This will be a long post, and none of it will be about my writing teacher

1.Prediction

OK, so I have been thinking about past and present relationships, and in an effort to prove that everything in life can be reduced to logic and mathematical progressions, I have examined differences and similarities, and thus come up with a prediction about the guy I will be dating next(Is it cynical to think about this at this point? Meh. Also, it was just a really long and boring walk home from the LRT station)

So, this will happen in late August of 2007, after a year of singledom:

• caucasian
• born on Feb 2nd, 1980
• blond
• Canadian or German
• parents are working class
• 6 foot or taller
• hazel eyes
• last name has five letters and means something tangible
• first name is rather conventional
• he will be a virgin
• good god, he will be a 27 year old virgin. I am not sure I like where this is going. I am going to revisit my rationale for that birth year...
• Actually, 1982 and 1984 are just as likely. Phew.

2. Ego-boosting moment of the day:

My soc prof admitted that my definition of a concept was much better than the one he had.

3.Ego-bashing moment of the day:

My friend Babil called me a slave driver after seeing me tutor. Are "slave driver" and "awesome teacher" mutually exclusive?

4. Fun moment of the week:

Gordon Lee and a Freudian slip.

"Now, I am going to make your wife a lot harder."

I laughed so hard. Unfortunately, I was the only one who found it hilarious. Oh, what do I care. Somebody had to laugh for all the rest of the 75 people. Really loudly.

5. I revised my men-I-would-marry-even-though-I-don't-believe-in-marriage list

Nowadays, Jeffrey Sachs is where it's at(watch the whole video. If you only have a bit of time, watch the latter half- question period. That's where you will see his idealism and his passion.)

What is it about idealistic, passionate speakers and bagpipes that makes me want to cry? And marry them? Alright, I'll admit, the analogy breaks down at this point.

6. My first ever Gateway Opinion section meeting.

I introduced myself like this: "Hi, I am Catrin, my major is international development; I am also an SU councilor, and Dave, you got that number for the price of the health plan in today's opinion piece wrong. By about thirty percent."

I can tell, he likes me already.