Valentine rhymes

Two poems I heard on the radio today at work. Some may find them in poor taste, but S. and I couldn’t help laughing out loud:

“Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
The test confirms
I’m eating for two.”

“Roses are red,
Baby is white,
Are you sure
The DNA test is right?”

Also, Happy Chinese New Year! And happy 82nd birthday to my grandma. The Year of the Rabbit is her year — not zodiacally speaking, of course, but it’s my grandpa’s nickname for her. Funny, considering that once upon a time (in my Ultrazone days) I was affectionately called the White Rabbit.

 

You know you’re a law student when…

You know you’re a law student when, upon slicing your finger open, you say “Ouch!” and then, instead of thinking, “Where’s my first aid kit?” you think, “Well, that was an involuntary utterance of pain. Not hearsay!”

 

Love me, love my bookshelf

Probably the cutest OkMessage I’ve ever received:

“I am finding the way you write terrifyingly endearing and disarmingly clever; it would be a crime if law school took that away from you.

By the way, I think our embarrassingly bourgeois bookshelves would be besties.”

 

Some things that people say to me…

“Who answers the phone like that nowadays?” After I picked up the phone and said “This is she” in response to “Evie?”

“LOOK AT THE HAIR. HOW CAN YOU SAY NO TO THAT HAIR?!” The best bud after I asked him to screen someone who sent me an OkMessage.

“If Batman needed a bike for running errands, this would be it.” A bike valet about my Batavus BUB.

 

Wooly animal balls

My thoughts on last night’s Project Runway:

• Damn, I love Heidi Klum. This season she looks better than ever. But, unfortunate choice of pants this time, Fraulein!
• Tim Gunn: “I prefer the wooly balls.” Best scene of the episode.
• Betsey Johnson…love her clothes, but she is a certifiable nut, and I’m not sure I mean that in a good way.
• Although it’s rare for me to want a contestant on any reality show to go home (exception: Michelle on Jake’s season of The Bachelor), I was really, really hoping that Casanova would get the boot. The man annoys me to no end.
• Speaking of annoying me to no end: Gretchen. Just because you won the first two contests, that doesn’t give you the right to start acting as a mentor to the others. That’s Tim Gunn’s job.
• A skirt made out of napkins – what a genius idea! Comes in very handy at a party, as Betsey Johnson pointed out.
• I don’t think I’m ever going to like the color pink.

 

Punctuation gets you noticed, part II

After sending a courteous yet negative response to an online message, I got the following reply:

“You’re sure not making this easy for me, Evie–I have an extreme weakness for girls who know how to use a semicolon correctly.”

Yes. Again. Clearly, semicolons are guy magnets. (See Part I.)

 

Best concurrence ever.

In doing some legal research (story of my life these days), I came across the following concurrence:

“I join the majority opinion except that third sentence of p. ##. I don’t use the A-word. For the reason set forth, I write separately.”

 

Ooh, Pacific Islander!

A facebook discussion of the SNL Census skit with Betty White and Tina Fey:

Me: I want Betty White to be my granny.
Billy: I want Betty White to be my wife.

 

DefeatsTheCar

I saw this photo on one of my favorite blogs, and it inexplicably made my finals-infested day. (Photo used with permission, of course.)

The best bike frame ever.

I’m not sure why it brought a smile to my face. Perhaps its the novelty of having a message cut into the bike frame. Or maybe it’s the word play on De Fietsfabrik. Quite possibly it was the underlying message. Regardless, what a clever way of spreading the joy of cycling!

 

Punctuation gets you noticed

Excerpts from two online messages from two different people (though sent within a couple of hours of each other):

“P.S. I can’t believe you use semicolons. Awesome.”

“I must give you a huge amount of kudos for being one of the few people to know to capitalize the word “the” in “The Lion King.” It’s no small achievement.”

Apparently, that’s the first thing people notice about me.