Denim genes

A friend of a friend (thus somebody I don’t know) is going to college in Sheridan, Wyoming right now, and she is majoring in Scandinavian studies. Minoring in Icelandic studies. In Wyoming. How about WHY-oming?! How on earth is there enough interest in Scandinavia and Iceland in Sheridan, Wyoming to warrant the creation of a major (and minor) based solely on those? What the heck is up with that? You’d think such interest would at least be prominent in coastal states or something. But Wyoming??!?

So in my psychology class the other day, we had some time at the end and so my friend S – a girl – decided to write me a poem. Well, 2 others (R – a boy – and L – a girl) joined in, and it became quite the masterpiece. They were passing it back and forth, mostly between S and R, and R wrote “So bacon is really tasty, orange.” As of course there is nothing to rhyme with orange (except door-hinge), she wrote as the next line “I hate you, R.” And then they went on with the poem as though nothing had happened. I read it aloud when she handed it to me, and I honestly did not know I was going to laugh that hard.

I was shelving in the library today and found a book entitled Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates. My first thought: WTF? My second: Is this what the world has come to? My third (after reading the inside flap): Oh. The love is not with the rapist. That would make sense… At least a little bit more. Maybe? But it is officially the strangest and most disturbing title I’ve ever heard. Think about it. What about it makes sense? Nothing.

I was having a discussion with this friend of mine, J, and our conversation went all over the place, but one of my favorite parts was when she brought up Affairs of the Pants. I haven’t a clue why this came up, but she said that “Affairs of the Pants” sounded like a better title for the story I was telling than “Affairs of the Heart.” We got to talking about Star Wars because apparently it’s hilariously funny if you take SW quotes using the word “Force” and replace it with “Pants.” Some examples:

Darth Vader: A tremor in the Pants. The last time I felt it was in the presence of my old master… Don’t underestimate the power of the Pants.

Han Solo: May the Pants be with you.

Obi-Wan: The Pants can have a strong influence on the weak-minded.

::giggles:: I definitely thought this was one of the funniest things I’ve heard in awhile…

Giddily happy,

Stargrl