Monday, November 5, 2007

Revolution's fine, but give me the high fives and the hugs and I'm happy

Today was a successful day. The train arrived in town on time, I didn't have to wait for my bus in or back home, I handed in my essay so I won't have to think about nuns and feminism for a few weeks at least, fopp had two cds I wanted for a fiver each and Indiana Jones was referenced again in my archaeology lecture. Good times, man, good times.

My eye is socially acceptable now. I can walk down the streets of this mean town and not be gawked at. Well, mostly. I never knew I made so many weird faces when I'm thinking. It's a problem. One I ain't solving so deal.

On friday archaeology was so dull we all just about cried. The one piece of information I remember was about how the Peruvians who lived in the first known city were permanently stoned on aphrodisiacs! Yay for Peru I guess. This week was much better. The actual subject matter was bleh, a lot of it is since we aren't digging until after Christmas, but every so often we got a little snippet of something better. For instance, did you know that Arthur Pendragon has been reborn and lives amongst us now awaiting his awakening as the King of England? It's true! Apparently he's laid claim to Stonehenge once he takes the throne. Good on you, you poor, pathetic madman!

We had quotes from Byron, Orwell and a very angry Aboriginal woman. Sometimes I miss my English Lit degree. Sure all the poems we studied were about sex or death or sex with dead people (yay for Browning) but it was cosy and familiar. I'm still getting used to a course like Archaeology which borders on science too often for my likes. Then we get lectures like today where it's all romantic poets and philosophical ideas. These I know. But I remember the girls in the English classes and bah! I'm better off even with Mouseface. Plus y'know there's the geek references to Indiana Jones and how he could have just flown over to England if he wanted the Ark of the Covenant so much.

When I came out of he class a certain little midgetgirl skipped out in front of me, itty bitty ass wiggling and stupid squeaky voice yammering on her phone. I'd forgotten she existed to tell you the truth. I haven't seen her since that first couple of weeks, I figured she'd stopped turning up to avoid me. She changed her subjects last year to avoid being in English with me. Apparently she blamed me for ruining her choices, like I'd deliberately picked it so she couldn't. I found this ridiculous but then I didn't know what she was doing behind my back so it did seem rather odd out of context. But there she was today. I was close enough to shove her down the stairs and claim it wasn't me and whereas a month ago I would have been close to murder now I felt nothing. She was just a nobody. A nobody who is less attractive than me even with the eye thing I've got going on. And that felt damn good.

I actually had some free time after all that. No essays due for a couple of weeks, no tutorial work either. I just have to rest up for my long(er) day tomorrow so I've been reading Joey Comeau and eating strawberries.

I leave you now with the world's best detective, mostly cause I found it in a folder I didn't know I had on my desktop.

6 comments:

Joe said...

Has Julie and/or you watched it yet? It's got an ending that made me jump for joy and die from heartbreak at the exact same time. It's bloody brilliant stuff.

Catherine said...

We watched it at the weekend. It was rather fantastic although I was so sad by the end even though I knew it was going to happen. Julie wanted to keep the dvds and never give you them back, apparently you'd never know. But then she made you a thank you present instead. It's not made of money sadly.

Joe said...

Damn, I was hoping for a cut of that sweet sweet grand... piano!

Yes.

Catherine said...

Well we're all hoping for that. She's too scared to start spending. She doesn't know the ways of saving up your money for food and blowing it all on drink, drugs and beautiful ladies.


I'm so very poor.

Unknown said...

Shall I go hurt the midget-scum...then Julie can pay me for assassination-style-services

Catherine said...

Nah I've come to realise her life is much crapper than mine. I always knew it but seeing her yesterday was like 'you suck and i dont care if you live or die!' was fan-freakin-tastic.

Or in other words, yes do that and maybe we will all get some money :D