To the socially challenged people out there: If you want to make friends, buy a cool bike and lug it around town. Seriously, it works.

I took my new Kent Ultralite to school today, and I got a lot of friendly comments about how neat it was, how odd it looked, and how cool that it could fold. Two Metro Rail drivers talked to me about other people they saw with folding bikes, other bikers smiled and nodded, and the general populace was curious about it. I got stares rolling down Hollywood and Sunset, and a distinguished old gentleman actually joked about giving him the bike in exchange for him giving me directions. It really is a great icebreaker when someone comes up to you and asks "where did you get that?" or "what is that odd contraption?"

Having all those friendly people approach me almost, *almost*, makes me feel better for killing myself trying to study and move stuff and do chores.

Lugging the bike around everywhere isn't bad either, as I can roll it easily if I keep the seat post up. I think I can bring it to class with me, with the probable exception of Wednesdays, where I'll be in a small conference room on the 6th floor of a building. I will get a bike lock just in case I want to leave my tangled mess of parts somewhere, but I think the convenience of zipping around campus and between transit stations is worth having my bike stick by my side at all times.

My legs hurt though, as I'm not used to biking anymore. Oh well. Here's to incredibly toned legs after a couple of weeks.

Ok, back to torturing myself. *cracks open psych books*


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Baby, I found Rom's sonata! Will transcribe if I have time, or I'll give it to you if you wanna do the transcribing in your free time.

Wait, we have no free time. We know whose fault that is--Stuyvesaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant!!

To those who haven't watched The Caveman's Valentine, DO SO NOW!! Especially you, tomatoerin, as it has the most accurate portrayal of schizophrenia I've ever seen in a movie. Besides, Samuel L. Jackson as a schizophrenic, genius musician troglodyte is amusing.

"I'm not homeless. I live in a cave." ~Romulus Ledbetter

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Have watched:

Transformers the movie~> 'Tis not bad. The visuals were spectacular, but the abundance of American cars just made me want to puke. No, American car makers, you cannot bolster sales just because Bumblebee was a fricking 2009 Chevy Camaro and not a VW Beetle like he was supposed to be. Start making fuel efficient cars, like the Asian and European makers, then we'll talk sales.

Hairspray the movie~> Hehehehehehehehe. I loved this film. Christopher Walken and John Travolta (in a fat woman suit!!) as Wilbur and Edna Turnblad, respectively, dancing and singing together? That scene alone was worth the $10 I paid. Sooooo worth it. Not to say the rest of the movie sucked--it was awesome too. James Marsden a.k.a. Cyclops as Corny Collins was so suave and handsome, Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma Von Tussle was just so perfectly nasty and white-bitchy, Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad was perky yet strong and independent (didn't like her voice much, though--too high pitched for me), and Queen Latifah as Maybelle was simply awesome. I disagree with Zac Efron (of High School Musical fame) as Link, but I guess with the lack of suave, 60's looking young actors around, he would do.

I wonder, though--how much hairspray did they really use?

An Inconvenient Truth~> I've been meaning to watch this for the longest time, but couldn't. I finally got to watch it because Pig had to watch it for Bio extra credit. Awesome movie, though Al Gore's voice can put you to sleep at times. Oh, he's better now--I've seen some of his campaign speech clips, and those are waaaay boring--but he still has a tranquilizing effect on his audience. However, the importance of his message negates his sandman voice and demeanor. We--and by we I mean YOU AMERICANS--are destroying the planet because of carbon emissions, and you should stop. Now na. And we should do it because Al Gore says so. XD

Have read:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows~> Won't say anything spoilerish, but I will say that everything makes a whole lot more sense after reading this. Is AWESOME.

Beyond This Horizon, by Robert Heinlein~> Another awesome book, for the SF fans out there. I like their society's idea of genetic engineering and eugenics--instead of making the people most genetically suited to each other breed, they pick genes from you and the person you yourself decide to marry and make the best possible combination out of that. It minimizes genetic waste, but also does not treat humans like animals that are just there to be bred for specific traits. Very interesting.

Anyone got recommendations on what I should watch or read next? I have nothing to do this summer except job hunt, help Pig with classes, and amuse myself, so I need suggestions!