i know i've written a lot today and shouldn't write more, but i just had to share some joy. i bumped into liz h. in parrish and we began one of those aquaintance chats. we're in co|motion together, we know a number of the same people and like the same things, but for whatever reason we've never spent extensive time together. well! today was the day. sorelle appeared and the three of us walked over to where there were nice comfy chairs and tables you can't put your feet on and had hilarious, occasionally soul-searching conversations. it was one of those priceless moments that make you glad you're in college after all (and have better things to do than homework.)
other people kept coming by too: another liz from co|motion, a freshman who's much nicer than the three of us (she said her roommate voted their houseplant to be more evil than she); garret, who has a funny radio show sunday nites and who almost decided to come to denmark w/ me; one of sorelle's friends who faded into the couch for a while and then left (she says he speaks for 20 minutes a week and you just have to be there when it happens); stefanie who appeared before and after her radio show and who chided us for neither listening nor coming to visit; cadelba, sorelle's roomie, w/ stefanie, altho she disappeared; and louisa, who waded most confidently into our wavelength. at the end a whole crowd appeared and we dispersed, promising to meet again.
one of the more serious-ish topics was that sorelle and liz both agreed that before they knew me they found me intimidating (??). i was skeptical and they couldn't explain. apparently i also roll my eyes a lot. [note: naturally i wasn't the only one put under the microscope; i just feel less comfortable writing the observations we made about the two of them.] we talked about saturday's Class Matters workshop and co|motion in general and sarcasm and coping mechanisms and being mean and at points i laughed so hard i couldn't breathe. an excellent way to spend an afternoon.