Random Thoughts

Random Thought 1.

I just went to dinner with a really nice guy who is more shy than I. Or is it shier? I think the rule is one syllable gets the "-er" ending and more than one syllable gets the "more, most" thing. That's random thought 1.5, but I know you won't persecute me. Also, I am the only living person who cares about that rule, or at least you probably don't care, but it's my blog, and it's my job to care about these rules and think about them and list them. Anyway, I want to see this guy again, but wow, it sure is hard to read people who are shy. Now I know why guys had such a hard time with me for so long.

Random Thought 2.

I am exhausted. I am going right to bed after this. I have been working non-stop because I agreed to do this freelance project for an obscenely small amount of money, and that is because I wanted to start to build a base of clients and establish a reputation, considering my "real" job may or may not go away in the next year or so. I also figure working at home is more fun and convenient. Anyway, I don't regret agreeing to this even though I will end up making about 10 cents an hour by the time I'm done because I'm learning a lot, and it's definitely keeping me out of trouble. But I am actually truly tired. This doesn't happen to me very often. I am going to sleep the sleep of the incredibly sleepy tonight.

Random Thought 3.

I miss having really close friends near me. The kind of friends you can just drop in on and say "I'm here to watch TV and here're leftovers from my dinner". The kind you secretly watch reality TV shows with. The kind who have pints of Ben and Jerry's in the freezer because they know you like it. The kind you buy cards for because you know they get your sense of humor.

Random Thought 4.

I am already doing one of the things I said I would do this year. One of the other things, learning French, I started on by using one of those silly "learn French in your car" audiobooks. I can say things like "pencil" and "toilet" and "you" but I'm sorry, I need grammar lessons. This is how I prefer to approach learning -- formally. The only non-university French class in Chicago advertises itself as not relying on traditional methods, and again, I'm sorry, but I learn best with traditional methods. For Chrissakes, it has worked for generations of people, why do we suddenly feel the need to do away with reading and writing if we want to learn something? This is something I'd expect in California, but not in Chicago.

Random Thought 5.

The movie Closer is not what I expected. I didn't enjoy it that much, but I didn't hate it. What is it about Natalie Portman that bugs the shit out of me?

Random Thought 6.

I really should change the picture I use for myself here, because while I think it is a nice picture, the ones before it (where we were laughing uncontrollably) are much more illustrative of Sabrena's and my relationship. Also, we look kinda serious in this picture.

Random Thought 7.

If any of this is rambling, oh well. I'm tired. Did I say that already?

Random Thought 8.

It's bedtime. Night night.

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