The Wormlips Scrapbook

I made a little farewell video in honor of my year in Vermont. Here t’is. I’m gonna put it on Facebook too, but you saw it here first.

Too busy to write. Moving from VT in two days. Sad.

I’ll miss:

• My barn
• My neighbors & landlords
• My MAT 41 buddies
• SIT’s chocolate chip cookies
• Lightning bugs
• The pond
• Cheddar
• Seasons

I won’t miss:

• The colony of bats in my wall
• Drivers on country roads
• Having every second crammed with impossible deadlines
• Northeastern skeeters

Here are some decontextualized quotations I’ve picked up over the past couple of weeks.

“I really wanted it to be grammarically correct.” — Airline ticket agent

“Women carry their pregnancies differently. I happen to carry mine in my chin.” — Eleni

“I thought you’d be all about the camel toe.” — Lauren when she heard I didn’t know what a camel toe was

“This is your fire captain. We’ve got an all-clear on that fire alarm. Please disregard this and all future fire alarms.” — Over my room’s loudspeaker in a NYC hotel

“Whoah, it really IS a hot dog.” — Ginna

I had a fun morning yesterday. I found a click beetle in the bathroom and we played together for a while. I’d flip him over, he’d wiggle his legs frantically in the air and then — click — over he’d go, usually but not always back onto his feet. One time he clicked into a puddle of water so I let him crawl onto my fingertip, carried him outside, mopped him up with my t-shirt hem, and set him free. So long, Clickie.

Last night: mini-MAT 41 potluck at Jess’s and Sam’s. Good: laughing; amazing food; learning what a moose knuckle is. Bad: more goodbyes.

“I live by the belief that there are only about 400 real people in the world and the rest are all bad special effects.” —Dan

[In response to my referring to myself as an overworking eedjit: "'Eedjits' are the ones who make dreams happen!" —My professor

“Life is a series of awkward moments.” —Rosie

“This is something I’ve been explorimenting.” —Me

“I’m losing my mind.” —Me