#63 - LIST FRIDAY, Tiny Blue Flowers Edition

Things I Find Intriguing

• typewriters
• the personal lives of writers I admire
• rubber stamps
• heists and capers
• the Italian Renaissance
• songs in which the lyrics are full sentences*
  

PAUSE. I just sneezed and then felt very dizzy. How strange.

• other people's favorite quotations
• people with surprising voices
• the square-shoed (square-shod?) guy in my logic class
• words written in unexpected places

Things I Would Say To Some Of My Fellow Students If I Knew That They Would Get Amnesia Soon After The Conversation Took Place

• To the square-shoed/shod guy in my logic class: "Three things. 1) Are you gay? I think you probably are. 2) May I please borrow your notes? They are immaculate. 3) Why do you look so solemn all the time? When you laughed in class the other day (at a really terrible joke the prof made) I was so surprised I almost dropped my pencil."
• The the lady in my women's studies class with the really nice leather bag: "I really, really like your bag."
  
• To the guy in my logic class who I have secretly named Chuck: "The reason I call you Chuck is because you kind of look like a cross between Chuck Bass** and Chuck Klosterman***. This is unfortunate and I am sorry, but don't worry, the amnesia will set in soon and you will forget I ever said anything."

• To the guy in my English class with the awful haircut: "To be honest, I am a little flummoxed by the fact that you look like a complete hick yet have a seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of English literature. Also, I would like to give you some advice. If you absolutely must cut your own hair (which looks to be the case), next time find some scissors or something instead of using the electric knife that your father uses to carve roasts."
• To my French prof: "The pants you wore on Wednesday were much to tight. Much to tight."

*Both The Mountain Goats and The Hold Steady are good at this. See also the song Scattered Pearls by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.