Monday, April 12, 2010

Ponderings from my Balcony

I should be doing work, but the evening is too gorgeous to let slip by. I'm going to miss this balcony in a month and a half--must take full advantage of it now.

It's interesting how much gorgeous weather affects me. I get a jig in my step, and feel light and happy. (More than my usual light and happiness). I write poetry. It's difficult to attend class when the bright sunshine taunts me. He plays with my shoulders. I turn my face up to the sky, close my eyes and just breathe.

All the trees are in bloom right now. It doesn't even matter that my allergies are going crazy, that I can't breathe through my nose, and continually sneeze. Who cares about this tension headache!? It goes away when I lay in the grass, or ride my bike, or play soccer/frisbee. Maybe I'm allergic to the indoors.

I watch a plane blink lazily in the sky. My head is humming Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Saint Louis is beautiful. I'm excited to live here this summer!

When I think about how fast college has flown by, I am amazed. It seems like only a few months ago I was a freshman! But at the same time, it seems far away. Time is weird that way. Spring semester sure does fly by, compared to Fall semester. I wonder why this is? I find it to be true every year. You practically blink when it's March and suddenly you've fast-forwarded to Spring, to mid-April. The pace of the world picks up back up, and I find myself with so much to do but so little time. And the little time I do have left is spent outside--I honestly can't get enough! Maybe someday I'll join a hippie commune so I can spend all my time outside loving on the weather and earth. That would be fantastic, but I wouldn't be saving the world. More on saving the world later.

Right now, this jazz music is helping my lazy mood.

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There is nothing like a Spring evening
a balcony,
soft breeze on my skin, jazz in my ear
and a glass of wine

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Useless Facts


I love useless facts, and seem to collect them. This knowledge probably won't help me in any real-life situation, unless I manage to get on Cash Cab or some other awesome useless facts game show.

In any case, here are some useless facts I especially appreciate:

A snail can sleep for us to 3 years

The most common thing people choke on are toothpicks!

Horses, and giraffes, cannot throw up--This is why horses get colic. (I'm not sure if giraffes can get colic or not. I'll google it and let you know)

A one-minute kiss burns 26 calories!

When an octopus gets too stressed, it eats one of its own legs.

Stomach acid can break down a human tooth--and a metal 3 inch nail--in a few days. NAILS, people.

butterflies taste with their hind feet

it's impossible to lick your elbow, unless you are double-jointed

the length of your forearm (from your wrist to the crease of your elbow) is the exact length of your foot (try it!)

Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the USA, but really, it's the 47th. Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio until 1953.

In Georgia, it's illegal to eat fried chicken with a fork.

Every zebra has a different pattern of stripes, like humans' fingerprints.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Alexander the Great's army refused to continue, and he cried in his tent for 3 days, and then decided they could all go home.

Mules cannot make more mules. Mules are made when a horse mates with a donkey.

A group of frogs is called an army.

The term "honeymoon" comes from an ancient Babylonian practice. A bride's father would provide the groom with a month of mead, which is a honey-beer.

It's illegal to chew gum in Singapore.

No building in Washington, DC can be taller than 13 floors. This is so that no matter where you are, it is possible to see the George Washington monument.

Honey is the only food that never spoils.