Zoom

Zoom. Remember that show on PBS?

I hated the kid named Garrett on that show so much I wanted to punch him in the face every time I saw that smug mug of his.

You just knew by his smile he was just a no-good, know-it-all punk who really didn't know anything...about nothin'.

I have nothing else to say that is of use to you.

I'm sad. Now....go away.

~AM

Cabbages and Condoms

I swear to god I'm not making this up.

I was sitting all lonely at the little cafe thing (because my fabulous friend Adley left me!) just doing my homework and blah like a good little college student. I happened to be reading my environmental studies book. It's...a decent textbook. Not too boring.

This particular chapter was about population growth...kinda boring. But ...it had a case study that was anything but boring.

It was titled "Family Planning is Thailand: A Success Story" . Alright...sounds a little cheesy...but I gotta read it.

Turns out it was all about this cafe named..... "Cabbages and Condoms".

That's right, not only does it sell spicy thai food, but it hands out condoms. This entire restaurant is dedicated to birth control.

Oh no it gets better.

So they have an adjoining gift shop. They sell t-shirts. The t-shirts proudly proclaim things like:

"A condom a day keeps the doctor away"

and my personal favorite

"Our food is guaranteed not to cause pregnancy"

Of course the gift shop also sells all sorts of crafts and condoms.

ok ok ok and get this: unintentionally the organization that runs the businesses is called PDA. I kid you not.

It's not over yet.

To promote the whole birth control yay, PDA:
-hands out condoms whenever there are crowds (????)
-held a condom balloon blowing contest for government officials
-teaches children a fun little tune called "Too many children make you poor"
-paints birth control ads on water buffalo (again ????)

Lastly, the guy who kinda started this whole deal, Mechai, is lovingly recognized for his actions. How? The slang for condoms in thailand is "mechais".

dude....the slang for condoms is HIS NAME.

So yeah....good thing I read that early on in the night. Any later and I fear I would have mistaken it for a hallucination.

That is all.

~AM

Crack a lackin'

That's the sound some tree behind my dorm made when it fell. Yeah...a tree fell. There's some mighty strong winds out there right now. I almost blew away.

Friday. I watched Little Miss Sunshine. It's perfect. It's not "OMG BEST MOVIE EVARRRR" but...there's absolutely nothing wrong with it either. huh. But yeah...it ended up being just my roommate and I and the two JC's who watched it. It was cool.

Saturday. Homecoming deal. haha...I cleaned my room and did homework. Screw homecoming. After that I went to see a movie with my fabulous friend and other people. We watched The Proposal. It was alright...for a chick flick. After the movie we went to mr.fabulous' dorm. This particular dorm is known as the "studious dorm". That basically means nerdy people like to live there. Oh my god....I want to live there. They have windows you can sit in and their own closets...it's like a normal two person dorm room. (...I think I need to explain this a bit more...hold on) PLUS....all of my new found friends live there. Seriously. I CAN RELATE TO THESE PEOPLE. Everybody is so nice there and so awesome and I love them. I want to be them. I wanna move there...but I can't. Sad day. Hopefully I can still be friends with them...dorms tend to be friends with people from their own dorm. It just happens.

So I was there chillin' in a couple different people's rooms till 1. Finally....I did something normal college people do. We talked about nerd things. My god it was great. It was also very late but...I wish I lived there. I didn't want to leave I wanted to have friends. I fear that the moment I stepped out of that dorm I lost them because I'm not "one of them". Not my fabulous friend though. He's probably still my friend.

On the way back we ran into a few drunk people. They were all over that night. Homecoming dance. Yeah one of the many reasons why I didn't go.

Ok so my dorm? Rumour is that it was originally just an upperclass, one person per room dorm. Which...totally makes sense because the rooms are tiny and there's only one closet. My dorm is the "friendly people" dorm. Yeah they're friendly....but it seems like they are TOO friendly...and then at the same time not friendly you know? I mean...it's the bad kind of friendly. the friendly that makes you want to be even more antisocial because these people intimidate the hell out of you. It's the friendly that makes you suspicious about whether they are just being nice to you because they have to. Bottom line is, I don't really fit here. I wish I could...

You see the dilemma I am in?

Also...I really miss playing the cello. I need to find a cheap way to be able to play. Roar.

I have a really good analogy on what my life is doing right now but only one person will get it really. eh. Has to do with tetris.

~AM