"In vacant or in pensive mood..." I am: Bekah; 24; Law Student / Favorite Things: Carbs (so there!), Johnny Damon, Smiling at babies, Grilled cheese, Comfortable silence / Favorite Supreme Court Justice: Brennan / Favorite Wilson: Owen by an inch / Today's Special: Song: Elliott Smith, "Bled White"; Quote: "You know, there's like a butt-load of gangs at this school. This one gang kept wanting me to join because I'm pretty good with a bowstaff." Please love me: mmbekah@yahoo.com


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Quotable Quotes (from recent conversations):

1. I have a friend who is working for a firm this summer. All of the new interns went out to lunch at a Japanese restaurant, and one of the partners proceeded to force them to a) attempt to catch shrimp in their mouths, and b) compose impromptu limericks. It seems that by "lunch," this firm actually means "three ring circus." Of the experience, my friend said, "You haven't really learned true humility until you've had shrimp thrown at your face." I think she might be right, although I can't say I've tested the theory.

2. I recently had a conversation with my sister about some kid she knows. I tried to be flighty and superficial, and she just wasn't having it:
Hannah: ...and he's kind of a jerk...
Me: Yes, yes, but is he cute?
Hannah: Yes, but he has some problematic political views.
Me: Oh. (Decided not to ask if he had curly hair).

3. A while ago, I had a conversation with my dad about my mentioning his name in something I wrote on this site:
Dad: Are your friends jealous that I got a shout out?
Me: Yeah...
Dad: Tough shiznet.
Me: (!?!) Whoa.

4. During finals, I had a great conversation with my 14-year-old cousin. I'd been studying all day, and I was having dinner at his house. With a crazed look in my eyes, I said something like, "I can't even tell you how much I've studied! Do you want to hear how much I've studied? Do you? Do you?" And he said, "No, tell me what you learned. Because if you didn't learn anything, then it's pointless." After I got over the shock of something so wise coming out of such a young person, I proceeded to fill him in on joint tenancies with rights of survivorship. I'm pretty sure he wished to God he hadn't piped up.

5. A few nights ago, some of my friends and I were hanging out at one of our apartments watching Elimidate and talking about general pop culture-type things. Somehow I got on a rant about how I hate it when big, fat, gross men get on talk shows and complain that their wives are fat, and I was going on and on about it, until someone asked, "Bekah, what percentage of your life have you spent being angry about something?" That made me feel bad. I'm not an angry person, I'm just hyper-sensitive to stupidity. But maybe I should calm down a little.

posted by Bekah at 10:06 AM :: |