The other day at work I had a bizarre experience. Our library barcodes contain 14 digits, the last two of which can be anything from 00 to 99, I was checking the last two digits for accuracy while processing some items when I encountered the following sequence:

• XXXXXXXXXXXX22
• XXXXXXXXXXXX22
• XXXXXXXXXXXX52
• XXXXXXXXXXXX52
• XXXXXXXXXXXX42

I have fainted just once, and even today I'm still surprised and disturbed by it.

I was living in Sweden with Jonas, probably 1998ish, and I had just finished taking a shower. I wrapped a towel around me, and the next thing I remember was hitting my head on the floor. Jonas had heard a thump and had come immediately into the bathroom to investigate ( Read more... )

Do you ever experience learning a new word or phrase, only to suddenly encounter it a bizarre number of times afterward despite having never heard it in your life beforehand ( Read more... )

Today at work I was suddenly thinking about how I hadn't seen my old high school English teacher in the library in a while. Five minutes later he walked in.

*eerie music*

Tonight I encountered someone who harmonizes with songs freestyle in the exact same way I do. That has never happened before in my life. It's impossible to explain what I mean in words, but believe me that it was a decidedly eerie experience ( Read more... )

I saw three rainbows in the sky at once yesterday.

We were just coming out of Sears, having been inside looking at hand-held vacuums. It was probably about 7ish pm. In a huge arc across the sky was an enormously bright rainbow. It was especially cool because both ends seemed to touch the ground. After gazing at it for a few seconds I noticed there ( Read more... )

I saw Dan Gladden today ( Read more... )

Jonas made us a dinner of mashed potatoes tonight, a recipe he got out of a Williams-Sonoma Mayo Clinic cookbook. It was made with chopped arugula, a green, leafy vegetable similar to spinach. It had a stronger taste than spinach does, though. I spread my potatoes on a pita bread and Jonas spread his on a crisp bread. It was a funny supper with ( Read more... )

So this morning at work I was sitting at the workroom counter doing the money and my co-worker Megan, who was nearby sorting a truck, suddenly exclaimed, "Oh my god, there is a bat crawling around on the floor by your foot!" So I look under the counter and, sure enough, here is a little brown bat creeping across the floor. While I don't have a ( Read more... )

Yahoo, it's Wednesday so I'm off work. I'm feeling fairly productive already this morning. I've made some phonecalls, sent off a few emails, and I have plans to get the rent paid and tidy up the place a bit. Most impressive of all, I got up at 8:30! That's gotta be a first on my day off ( Read more... )