
McCall: yeah, it said that for mine too which is why i said it twice
really weird
also, kill the moth
me: so last night I got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and turned on the lamp
when I got back to my room I saw the moth six inches from my pillow, on the wall
McCall: ugh, creepy!
me: haha, I didn't know what to do. I don't know how to kill moths
so I managed to suck it up and get in bed. though I think that was part of the reason I didn't sleep well
when I woke up it wasn't on teh same wall anymore, but just now it started flying all over
ooh there it is again
McCall: just throw a shoe at it!
OCTOBER
me: I'm glad you're checking up
Reed: doing my best!
me: you're doing great
I'll fill the SEO stuff and post it
Reed: word - thanks! Over the weekend if i have time maybe i put together a few screen shots and send them out ... maybe that will help them figure it out
me: that's a good idea
Reed: those come across my mind from time to time ... yes!!!!!!!!!!
me: haha
don't let it go to your head
Reed: shoot ... too late!
me: hahaha
that's okay
Dema will make sure your head doesn't get too big
Reed: def'ly true .... that's why we have women in our lives... they build us up and rip us down at the right times!
me: and we do it well.
NOVEMBER
Daniel: now about you
what's the news?
me: no news
I'm going to California next week
Daniel: ooh fun
which part?
me: my dad just bought a new car but it's in Orange County
so my mom and I are flying down to drive it back up
we're going to stop in San Francisco for a day with my uncle
Daniel: have I told you that I love SF?
me: nope
Daniel: or what's left of it?
it's in my top 3 of cities
me: what do you mean, what's left of it
Daniel: post Giants victory riots burned some stuff down
me: yeah, but they won
Daniel: hey, no one is happier than me
i love the giants
me: umm, I probably am
did you go to Giants games every year since you were 1?
Daniel: that's probably true
in fact, a lot of people are probably happier than I am
but I'm more than halfway between indifferent and hey-that's-cool
me: haha
terrible
Daniel: i did see the giants play every time i visited my grandpa though
and those are my favorite memories
me: I love them so much
mostly Brian Wilson and his sweet, sweet beard
Daniel: not the one from the Beach Boys though, right?
me: I don't know why you'd even say that
look:
Daniel: hahaha
DECEMBER
Calvin: and graduate study in cw will round blah blah?
me: that could work
Calvin: will round me more fully as a writer
something like that?
me: hmm.
I want a different word
something other than 'round'
Calvin: yep
me: the first thing that comes to mind is 'flesh', which is equally bad
Calvin: ew
me: hahaha
Calvin: advance
enhance
entrance
fire dance
romance
fat chance
me: you should write the entire letter like Dr. Seuss
Calvin: bagger vance
me: now you're just making things up
Calvin: haha, that would be awesome
me: it really would
