today was a good day. i had lots of good “people contact” — probably the most i’ve had all quarter. after a fairly productive day at work fixing the “drop downs” to be “drop ups” (heh), i went to a Japanese restaurant with Emma. she really is a dear, and i should see her more. we have a good connection.
i then dropped her off and picked up Myles, John, and Colby and we saw the NU-FSU game. NU won, amazingly enough, although the game was pretty boring, overall. i think Northwestern’s idea of a “motion offense” to run around with a goddamn clue. oh, and the consensus three best things about the game were…
- The forget-the-reverse-layup-I’ll-just-dunk-it jam by Richardson from FSU.
- Aaron Jennings losing his contact lens and Tom shouting “you can do it!” (a la Rob Schneider) as he tries to put it back in.
- Ms. Perky on the Ladycats. really, she far surpasses #1 and #2. i loved the almost imperceptible head movements that accompany her unadulterated joy.
after the game, i hung out at Chapin for a while. talked to Jenn and Christine, and miraculously, i didn’t get in a fight with Jenn, even though i was in her room for 15+ minutes. an accomplishment. did you know she plays the electric dulcimer? i know, i too didn’t know that a dulcimer merited becoming “electric.” but i suppose i stand corrected.
Ben and i talked about WWW shit. i informed him last week that his recently designed troubleafoot site (v2) looked quite a bit like the aforementioned Jenn’s. well no wonder, since the kid jacked the design from the Chapin newsletter, which is designed by Jenn. ha ha, you dumbass.
and Archana. a person normally pushes himself along, but sometimes something pulls him. do you know what i mean?
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it seems to me that connections with people can be on a physical, mental, or spiritual level. i think New Church doctrine would probably back me up on this. with most people, there’s really no connection at all. others you feel tied to, sometimes in a way that seems bigger than you, or at the least, outside you. it is as if the cores — the elemental, definitional, constitutional qualities of people — are interacting, almost independently of the people’s rational, voluntary thoughts. i probably experienced a bit of each of these three connections tonight. it was rewarding.
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