A bird shat on me.

Usually a bird crapping on someone's hair and chest would be an indicator of a bad day. But the bird poo was literally the worst of it.

The second worst was the weather. I guess it got up to about 98 today, and I was all the way across campus. Lots of walking. The rest of my day was brilliant, though!

I had my first chem lab today. Same old chem video that we watched in high school. "Don't let your modesty make your injuries worse!" And so the boy watches (with his head tilted slightly down) as the other boy tears off his clothes in the emergency shower. "Your teacher will get the other students out of the room." Except for your lab partner, apparently, who has to keep a CLOSE eye on you to make sure you're okay. So... yeah. The TA was out of the room and we MST'd the video. Well, the half of the room I was on did. And everyone seemed to enjoy my commentary (I was the most vocal), so I guess that means I wasn't just funny to me. Which is a first.

I've grown addicted to the Italian sodas at Starbucks. Well, I say at Starbucks, but I mean at the Bookmark Coffee Shop in the library, where they serve Starbucks. They are delicious and I will probably waste all my meal points there (but they don't take meal exchanges, so no harm done, really).

And finally, the part you've all been waiting for: my lovely night at the ice cream social. As I mentioned before, there were a whole lot of other people there. There were two other girls putting in their office hours at the time, and there were all the people coming to get ice cream. Well, obviously Richard was being nice to everyone. That's part of his job. And I get the feeling that he might be the kind of guy who flirts a little with everyone. Nonetheless, part of me (the optimistic, wishful, ridiculous part) felt like he was giving me a little bit of extra attention. That's what I get for being extremely enthusiastic. I should try doing that more often. Anyway, it turns out Richard is a bit of a bad-ass. He's pretty awesome, though. Apparently he gave a presentation to the school board when he was in 4th grade to get out of a suspension--he succeeded. He's also responsible, in large part, anyway, for the fact that we can use meal exchanges almost anywhere on campus, most of the day. So, yeah. I'm impressed. And I really enjoyed being in his company, which perhaps matters even more.