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September 5, 2008emily 3 Comments »So I got bitten by an ant the other day. An ANT, for crying out loud. Ants are, what, one-one-millionth the size of us humans? And the bite itches like you wouldn’t believe, itches like the worst mosquito bite you’ve ever gotten (and, lo, I’ve gotten some doozies). How can something so microscopic inflict such great discomfort?
And while we’re on the subject, the mosquito bites I’ve been getting recently are out of this world. Clearly the rest of you should kneel down on bended knee and thank me for doing whatever it is that I do to lure all the mosquitos in the states into a 1-mile radius of my body. These suckers are so mean, the bites they administer leave scars. I’m a pockmarked mess from my knees down, simply because of mosquito bites. John tried to be helpful by suggesting that maybe it wasn’t just the mosquitos leaving the scar, but the West Nile virus they were carrying. Not helpful.
Along with being pockmarked and itchy (and possibly diseased with West Nile virus), I also find myself in the middle of a Post-It (TM) note connundrum. When I started collecting gobs and gobs of dissertation-related paperwork, I decided to color-coordinate it. (AM A HUGE DORK.) I used these turquoise Post-It (TM) notes to designate dissertation research folders and then, apparently, went on a turquoise Post-It (TM) spree, wasting countless numbers of them on notes like, I don’t know, “buy milk” and “take a shower.” The result is that now I’m out of said Post-Its (TM) and the only way to buy more is to buy a pack of 8, wherein only 1 is the correct color.
I try not to get political here, because it’s only going to alienate people, but I have to make one observation. Not only does Sarah Pallin frighten me and give me a headache, I suspect she also scares John McCain a little. Have you seen the two of them together, when she’s talking? It’s comical, really. She does this jabbing point gesture with her right hand and each time she does it, McCain jumps a little. I can picture him taking her aside and saying, “Sarah, you’re fabulous, but can you stop with the finger jabbing?”
Posted on September 5th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
re post-it notes: I color coordinated in law school as well. At one point I think I was using my color-coordination skills to avoid actual work by tricking myself into thinking it would help me study.
re McCain: Last weekend we were laughing about how incredibly nervous he looked while Palin was talking. He swayed side to side, played with his wedding ring, waved at a few people, then hitched up his pants (we implied a hop in there), rinse, repeat. It was ridiculously funny and distracting. I didn’t hear a word Palin said with him fidgeting so much in the background. Oh, and the teleprompter thing was blocking his head so the focus was his fidgety hands.
Posted on September 5th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
if it makes you feel any better, the bugs that haven’t been biting you this summer, well, they’ve found plenty of happy places to nibble, sting, and generally annoy courtesy of my 5’1 frame. And oh Sarah. There is nothing more scary that a former beauty queen. I just think anything that makes McCain move at all is probably a plus for him, because he looks so, um, dead.
Posted on September 8th, 2008 at 1:54 am
I just want to know if you’re wearing pants today?