"Just send me a facebook message!"

I was a little hesitant about joining the whole facebook craze a few years ago. I'd never done the myspace thing. I had my blog and that amused me enough. But after some friendly pressure I joined. I don't know if I'd say I regretted it but it definitely has its downfalls: procrastination and a huge waste of time being the maine thing. And then I guess I could go all sociological and complain about how it's ruining our ability to communicate personally, how it's seperating us from real people etc but I won't. Then there's the whole friend race thing, who has more, does that make you really special and all that (somehow I have a ton of friends but I only speak to about 10 of them...). It's great for catching up to people in your past but sometimes I'd really not like to be hearing about who's pregnant, who's marrying who or who's getting "real drunk tonight!".
Today's facebook story involves people you would not expect to add you as a friend. I got home this afternoon to find a friend request from someone who's dated a few people I know, one of those people being someone I wasn't ready to see dating. I was pretty sure this person was aware of my uneasiness towards them and that I'd really rather not have much to do with them, at least for the time being. Apparently I was wrong (or maybe it was an attempt to be friendly, I don't know - I'm a pessimist). Anyways, I mulled over the friend request most of the day and finally decided it wasn't a road I wanted to go down (my, how serious facebook can get) so I went to click the ignore button, unfortunately I accidently hit the confirm one. Luckily for me there's a remove friend option.
That's my story for the day. Now I have to go find some actual academic sources to put in my philosophy paper instead of just my own insane ramblings... but isn't that just what philosophy is?

Gym 1 Me 0

So I tried to go to the gym today. It didn't go so well: I panicked. I am way to self-conscious and it's a curse: I didn't get the free dessert at the restaurant yesterday cause I refused to have them sing to me etc.
Call me a wimp, but when that panic attack hits ya, the last thing you're concerned about is seeming to be a wimp.
Oh well, I'll give it another try tomorrow. After I find me some valium.

People-Watching

So I've been sitting in a coffee shop for two and a half hours now working on a paper and it has given me a chance to witness some interesting interpersonal events.
First, was the meeting of two men. Not sure how they got talking but eventually they were sitting on the same table chatting away. Then they exchanged phone numbers. I thought it was very very cute.
Second are the two guys who were here before I even got here and have been playing chess the whole time. Every once in awhile, one will shout out in victory while the other sighs loudly in protest.
Next was the couple sitting near me a few minutes ago. A guy and a girl. And he was being so mean to her. Just rude and not very nice. One of those people you just can't stand to be around. It was really making me angry so I was very glad when they left.
And now I must get back to my paper and the man across the way who keeps smiling at me. :)

Call me...

I got called odd at work...
I was cleaning the milk cooler (cold cold job) and some big important person was visiting and I heard them talking about me. He commented that I did a good job with the cleaning etc, and didn't seem to be doing it begrudgingly. My boss says..."Yeah, she's a little odd." Thanks... I think.
Speaking of being called things... I do not like to be called ma'am. Nope. I get called alot of things (honey, miss, sweetheart, darling, baby), one customer even calls me lover and I can deal with that. But ma'am. Ugh. Do not like it. Amusingly enough the people who call me that are my age!
Ok. Back to my papers!

Hot Chocolate Anyone?

So my cough has now turned into a very squeaky smoker's cough. Its amusing but kinda annoying. Actually more annoying than the original one. Dear goodness I hope this means its going away. And I haven't had to blow my nose as much today so hopefully the head cold is starting to clear up too!
So my amusing stories from yesterday. Mostly only one I'm going to share cause the other's make me appear like an idiot.
So Lawschoolgonnabe and Islander and I are having coffee (or rather, latte, coffee and hot chocolate respectively) and we were talking about today was going to be "Talk like a pirate day", they thought it was quite amusing. Islander was saying how he'd avoided the invite on facebook and lsgb commented on how she hadn't gotten one. So since we've both got our laptops out, I send her an invite without telling her. She gets all giddy about how she's got an email from facebook. She's talking about what it could be as she's waiting for pages to load etc, very excited and the like. I in the meantime am drinking my hot chocolate. Now, currently with this cold I can't breathe through my nose, nor can I really breathe through my mouth all that well but regardless, less able through my nose. I apparently found her excitment awfully amusing and started to laugh. And then cough, all the while with a mouthful of hot chocolate. Which I will add did not stay in my mouth long. Now this is not something I've ever done before so I was a bit unsure of what exactly to do. Since this experience I have learnt that you do not turn towards the people sitting with you, especially when there wasn't anyone sitting in the other direction. That's not nice. For anyone involved. Needless to say napkins were scrambled for, and everyone got a taste of my hot chocolate. Anyways, it was amusing. Must have taken a good hour to recover and stop coughing and for everyone to stop laughing. Great fun was had by all. Which reminds me... anyone know how to get hot chocolate off a computer screen?!
Oh but to redeem myself from hot chocolate showers... I try and pretend to be smarter than the business students in my business law class and with this crew its not too hard, maybe its just cause I've got more background in law type classes but these guys aren't so great. Anyways, we were discussing the good things about precedent. I spoke up in class, which I don't usually do (but need to work on as soon as the coughing stops) and answered the question have they'd all struggled for a while throwing out weird things. Okay, that was my make me feel smart moment. The day was followed by many not so smart ones.

Awkward Encounters of the Fourteenth Kind

Today was the university's clubs and societies fair. And since I had no classes today, I sat at a table all day which meant I had to deal with people. The sickness makes me cranky so I probably wasn't as friendly as I could have been but oh well.
Saw several people I knew. All of them very awkward situations. One was with a friend's friend who's well.. a little strange, I don't know her well. I've just heard the stories. The other was with someone who'd I'd see a few times last year and then who just dropped off the face of the earth with regards to me. He was oddly friendly which was weird and therefore we talked for a bit. Which was okay except that I coughed through the entire conversation. The next person was a woman who seemed to know me. And yes, I know that I know her but I do not know from where. And well, its going to drive me crazy; I did however act like I knew her and therefore also awkward.
There were a few others that pretty much just involved me and my awkwardness in general. The sickness makes it worse. As soon as I read about the seclusion of elite muscovite women I will tell you a few funny stories from yesterday.