Columbians

The other day while reading a Tribune article's comments, I came across this reader's description of the people that live in Columbia, Mo. Now, I'd been thinking about this for a while, how to describe the population here. Because, I mean, it's obviously a college town, but what about ALL the people who live here for good? There is a huge population outside college kids, and I'm around them a lot, and I could never nail them down as good as this guy. It kills me!

He called them "college-educated ex-hippies."

Perfect! I couldn't think of a better phrase.

What I don’t know will no longer be an intimidation; it will be an opportunity.

Shunny

Ok, I realize my last post was about weather, but this one HAS to be about weather too. And while the last one was about rain, this one is about SUN. Today, it was 81 degrees. It is 17 March (aka'd as St. Patrick's Day). 81 degrees.
I'm sitting on my couch. The windows are open. The door is open. Earlier I was on my porch to eat dinner. But then I came in because my neighbors are on THEIR porch. And I'm not comfortable with them yet. I can see many future porch-sits like today's in the future.
I'm just happy about it, that's all.

Rain, rain, don't go away

It's early. Extremely early.
I can hear the weather outside.
It's rainy. Extremely rainy.
And warm.

I'm excited.

Google Reader?

As many of you my readers have probably long ago discovered, Google/Gmail has a feature called "Google Reader" with which you can subscribe to your favorite websites, such as news and blogs, and it tells you when said sites have been updated. (For example, how many of you discovered THIS post via Google Reader? Exactly.) I suppose it saves time, avoids pop-ups, and eliminates annoying website art/advertisements.

But isn't that half the fun?

It's like shopping online. Sure, you don't have to get dressed. You don't have to leave the house. You don't even have to make a phone call. With a click of a mouse you have yourself a sofa, magazine, fur coat. Ok, sure, it's great. But, isn't getting up and going to the store nice? Getting helped at the store? Trying the clothes on before you buy them? I appreciate these things.

Google Reader makes me think about this. I LIKE going to my friends' blogs and well, judging them. What sort of layout have they chosen? What font do they use? Which blogs are on their blogroll?

I'm sorry, Google, Reader is just not my favorite feature.

Also, one day I am going to have a post entitled, "Products for the Lazy American."

Is This Bad?

Everytime someone compliments me at work, for example,
"This coffee tastes really good" or
"You are an excellent latte artist" or
"The service here is great"

...my first thought is, "tell it to the tip jar."

But instead, I smile, and say, "I'm so glad."

Blue Mind

I haven't been myself lately. By this I mean I've just been doing things that are, in my opinion, out of character. For example.

• I've worked out. This I cannot explain. I LIKED it, too.
  
• I've been patient. A friend of mine needed help with Spanish, and I'm a Spanish major, so I said I would help him. Now, going into it, I was like, Ok, I have to stay calm and not get frustrated with him. And I HAVEN'T. I've been very calm and patient! This is a big thing for me.
  
• I haven't kept my room neat. I don't really consider myself a "clean person," but my room is the messiest it's--dare I say it--EVER been. Just lots of things are just lying around.
  
• I've been drinking water. And I've been getting healthier. Weird how that works.

I don't know why I've been doing these things. Must be something in the water. (Get it? Cause I'm actually DRINKING water.)