2005-02-02 - 1:11 a.m.
N U I

1. LEAVING RHETORIC CLASS, 3:15 P.M.

"ohmigod! how are you?"

"i'm good, you?"

"good! although i just broke a nail and your friend cory's kinda weird. what'd you do for christmas break?"

"oh, little of this, little of that. i actually don't remember much of it, which is a good sign. how about yourself?"

"i went to visit some relatives in arkansas and just worked and did normal, boring shit. christ, girl, you're tiny! you're like thirty pounds!"

"thanks! methamphetamine abuse. works like a charm."

"what?"

2. OCC THEATRE BATHROOMS, 5:45 P.M.

"excuse me, um, i was wondering, what were you just doing in there?"

"what?"

"in the stall."

"taking a piss, obviously."

"well, i heard..."

"fuck what you heard."

"... sniffing."

(protracted, uncomfortable pause) "are you, like, with law enforcement, or what's your deal exactly?"

"i'm not a cop, i just..."

"you're just nosy? well, then, i'll oblige you. yes. i was sitting on the toilet racking lines of speed, okay? that's what i was doing, if you really must know."

"oh. um... okay."

"yeah, and if i were you i'd hurry and fuck off. i'd run, actually. yeah, that's it, run! run from the scary bathroom tweaker!"

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and she did! she backed out the door, wide-eyed and stuttering, and then started actually running! ha ha. john and jane q. public have absolutely no idea how to react to people like me, who're completely open and unabashed about our daily forays into the land of non-alcoholically induced intoxication. news: if you're not a cop or my mother, i don't give a fuck what you think, and if you think my shameless public dope-sniffing makes you uncomfortable, wait 'til i tell you about my sex life!

on another note...

hey, did you know "ennui" is pronounced "on-WEE"? i sure as fuck didn't! but now i do, and i feel real geniusy about all the times i thought i was being smart--what with my fancy words and all--and peppering my conversations with "N-U-I." just like those idiots who use "apropos" for "appropriate" and are just so easy to laugh at. ::sigh::

- rachel

ooh, you touch my tra-la-la... mmm, my ding-ding-dong