20 March 2000 in which willie shaves his eyebrows

• nothing happened today that i feel like remembering. wait, yes it did. ok. just a little tired, jetlagged from the road trip. it wasn't actually today, i guess. it was last night, i was IMing with mom. luckily i've started saving my IMs with her, because they are usually so funny. i'll edit this for you, for just the funny parts.

KillerToe4: i missed xfiles :-(
KillerToe4: i always forget
KillerToe4: did you see it?
HartWgilS: ok I did it (I think)� [she uploaded a file for me.� bravo mom!!]
HartWgilS: Yes I did see it. It was a good one. I'm really bummed out right now because while we were doing taxes, Willie went upstairs and shaved his eyebrows. He looks very weird and I'm really mad at him
HartWgilS: No electronic media for a week for him
KillerToe4: oh my god
KillerToe4: that's the funniest thing i've ever heard
KillerToe4: i cannot breathe
HartWgilS: Yep. No it's not funny
KillerToe4: that is so so so funny
HartWgilS: Why can't you breathe?
KillerToe4: i'm laughing so hard
HartWgilS: Well, I wish I thought it was funny but I don't quite yet
KillerToe4: oh trust me, this is going to be very very very funny sometime
HartWgilS: His skin is really white where they were so it's just emphasized even more
KillerToe4: oh come on. you're saying all the funny parts! i'm sure you see the humour
KillerToe4: why did he do that?
HartWgilS: He does the most bizarre things to try to fit into the mainstream
HartWgilS: When will he realize IT DOESN'T WORK!!!
KillerToe4: that's mainstream?
HartWgilS: hE THOUGHT HIS EYEBROWS WERE TOO BUSY, THAT HE LOOKED LIKE AN APEMAN
HartWgilS: bushy
KillerToe4: whew
KillerToe4: ok, can breathe again
HartWgilS: I forgot the caps lock
HartWgilS: I'm not turning into Owen Meany
KillerToe4: yes, that amused me, but not enough for convulsions again
KillerToe4: HE THOUGHT HE LOOKED LIKE AN APEMAN

HartWgilS: Ok. I'm laughing now

• when i told the story to ginny, she said "the mainstream...? of egyptians whose cats have died?" and katya and i thought that was very funny.
• today i was just very very happy. everything struck me as funny. like this IM with katya, which i also kept, and which is also edited, so you can sort of see the context (we were talking about classes for next year, and beowulf and the book grendel):

  Katietita: two readings that will be of great use to you in your chosen career path of photographing radiohead.
  KillerToe4: this is why i'm failing 20th century. i have to be a photographer now [because i can't write about music, which is what i was trying to do at the computer as i kept being distracted by IM and such]
  KillerToe4: _grendel_'s about philosophy i think. it's freaky. it's a modern novel.
  KillerToe4: philosophy helps you out in everything
  Katietita: take old english with me, then we'll eat some ice cream, then drive into the sunset, then we'll rule the world.
  KillerToe4: i'll be able to say cool deep esoteric things to radiohead, and they'll love me
  KillerToe4: old english does that to you doesn't it?
  KillerToe4: or is it the ice cream?
  KillerToe4: ruling the world is great. it's the best thing in the world
  Katietita: ye olde cookie dough.
  Katietita: I just made that up.

• yes, this is the katya who lives right under me. in my house. the conversation was much longer than this, just as pointless. this is how i spend my time. THIS is why i'm failing 20th century music. anyway, i once again was seized with convulsive laughter whenever i thought of her saying the last two lines.okay, i reckon i shouldn't rack my brain for more pointless things that happened to me. i should go on and take this take-home test and read this book, and maybe even sleep some.