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Why are people so stupid? Okay, dumb question I know, but jeeze. I was in my Victorianism class the other day and we were supposed to be discussing The Sign of the Four. I said something about how Doyle was obsessed with the exotic and mentioned the whole Mormon thing in A Study in Scarlet. And the entire class went: Whaaaaa? Okay, so none of them had read that. Later I mentioned something from "The Speckled Band." Whaaaaa? "A Scandal in Bohemia." Whaaaaa? The Hound of the Baskervilles. Yup: Whaaaaaaaaaa? So I finally asked, "Has anyone read any other Sherlock Holmes stories?" One girl was like, "Well, some--when I was like, nine." Everyone else: nada. Including--yes--the tutor! Just...I don't know what to do with that. You're in university, halfway to an English degree how?

Seriously. I am not that smart. I should not be able to talk circles around these people because none of them are willing to pick up a frickin' book!

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Things that make me feel better: Dorky pictures of U2 in the early '80s. So when they were, you know, my age. Awww.

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I'm so jealous of everyone in America who is going to have a real, honest-to-god Thanksgiving this week. Our fake one was this past Saturday, and well, they tried. It was very cute. It was put on by our foreign exchange liaison, who is English, and we were all sitting around at this pub called The Barge, eating our first course, which was corn chowder. And she's like, "So how is the soup? Is it authentic?" And Katrina and I just look at each other: "Sure! It's lovely soup!" ...which we would never have for Thanksgiving, EVER. The whole meal was like that: roast potatoes instead of mashed, sliced turkey and ham. Very bad pumpkin pie. When I think about what my mom's going to be cooking this Thursday, I could cry.

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Things that make me feel better and will also help you understand the underlying theme of this post: Jon Stewart's stand-up. Listen to this track...actually, you know what, have the whole thing:

(Bits of) Jon Stewart's Unleavened special:

1996 Olympics
War 'n' Stuff
MTV and Sex (also linked above)
New York and Staying Healthy
Beer and Condoms
Judaism vs. Christianity

ETA: War 'n' Stuff link fixed.

That's all I've got, anyway. If anybody has any more--or any mp3s of Stewart's stand-up, well... *bats eyelashes at you*

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My brain's totally scattered, as I'm sure none of you can tell. ;-) But one last thing: I've got a new fic up at sga_flashfic: Something Wicked. McKay/Sheppard (duh) and Weir/Zelenka (huh); pretty long; very weird. Definitely what comes of reading Bradbury before bed.

Now: soup, second sweater, prepare presentation on Pilgrim's Progress. Ahh, alliteration. *eg*