it was brought to my attention that in new york, when people play rock, paper, scissors, they say, 'rock paper scissors says shoot'. i have never heard of someone saying 'says shoot' when playing that game. i've played it with throwing at 'shoot' or even 'scissors', but never after 'says shoot'. i didn't appreciate when people tried to vilify me for saying that i play with throwing on the last word. well, if you look at the wikipedia article on this game, it says that the game is played with people throwing their choice on the third word, so i'm not wrong. it also mentions 'shoot'. but guess what? nothing about 'says shoot'. so anyone that does that is actually wrong and should stay in new york cause that's not needed

my school's literary magazine was released today. there was a whole ceremony for it's release in one of the auditoriums and a bunch of the writer's whose work was printed in it were there for a reading, including me. there were some awards for poetry and prose, and i felt a little skeptical about one of the winners. i just didn't think it was that great of a piece, but i'm not the judge so it doesn't matter what i think. i read my poem 'in front of the bathroom mirror' which deals with self harm and eyes and stuff. i felt weird when i read it to my class last semester, and reading it in front of a bunch of people i didn't know was just as hard. i kinda rushed through it and tried not to look up. other pieces were good, and other pieces weren't good. a friend of mine got over half of her poem cut off. like, it wasn't printed on accident and that upset her, for good reason. i was a copy editor but i never got asked to look over anything so i'm declaring y innocence here. they also added a 'to' at the end of a line in my poem, which made it end in a preposition. it sounds off now and i can't correct it, and i shouldn't have to think about correcting it since i never made that decision. friends of mine won awards. happy for them

convinced some of my friends to maybe take up daily blogging. i would advise them to not do it every day, because when this becomes a task, it gets annoying. i feel that once every few days gives each post more meaning and gives people more to think about and muse on. i would transition to once a few days, if not once a week, but i already chose this daily thing and i don't want to break my streak just yet

i didn't work today, which i might regret next week after i have to cut the government a check

kayla, sarah, and i spent a while in wismer talking about a wide range of things from writing, to people, to the appropriate language to use for people with disabilities. lots to think about.

kim didn't know what an empanada de pina is. or an empanada de cajeta

i started rewatching hbo's 'silicon valley' and the pilot was a lot more stiff than i remembered. some of the joked fell flat. the character's were too hopeful. i guess that's just how characters start before they find their footing. they also look really young, which makes sense since it premiered five years ago. it's been five years...

it got really foggy last night and as i walked home i could hear voices. i wasn't able to see who was talking so it kind of freaked me out a bit. thought i might be going crazy and was hallucinating