Random thoughts...

Some thoughts on a beautiful Friday morning...

1. A friend of color once told me that white people smell like wet dog when they're waterlogged (as in, out in the rain). I think she was right.
2. If you do something wrong, don't complain about the consequences. For example, a student was standing outside my office (on a public hallway telephone) trying to figure out why the Housing fine she got for an unspecified drinking violation wasn't recorded on her bill so that she could pay it. She was very irked that the person on the other end of the phone asked her for her ID number - "I thought this was supposed to be confidential - this is the least confidential situation I've ever had!" Two things occurred to me:
1. How else is that person supposed to look up your account and fix it?
2. You did something (most likely) idiotic and then are concerned people will find out about it - 'fess up and get over it. It happens in college.
3. I am simultaneously disturbed by and enamored with Lady Gaga's concept of a "disco stick," a term with which I was not familiar until a few weeks ago. 
4. I have for all intents and purposes finished my master's "action research"/thesis paper and I am tickled pink by it. But before you congratulate me, understand that it was not nearly as stressful and/or time-consuming as you might think - I actually enjoyed the process. I'm just that kind of gal.
5. A 12-oz cup of coffee has only 4 calories in it. It's the sugar you have to watch.
6. In a wonderful twist of fate, I discovered the other day that I have been taking for months half the dosage I was supposed to be taking of a medication that helps alleviate my appetite surges (caused by another medication I take). Thus, now that I am up to where I'm supposed to be, I may actually start to lose weight.
7. On a related note, if you're trying to lose weight, make sure you're getting enough fat in your diet. As I have learned by tracking what I eat, I actually have not been getting nearly enough fat in my diet. So even though I'm eating the right amount of calories and protein (let's not discuss carbs), I'm not doing myself any favors by eating the low-fat stuff. Who knew?!

More dispatches later, I'm sure.

t.