So this semester I've actually done my homework around living, breathing human beings a lot more than I did last semester... because last semester living, breathing human beings were not something I hung out with much. So I realized that having strange conversations while doing homework isn't an exclusive finals week thing. This is a regular occurrence!!! So I bring to you snippets from a quaint Wednesday afternoon in which Alex was working on some French vocabulary assignment, Michaela was doing an elementary ed poster, and I was doing... whatever I was doing. Huh. I actually don't remember what I was working on at the moment. Not that that's relevant... Sorry that was a ramble. Commence conversation snippets:
Alex (while doing French); It's like they give me the example of the problem and it's like "a fruit that's round and orange" WELL THAT'S AN ORANGE. And then the real problem is "a vegetable that's long until you cut it and then it's short". WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?
(After maybe five minutes)
Alex: Oh it's a green bean. I don't know how to say green bean in french.
Michaela: Beano greeno?
Alex: ....That's spanish!!!!
Alex: I'm wrong that doesn't say fish. It's a drink. It isn't a fish. It's wine!!
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Alex: We're learning about food vocabulary in French right now and now all I want is some brie on bread! That's all I want!! So we need to find a bakery and a cheesery!
(A bit later)
Alex: No... Seriously we need to find a cheesery.
Alex: Where do you get milk? A grocery store?
Me: No no... a milkery! And you get pasta from a pasta-ry!
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Alex: In France they love bread! They eat it with almost every meal so I'm going to fit in so well! It's fitting on the plane back home that's going to be a problem.
Michaela: Yeah by the time you get back you're going to weigh two tons!
Alex: 4000 pounds?!
Me: I've got the name for your biography. 4000 Pounds of Bread: The Story of the Two-Ton Woman!
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Alex needed to measure her computer for some reason related to French (I guess the French really care about computer width or something).
Michaela: Why do you need my ruler?
Alex: I need to measure my computer!!... Dang it! Nobody speaks in centimeters here!
Michaela (after wacking Alex with her ruler): I'M LIKE A CATHOLIC NUN
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Michaela: And usually I'm right... like 10 times out of 9... wait...
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Alex (after finishing her assignment):Can we do insanity?
Me: Yeah...After I'm done talking about steak and mashed potatoes
So. Moral of the story. We're all a little nuts and maybe a little easily distracted. I learn more and more every day that college is a very unique experience... and also.... I get a heck of a lot more done when I do homework alone!
