today we had to practice using our present tense regular -er verbs by constructing sentences about americans (which is, you know, elementary. unfortunately, considering my 8 year background in the language, "elementary" is pretty on par with my skill level.) the other kids said some shit about americans consuming the most energy of any country in the world, or hating the president or other "look-how-liberal-and-politically-conscious-i-am" bs. i went in a different direction; americans love reality tv, country music, beer and freedom fries. then i realized it was the second time i've mentioned booze in that class - and we've only had 2 classes. so that's an interesting combination of funny and horrifying.

a sidenote: i tried to use "alcohol" instead of "booze" but couldn't spell the word. cue dictionary.com.

i've taken to spending late nights "organizing" my computer. basically i sit here and reorganize my photos or word/excel documents into increasingly complicated series' of folders that i guess i think will make it easier to find things. in reality it doesnt make one fuck of a difference but i can't stop. it's getting a little ridiculous at this point (think the idiocy of voyager x10). i also spend obscene amounts of time changing the "genre" categories of my music which is pretty much the biggest waste of time ever bc who listens to their music by genre anyway (well some people might, in which case devoting time to this endevour would make sense. i am not one of these people).

i just happened upon an itunes review of gwen stefani's new album that proclaimed gwen was just ripping off fergie's "faux rap style" and gave the album 2 stars. ever heard of peaches, moron?

people that dumb shouldn't be allowed to review music. not that i think the album is especially groundbreaking or unbelievable but i purchased a couple tracks that i've really been enjoying. not to mention fugly fergie is (unsuccessfully and lamely) ripping off peaches so much harder than glamourous gwen AND that person probably doesn't even know that peaches exists in the first place. i mean not that it matters.

but if i could i would probably punch them in the junk. not bc im especially mad but just to do it. at least it would stop me from "streamlining" every damn file on my computer.

i also spend a lot of time assessing my physical well-being searching for any signs of mono. so far today i've analyzed 2 instances of perceived mental slowness or confusion (alcohol spelling difficulty, and one other i can't think of) and also, heartburn, which i've been internally debating with myself whether or not it could actually be my spleen growing and getting ready to burst. i think pondering symptoms of mono makes me feel less like sucky crap about kate not being here.

also it's cold here again which, when i allow myself to think about it, sucks out loud.

not to be a whining downer [butte des mortes room] but, spring term is, thus far, losing street cred hard and fast