Thinking With My Skin

The Greg Oden Best Friend Project: Day 3

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I’ve had several people inform me that I am being “creepy” and “stalkerish” in my quest to befriend Greg Oden.

That’s probably fair.

Yesterday I decided I wasn’t in the mood for being a creep, so I chose my seat  without considering Greg’s usual spot. I sat in the middle about six rows back. It’s probably where I would sit if their weren’t an NBA player from my favorite team in my class.

AND YET, Greg arrived late and was not able to sit in his usual 2nd row seat. He had to sit in the 5th row.

Still, though, he was 8 or 9 people over from me so it really was not that big a deal.

BUT THEN! I went to get a coffee on the break and when I came back the path to my seat was block by like four people and their laptops and at first I was like, Out of my way!!! and then I realized that there was really no reason I had to sit in the exact same spot as before. I just took the nearest available seat.

Which was like RIGHT behind Greg Oden.

Now, I promise I didn’t do this by design. It just happened! It’s not like it mattered, anyway. I still didn’t talk to him. All that happened is that I learned that he appears to be a thorough note taker.

Oh, and the groups were assigned for the upcoming project. They were by last name. Unfortunately there are a lot of people between Cameron and Oden.

MAN, I wish my name was O’Cameron.

Sorry about the whole last name thing. If only we’d been thinking ahead.

I have to admit, I wonder if Greg has noticed these posts in his Google Alerts feed.

Snuggie Night

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For some inexplicable reason, I woke up an hour ago and haven’t been able to fall back asleep. Maybe it was the unusual noise of snow melting outside? I don’t know.

So, now I’m sitting at my desk at 3:30 am, wearing the Snuggie I got for Christmas, and Arthur is sitting behind my laptop gazing sleepily at me like, What are you doing, you silly human? Why are you wearing that ridiculous garment and writing a pointless blog post? You should be in bed where I can stick my face in your hair and purr loudly in your ear. That is what we do at 3:30 am. Computer time is not til 7:30 am.

My thoughts on the Snuggie:

• It is super static charged. I could probably run a light bulb or two on this thing. This is not good because putting it on makes my hair look ridiculous and the last thing you need when you’re wearing a Snuggie is to look even more disheveled.
• The fact that it’s backless is annoying.
• I like how long it is. That was thoughtful of the Snuggie people. It’s long enough to tuck around your feet when you’re lying down. It does make it kind of hazardous to walk around in, but I guess you’re not really supposed to walk around in a Snuggie any way.
• It’s not all that warm.

I’m going to bed now. Merry Snuggies to all, and to all a good night.

Alas, that it is not warmer, nor less staticy. Staticky? As for the backlessness, well, it IS technically a blanket. A blanket with sleeves! (Perhaps I should have gotten the Slanket instead?)

So I drank something with Jaeger and orange juice last night...

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And I’ve thrown up three times this morning!

This is the worst day of my life.

And you’re surprised by this?

Neat thing about living in the house I grew up in again:

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I can use the return address labels I ordered myself in 7th grade! Yes, I kept them. I only used like 3 out of the 100 labels!

They read, “Jessica Cameron, Cool Person”

I’ve been awesome forever…

I remember those address labels.