The Day Gets Weird (My Fault)

First!! The good part: today, I had to get two of my papers for two different classes evaluated. One of them was a casual peer review, but she had no notes for me, which was nice. The second was the library’s research and writing lab, who literally pays people to go over your paper with a fine-toothed comb. My reviewer read my paper, sat in silence for a moment, and then told me, “Huh. That’s…weird. You’re the first paper I’ve had where I don’t have any notes.” So hooray for me!

This morning, in one of my classes, a dude asked me about my socks. He wanted to know if I was wearing skin-toned socks that were slightly darker than my own skin: the stretched textures at the top of the sock can certainly look like that. I then had to tell him that “No, they’re actually photorealistic dog feet.”

I think that alarmed him a little bit. He was still very nice and ended up going, “Oh, I guess every day is crazy sock day for you, huh?” And I remembered the last time I was in this class, I was wearing my photorealistic chicken feet socks.

Here are the socks, by the way.

To answer his question, yes. Absolutely. I’m wearing my hot dog socks tomorrow, and the day after that I will wear my space-whale socks. If you are ever wondering what to get me as a gift, funny/weird socks will ALWAYS get a delighted reaction.

The next weird thing to happen was when I started absentmindedly chewing on my arm while in the shower (I do not know why. This is something I do, and CERTAINLY part of the reason my wonderful, wonderful mother bought me so many fidgets) and didn’t think anything of it. That is, until I went to go and brush my hair afterward and realized I’d left a sizable and deep bite mark in my arm. I looked like I was about to start the zombie apocalypse.

I swear, it didn’t hurt! I didn’t even notice. I was just staring into space while rinsing out my conditioner. (Side note: the motion light in my dorm bathroom is extremely lax and will turn the entire bathroom pitch black multiple times while I’m showering. It’s a jump scare every time, and if I were in a horror movie the director certainly would have used it to kill me by now.)

But, I ended up having to explain that one too.

I am not going to include a picture, mostly because that’s kinda gross.

I’ve decided that if college is going to continue being a weird/lame experience, I’m just going to let myself be weird and have fun with it. The best adventures are filled with all sorts of weird days, and the one I had today was a good example.

So, bring it on, college! I’ve got photorealistic animal foot socks and a tendency to bite my own limbs! Try and take me, sucker!!

November 16, 2023