This past Thursday, Robert from wushu invited me over to his place for crawfish. Good stuff. Man, living here on campus deprives you of so many things you're used to from your home life, namely good food. I also had an O3 but wasn't impressed; I think Smirnoff Ice is still my "wussy drink" of choice.
While I'm on the topic of foods: watermelon! Uggghhh... this is one food that has very strong negative associations from my childhood. I was really young at the time, but I think it was my uncle who told me something like, "yea, you gotta be reeeeeeeaally careful not to swallow any seeds, otherwise a watermelon'll grow in your stomach! It happened to me, and that's why my gut is so big!" And being the naive child I was, I believed him (cuz he did have the beer-belly to back up his claim). So from then on, I put so much time into digging out the seeds that eating watermelon just ceased to be pleasurable (marginal cost exceeding marginal benefit, so to speak). But yea, that completely ruined the experience of eating watermelon for me for years to come. I hated the taste of watermelon- couldn't even stand watermelon flavored candy. This lasted for years- probably about a decade. It wasn't until the popularization of seedless watermelons that I gradually started to eat watermelon again. I still have a little bit of subconscious [suspicion] every time that taste hits my mouth, but hopefully (maybe in another 10 years or so) I'll eventually make my peace with watermelon. So yea, moral of the story is: be careful what you tell young and impressionable children, lest you should scar them for life!
Anyways, I watched Being John Malkovich on Friday night with Rex, Pearl, and Louise. Confusing... trippy... don't know what else to say. Then this Saturday was Forty Acres Fest. It was whatever. I had more fun last year. And I didn't know any of the musical guests this year; I stopped by Gregory and listened to the concert for a bit, but it was just too black, so to speak. Afterwards, I played poker with the guys again and won for the first time ever. Still not that big a fan of poker, but everyone seems to play, so I guess "When in Rome..."
While I'm on the topic of foods: watermelon! Uggghhh... this is one food that has very strong negative associations from my childhood. I was really young at the time, but I think it was my uncle who told me something like, "yea, you gotta be reeeeeeeaally careful not to swallow any seeds, otherwise a watermelon'll grow in your stomach! It happened to me, and that's why my gut is so big!" And being the naive child I was, I believed him (cuz he did have the beer-belly to back up his claim). So from then on, I put so much time into digging out the seeds that eating watermelon just ceased to be pleasurable (marginal cost exceeding marginal benefit, so to speak). But yea, that completely ruined the experience of eating watermelon for me for years to come. I hated the taste of watermelon- couldn't even stand watermelon flavored candy. This lasted for years- probably about a decade. It wasn't until the popularization of seedless watermelons that I gradually started to eat watermelon again. I still have a little bit of subconscious [suspicion] every time that taste hits my mouth, but hopefully (maybe in another 10 years or so) I'll eventually make my peace with watermelon. So yea, moral of the story is: be careful what you tell young and impressionable children, lest you should scar them for life!
Anyways, I watched Being John Malkovich on Friday night with Rex, Pearl, and Louise. Confusing... trippy... don't know what else to say. Then this Saturday was Forty Acres Fest. It was whatever. I had more fun last year. And I didn't know any of the musical guests this year; I stopped by Gregory and listened to the concert for a bit, but it was just too black, so to speak. Afterwards, I played poker with the guys again and won for the first time ever. Still not that big a fan of poker, but everyone seems to play, so I guess "When in Rome..."
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