I correctly guessed within one tenth the execution scores for 22 out of the 40 televised routines from today’s women’s gymnastics individual all-around final.
New Jersey is a fascinating site to examine the cultural and linguistic diversity of immigrant communities (my mom put on an accent for the Egyptian lady at Dunkin)
was recently informed that my Spanish accent incorporates the “worst aspects” of Argentine Spanish and the “least intelligible” sounds of Catalan. an immense compliment btw
today I witnessed two Portuguese men in New Jersey complain to each other that Brazilian and Angolan immigrants have taken over their hometowns in Portugal
just got nauseous thinking about how i asked a guy i liked in college if he thought i was pretty and he closed one eye and framed my face with both hands and said after 30 seconds of silence “you’re… an unconventional beauty”
overheard at the German Studies conference: "one of the unfortunate things about the media is that they only report on the negatives aspects on parasites, and never the positive ones"
intrusive boarding school memory: going to a striptease-themed dance in a tiny hot ass room and then taking a huge shower together naked in the locker rooms.. like why did we do that