Chewing Gum & Graphite.

and didn’t feel full afterwards. What is happening to me?

So, a Steak ‘n Shake just opened in New York. The other night I went there with Honda and Jack, and got a steakburger (with fries) and a chocolate shake. I somehow managed to eat the entire massive burger, all of the fries, and maybe a third of the milkshake before I felt like my stomach was going to stage a mutiny against the rest of my body. The food was all awesome, but on the subway ride back, I kept getting horrible I’ve-eaten-way-way-too-much stabs of pain in my stomach. By the time we got home, I felt relatively normal again, wondering how they get away with charging so little for so much food. I took a shower, went to sleep, and then woke up at five in the morning unable to catch my breath with a stomachache (or maybe it was more just a general feeling of nausea than a stomachache). Confused and nervous, I walked around a bit in my dark room, got some water, and sat in my bed wondering what the fuck was going on. A couple times I tried to lay back down but that made me feel more awful than sitting up did. Eventually, I managed to fall back asleep and when I woke up again I felt fine. I have no idea if these events were connected, but it was weird and I am wary. Though it is definitely not going to prevent me from going to Steak ‘n Shake again. That shit was delicious.

Today started off kind of badly because I had stayed up too late doing an assignment that is actually due on Thursday, so I was tired and angry. Also, we had a substitute in Movement whose voice was really annoying and did not make me want to do yoga. BUT in Physical Acting, we got into three teams and each team had a task to accomplish with the restrictions of 1. not doing anything illegal and 2. always having fun. My team had to bake a cake. So we went to a little supermarket and got cake mix and all of the required ingredients, as well as five bowls, and then we went to Nikita’s dorm in Third North and made five individual cakes in her microwave and it was GLORIOUS. I can’t believe I did that for a CLASS in COLLEGE. We were all so giddy about it.

I’m still in a really good mood, but all of the homework looming over my head is threatening to destroy that. Also, the sugar high has pretty much worn off by now.

Last night, I was an idiot and procrastinated on the two essays I had to write. It was a little after 2:00 in the morning and my friend Alexis and I were chatting on Facebook and then she asked me if I wanted to go to Insomnia Cookies, which is a glorious place that is open until 3:00 in the morning. I almost said no, but I figured I needed a bit of a reprieve from my essays. So we walked there and it was really calm outside, which was unusual. We asked for an oatmeal raisin cookie and a snickerdoodle. The guy at the register said it was three dollars, which confused us because they are supposed to be a dollar each. But we just went with it and handed me a box, which felt curiously heavy. When Alexis and I got back outside, we opened the box and there were TEN COOKIES inside. FOR THREE DOLLARS! And they are not small cookies. We were positively beside ourselves with glee. I guess they needed to clear out the stash because they make them fresh everyday, but STILL. So we had a little celebration in the lounge and ate too many cookies and it was AWESOME. I still can’t believe our good fortune. We’re going to go at the same time next week or something and see if it happens again. 

So yeah, that was the best decision ever and made the fact that I stayed up until 6:30 a bit more bearable.