and then we had tiramisu

Oh wow. Karen + Adam + Robin + Diana + Me = up late talking about everything from how to fix education to how those glass panes are made and how they really ARE NOT old glass molecules sagging.

The night started with Adam making mushroom soup. Now I am not a mushroom person, nor am I a soup person but I am an Adam's Cooking person. It was thick and chewy and delicious. The conversation leaped into heavy territory pretty quick. A lot of ground was covered and many interruptions were had. Talking point 1: Doesn't glass alter over time because those old window panes have, like, the glass shifting downwards because those are the molecules shifting? Right? Answer: WRONG! Those panes have always looked like that because that is how the glass was made. The method was a type of spinning and created the waves. Now glass is formed by pooling liquid glass on top of liquid tin and then pushing the glass off of the tin. The cheaper the glass, the quicker it is pushed off of the tin. Talking point 2: However do we change the education system so we don't breed people who have no interest in learning? My idea: you have to change how parents raise their kids before they even get to preschool. And through school they need parents there to support them and help them. Kids need that and once kids have the proper support for learning outside of school, then the education system can be overhauled. Don't change it now because if they don't have home support, kids will have no interest no matter how high quality you make it. Yeah. Talking point 3: By signing up for a Social Security number, you are signing up to pay income tax. If you don't do that, you don't have to pay because you are not technically a part of the corporation that is the United States of America.

The housing orientation was this afternoon. Cecine and I walked to school and engaged in several slug bugs. We arrived early so I deposited my library books and caved and checked out the second season of The Wire. Diana snatched it from my hand when I entered but upon seeing that it was the second season, she gave it back to me.

In looking at the incoming students, I see a lot of echoes of my classmates. It was a lot of repetition and introduction. Phil, Chase, and Heather are also returning for another round of the Goose. I gave Heather a big lift up hug. Not many other people are from Washington. One guys last name is Champoux but it is pronounced Shampoo. A guy named Hill is into the same comics that I am, that was pretty cool. Actually Hill was really cool and really nice about introducing himself to everyone. There was a Tony that looks really familiar, and plenty of girls with various lengths of straightened hair. Yeah. We had a little lunch where Cece, Amelia, Phil and I ate our sandwiches outside. Charlie came by and we talked. I think we have History of Design together. Rad!

Getting back we did a large scale getting to know you game where we made fools of ourselves. We pointed at one another and said Viking, Star Wars, or Dinosaur and in teams of three we had to make the motion based on who was pointed it. If you were pointed at you had to do horns, Jabba, or a long neck, if you were on the right you had to paddle on the right side, be a Cantina musician, or a T-Rex, and if you were on the left you had to paddle on the left, be a Jedi (or a Sith), or be a Raptor. You also had to make noises. Insane fun. It took a little while to warm up but near the end was plenty of mad running about. Some people were too cool for it but eh, their loss.

On the way back, Cecine and I stopped in Cargo and poked at all the sweet imports. I bought the shoe door hanger from Storables. With the space that opened up I moved some of the boxes that were cluttering my room into my closet. Hopefully they won't remain there till I move out. We also checked out Anthropologie for a few minutes. Marvelous place. I almost want to get something from Ikea so I can modify it with handles from Anthropologie. But I'll leave that styling to Karen.

We caught the streetcar on the way back. Nice to show Cece just how easy Portland is. I stocked up on sunflower seeds from Plaid Pantry and we returned to our abode. We spent an hour pouring over the magazines I have dug out of the recycling. There was some cutting of images and commenting on how puffy vests DO NOT go under suit jackets (what the hell GQ?). The words "I'd tap that" and "golly" were uttered.

Harold and Maude was playing at the Metro for a one night only revival. I forgot about it for most of the day and were it not for Jackie reminding me at the orientation, I would have forgot. She unfortunately could not join us but Robin tagged along. About five other Goosies showed up at the theatre and we sat in one big chunk. That was cool. Ed Wood has been pushed back another week and next week is Me, You, and Everyone We Know. I don't know if I will go.

I really liked the movie. It was darkly hilarious and a really sweet love story. I don't really know why it took me so long to see this movie. Mom, did you not like Harold and Maude when it came out in '71? I also liked how it was an old print and so the quality was not perfect. It gives a nice touch to seeing a movie on the screen versus a remastered DVD.

The three of us separated from the others on the way back and got there a few seconds before they did. We went west then south, they went south then west.

I relaxed for about fifteen minutes before it was soup and discussion time.