Captain's Log

4:54pm

Crow's Nest of The Giant Peach

Status Report:

General wellbeing of the house-

-Fair... There's quite a bit of stress in general. Perhaps too much drinking.

Happenings on campus-

-Due to awesome weather today, there is quite a bit of activity on the front lawn. Lots of sunbathing. Lots of music. It was good fun

-I met someone I want to be friends with. She seems pretty awesome.

-CRAZY night on Thursday

-Quiet/Loving/Good-Friends-Only/SCARY night on Friday

-Prospective dance party tonight?

-Music listening time on Sunday

Mission Updates:

Recon Mission

Reference Code:"A32920"

Target: My black sports bra

Status: Turns out it was sitting under the dining room table the whole time- COMPLETED

In regards to all other missions- status still pending

New Missions:

Recon Mission

Reference Code:"My Sweatshirt"

Target: My sweatshirt

Description: It has a chicken on the front. It's not originally mine but it has lots of sentimental value. It's from my fri

end's Klezmer Band Camp. It's really Jewish. I love it. It's comfortable. It has a hood. I'm sad.

Status: On campus? No ideas.

Friend-O-Meter Mission

Reference Code: I'm thinking of SOOO many inappropriate ways to reference her/how I know her/how much I wanna be her friend.... but in case anyone ever sees this I'll stick with "Birdie"... because she kinda reminds me of a bird

Goal: See whether we're potential friends.

Chance of Success: Well... I can be pretty fucking charming when I put my mind to it... and I've already laid some pretty heavy bonding-groundwork. So... 7.553?

A pointless rant:

It rains

and it makes me want to cry

I hate the winter

and yet, something fun sits on the horizon:

the holidays

my favorite time of year- except for summer

the two worst times of year are fall and spring

not because they're not beautiful

-let's be real- EVERY season is beautiful in the PNW

but because they are dreary

the onset of rain

onset in fall

the fucking onset of a rainy 10 months

ten MONTHS

and then all we want is SUN- yet it continues to rain

spring

we didn't even get much of a summer this year

summer of 2010- without fucking SUN

fucking sun

you abandoned us

ANYWAY

Captain's Log

11:34pm

Crow's Nest of the Giant Peach

Current Missions:

Recon Mission:

Reference Code:"A32920"

Target: My black sports bra

Last Seen: Last week- in my school bag. On campus.

Possible leads: A puddle on campus? Some dark corner at my work? In a stalker's secret closet full of Simone Wood paraphernalia

Importance of Success: 6.223 (this IS a bit of an embarrassing thing to have lost on campus... not to mention i've just been missing it in dance class)

Chance of Success: -4.2 (it's been a while since last sighting. and it's unlikely that a stalker would give up such a prize possession without coercion)

Social and Emotional Experiment:

Reference Code:"College"

Goal: Make friends and connections that will foster a positive educational and social experience for the rest of my time in school

First step: make some friends- COMPLETED

Second step: make sure that those are friends you love- COMPLETED

Third step: find a stable and positive living environment- COMPLETED

Fourth step: talk to people in your classes

-This has proved EXTREMELY difficult due to social anxiety

-It also doesn't help that i don't participate in class anyway

Fifth step: attend social events

-This is has become an increasingly successful part of the experiment

-At first the environment was foreign, but an excellent display of adaptation has allowed for me to infiltrate gatherings

-Over a year ago, when the experiment first began W and i infiltrated a "dance" and impressed the ENTIRE gathering with our flawless impression of "dancing". We recreate this kind of awe-inspiring performance regularly

Importance of Success: 9.779

Chance of Success:... to early to tell, but so far so good??

Mental Endurance Trial:

Reference code:"Academic Classes"

Goal: Stay afloat in my classes

Importance of success: 8.998

Chance of Success: 7.998 (highly contingent on day to day conditions)

Progress reports will follow

-Captain out-