30 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Sun, 10/01/2000 - 12:30pm. Funny
"How about 'Wayne's World 2?'"
"Nah, I didn't like the ending... Garth leaves the beautiful woman for another girl, just because she has a Unix book."
"Are you saying that outside beauty is all that matters?"
--A guy and a girl in the video store
Not to belittle the inherent sexiness of a programmable OS, but she's Kim Basinger. I'm sure even her kidneys are attractive.
30 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Sun, 10/01/2000 - 12:44am. Um...
"Well, if you don't see anything here, we could go to the theatre. I heard 'Almost Famous' is good."
"Ugh, I can't believe Ebert liked that trash."
"What?"
"I saw enough back when it was on TV... I just never understood what was so funny about those 2 bitchy British women."
*pause*
"Are you thinking of Absolutely Fabulous?"
--Two girls in the video store
30 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Sat, 09/30/2000 - 12:30pm. Wisdom
"And I just think there's not much in life that's worth duct taping your breasts for."
--A girl to her cringing male companion walking near the North gate of campus.
30 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Sat, 09/30/2000 - 12:28pm. Bizarre
"Remember ice skater boy I was kinda dating? Well he has this cat, and the cat, like, rides the motorcycle with him."
"No way!"
"Seriously, he just hops on. I swear the cat's psychic, too."
--Two women in Mars Clothing Mercantile
I can just imagine trying to bring that guy home to mom:
"And I'd like you to meet John, he ice skates and rides a motorcycle with his psychic cat."
29 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Fri, 09/29/2000 - 11:28am. Um...
"However, they found that response time was much longer, when the subjects were shown a taboo word such as penis..."
"Penis is a taboo word?"
--My psychology professor, and a baffled guy sitting somewhere behind me in lecture
...A good sign you've been in liberal college land too long.
A friend of mine was recently reprimanded "for foul language," by a woman sitting next to him on an airplane, because he said that "airplane food sucks."
Yikes.
28 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Thu, 09/28/2000 - 6:20pm. Funny
"But you can't live on Skittles and beer, either."
--A guy walking past my window
28 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Thu, 09/28/2000 - 2:35pm. Bizarre
"I swear, if he asks how much a female hyena weighs, I will honestly kill him."
"I know!"
--Two girls in the elevator of Tolman hall
27 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Wed, 09/27/2000 - 9:43pm. Funny
"And he thinks his stuff is so profound because no one can understand it! I like my poetry because it makes sense!"
--A girl, ranting to her friends in Dwinelle Plaza.
27 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Wed, 09/27/2000 - 9:38pm. Tragic
"Jeff, you are the one who just can't understand. You messed up. You hurt me. You don't get to be with me anymore."
"But if you would just listen, I can explain..."
"No. It's over. Accept that."
"Except that what?"
--A girl and a guy, on the sidewalk outside my window
And the worst part is, not only can I not help hearing their pain, I can't help thinking "Do they know that they're quoting old 'Friends' episodes?"
27 September 2000
Submitted by eve on Wed, 09/27/2000 - 9:34pm. Tragic
"How's today been?"
"Faded."
"What d'you mean?"
"...Don't ask me about this morning. I can't remember."
--Two guys on Sproul Plaza