imagine 20 or 30 munchkins all speaking chinese

timeless advice from the man pictured below at starbucks yesterday. thank god for stinky, raving, one-eyed hobos. unfortunately, i couldn't get a full body shot, but this guy had the best feet imaginable: they were covered in dirt and his toenails were completely black; he wore mismatched sandals that were partially stuffed with newspaper, and he had the hobo-shuffle down pat. i wished i could have stayed and watched all day.


this morning i had 3 hours of TA training. it consisted mostly of sitting in extremely uncomfortable little chairs while they repeatedly warned us about not dating our students and always wearing closed-toed shoes. we did get to play with fire extinguishers, gasoline, and magnesium though. afterwards, while eating lunch at the price center i ran into two friends from high school- markley who's in chem, and toby who's in physics. add to that adam, who is staying with me and you've got 4 west high grads living within three blocks of each other all the way out in la jolla. not to mention allie, who counts at least for the fact that she went to UW.

i think i'll end today's post with the battleass, just because it's monday and we could all use a little cheering up.