August 23, 2010

[sugarandice]

It would seem that the pool party was not a minute too soon this year. One day later, and I'm not sure anyone would have been in the mood to swim. It's always a shock when things are so damp and chilly and dismal in August.

I know some of you are thinking, "I thought you were the guy who liked the cold." I am. I do. But these past two days haven't been cold enough, and it's so gray. My favorite days are the sharp cold ones in the winter, where the snow's gone all glittery and powdery and the sky is the sort of blue that photographs can never do justice to, but sometimes paintings can.

It probably makes me hopelessly uncool to say that I'm looking forward to school starting up again, but I am. I've been stuck in the house with Rhys and Seren all day, and none of us can agree on anything to watch so there's constant bickering over what movie or what show or just turn it off already.

I don't even have my own room to escape to; Rhys gets pretty angry when I lock him out. He'll be thoroughly glad when I'm moved back into the dorms.

Anyone have any interesting tales of 'What I Did On My Summer Vacation'? Anything good I could come up with would be entirely a work of fiction.

Comments

[gentlegiant]

I think the most exciting thing I did was cooking for myself.

[sugarandice]

In what way was that exciting? In the 'does this milk taste funny to you?' or the 'Oh shit where is the fire extinguisher?' way?

[gentlegiant]

Just in the surprised it was actually edible sort of way.

[sugarandice]

Perhaps it's a hidden talent. My cooking skills fall into three categories:
1. Things That Don't Actually Involve Cooking (I make a mean salad.)
2. Things That Can Be Made In The Microwave
3. Grilled Cheese

I may be doomed when I no longer live in the dorms or at home.

[gentlegiant]

Macaroni and cheese from the box and little boxes of vegetables were my staples for the first two weeks after I moved into my apartment.

You should take a class in it. It helps.

[sugarandice]

That would be a good senior class, wouldn't it?

How To Live On Your Own 101

Topics:
- Ramen, Mac 'n' Cheez, and Pizza Are Not A Balanced Diet
- How Not To Turn Your Laundry Pink
- Write Down ALL Of Your Purchases, Dummy

[gentlegiant]

Ms. Buczinski's course is something like that, about how to live outside the dorm. I took it last year. Figured I might need it.

[sugarandice]

I'm sure I must have had some kind of a conflict with it. I'll just have to muddle through on my own.

[gentlegiant]

It's a good course if you get the chance. For people like us who've grown up in the dorms. Although you go home enough, you're used to have a kitchen.

[sugarandice]

I think it's more laziness than lack of knowledge that limits my cooking. I hate cleaning up afterwards, so I tend to only make things that involve one pot or pan.

[gentlegiant]

One pan is simplest in my kitchen. I haven't even tried to put something in the oven yet.

[sugarandice]

Something to aspire to. I suppose if your attempt at dinner is particularly disastrous, you can always pretend you're still a student and eat in the dining hall.

[gentlegiant]

But I shouldn't, not if I want people to think of me as something other than a student.

[sugarandice]

Or possibly it would make you seem like a house parent who doesn't think he's too good to hang out with the students occasionally.

[gentlegiant]

I still have friends in the house, so I'll hang out with people. But I also need to make sure I look like an adult. Even if I don't feel like one.

[sugarandice]

If adulthood was measured in inches, you'd be really, really adult.

[gentlegiant]

If adulthood were measured in inches, I'd have been adult in the sixth grade, I think.

[sugarandice]

I don't think I reached adulthood 'til halfway through seventh.