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[theinevitable]

we are probably going to get ones owned by the school, because 2 of the guys are going abroad one semester and we don't want to have to deal with finding people to swap in.

Hopefully we can get the apartments that are between main campus and The Loop. Our friends live in one of those, and I love their apartment. There are also some near the corner of Forest Park Pkwy and Skinker that would be convenient. There are also apts on Waterman past Skinker, but those apparently are like a big sign that says "please mug me on the way home from class, also, could you break in at noon when you know we're all at class." Although, almost all of our friends are living along there. Also, we aren't sure how likely we are to get the really desirable ones right north of campus, since we will only be Juniors.

Due to the silly way campus is arranged, even the furthest school-owned apartments are closer to where my classes are than my dorm is now.

[melack]

WashU

As someone who graduated from UWash, I feel like there should be some sort of natural rivalry between us. But I just can't seem to muster the energy.

[theinevitable]

oh, we hate you guys to hell, believe me.
After the first "Oh, all the way out on the West Coast? wow!" the WashU student develops a deep loathing of the University of Washington. This only increases with the 3rd, 10th, and 31st repetitions.

So, my friend's roommate randomly came up to me and said "hey, do you like Built to Spill? There is this one song of theirs that reminds me of you so much, I don't know why" and then put her headphones on my head, and it's a song I completely love. Maybe not my favorite, but it's a very Daniel song. It's nice when people know you, you know?

Between that, realizing maybe my stat exam won't be so bad, realizing maybe my cognitive science paper will be easy, and this really calm happy feeling I have about the way things are going with a girl I have liked for a long time, I am at a pretty good place right now. I am nervous about the girl thing, but in a way that is almost like... I'm daniel, so of course I have to talk about how I don't really know if she likes me and act all worried. But... I don't actually feel that way?
But, um, it could just be the (legal, prescribed) drugs which I had not been taking because I am good at justifying silly things (oh, no, i'm not doing my work or focusing at all but... it's because I'm being lazy on purpose, because my classes are easy!)
I mean, I have looked this shit up, and I am basically on a tiny bit of speed. Or a tiny bit of cocaine. Something like that.

[KeithHernandez]

Actually, depending on what it is, it is just amphetamine.  Which means you are on speed.  No basically about it.

[CortJstr]

...wait in a line that was way the hell too long to vote. We have 4 touchscreens but only two people checking off names, which means that only 1 person was voting at any given time.

See, VA is a totally independent state. Officially we have no political parties. So you can vote in any primary you want, but the catch is you can only vote in 1 per election cycle. So when you go to vote you say which primary you're voting in, but the person handling the other party still has to mark you off in their rolls so you don't try to come back later in the day and vote in their primary as well. Which means that even though two people were checking off names, they both had to check off each person which was slow as hell.

[theinevitable]

no, I looked what I am on up, and it is not amphetamine.

[littlefallsmets]

I really like... the instrumental parts of that song, 'Nev. Nicely done.

If I had to pick a favourite Built to Spill song, it'd definitely be "Twin Falls, Idaho" because... like... that is an exactly-me kind of narrative.

[CortJstr]

I really like... the instrumental parts of that song, 'Nev. Nicely done.

If I had to pick a favourite Built to Spill song, it'd definitely be "Twin Falls, Idaho" because... like... that is an exactly-me kind of narrative.

At first I thought you were referring to his post directly about yours. And I was all, "what does Built to Spill have to do with the Everclear song Amphetamine?"

[theinevitable]

wait, LFM, seriously?

That song has always struck me as borderline too-twee and precious. I am not kidding. I like it, but, it has hell of Twee signifiers.

[KeithHernandez]

no, I looked what I am on up, and it is not amphetamine.

Yeah, there are two things, sorry.

[jaydub]

I like it, but, it has hell of Twee signifiers.

Can to the Inev for a new Term (new to me) that sent me over to Urban Dictionary.  At least its a term for a phenomenon I recognize, but never previously had a word for - unlike some of the random cryptolalia that appears on UD.

[littlefallsmets]

It... reminds me of a girl I had an insane crush on in junior high/early high school... and therefore the tweeness is eradicated. Also, its minimalism cuts down on the twee to begin with. Also also, Ben Folds' cover of it is rad.

[theinevitable]

I mean, that is why I like twee songs. Because when I try to express how I feel about things, I inevitably end up with lame metaphors and cutesy phrases.

Today, I had classes, studied statistics (exam tomorrow), put up our new schedule posters all over campus, didn't study cultural anthropology (exam tomorrow), and didn't start a paper (due thursday). Just now I had my radio show, where I alternated between awesome (song choices), questionably awesome depending on the listener (several-minute long... thing... about the Minutemen and corporate rock and the importance of music made by amateurs), and horrible (when a certain lady sent me a message saying she was listening to my show, and I was in the middle of a series of rapid transitions between extremely short punk songs, and I completely lost my cool.)

also, my best friend at school said "what? you like [girl who i've talked about with him constantly for ages]? Dude, I totally have dibs."
I laughed in his face. "You wish. It doesn't work like that."

also. What birthday present do I get this girl. hm.

[theinevitable]

today, I found out:

I was going to type out statistics, but, basically almost half of my school are virgins. Including about a third of seniors. Of those who aren't virgins, a huge percentage report having sex fewer than 3 times in the last year.
Aren't college students supposed to be oversexed?
Isn't my generation supposed to be oversexed?

Good lord.

[Arachno-capitalist]

today, I found out:

I was going to type out statistics, but, basically almost half of my school are virgins. Including about a third of seniors. Of those who aren't virgins, a huge percentage report having sex fewer than 3 times in the last year.
Aren't college students supposed to be oversexed?
Isn't my generation supposed to be oversexed?

Good lord.

Maybe you should focus on being a part of the solution instead of perpetuating this disgusting state of affairs.