happy antisocial mengtar week! ((i don't want to talk about it))

i've been incredibly productive the past hourish at jupiter. i've gotten some mad shit done on the book and have been busy pretending that i don't see poetryboy sitting in the corner staring at me every five minutes. it's hard, but i know that if i say hi that he is just going to make me listen to how awesome he is and make me listen to his poetry that is really good but i just really don't want to hear more than four times a year.

also, this is the first time i've ever seen him without a hat and he should really not do that.

i'd take a picture, but then he would know that i knew he was there and we would have grounds for conversation. that can't happen.

my mocha shake with peanut butter is overly peanut buttery and i'm less than fanatical about it.

hx got kicked off his world of warcraft team. wow. just wow.

the weird guys on the couch next to me asked me a question and i have finally figured out how to less-than-rudely answer questions but show that you really don't want to talk... at all... probably ever...

1: find a point about half-way between where you were looking and their face, stare at it for 4 seconds ((again, count in mississippis. if you count in hippopatamuses, you might stutter even in your head and that would take too long and they might think you're retarded. contrary to popular belief, i am not retarded))

2: answer their question using only a slight nod or shake of the head. if it is not a yes or no question, shrug one shoulder. the one on their opposite side. verbal answers show confidence and they may ask follow-up questions. with this response, you show that you might be lying and probably didn't care to begin with.

3: stare into your half-way point for another 3 mississippis, and go back to what you were doing. a pause any longer than 3 mississippis ((3 hippopatamuses, for example)) may make them feel obligated to ask a follow-up question. 3 mississippis is just enough time for them to start thinking that you might want a follow-up question, but not enough time to think of a good one or speak it. by the time they come up with a good segue into conversation, you will be blogging furiously and they would not want to interrupt your amazing works.