Just a Few Quirky Things

Yesterday, a few quirky things happened during my day at school. It all started during my spare at 1:30pm. I had to finish writing up my Physics lab report, so I headed out to find a quiet place. I thought I was going to be a keener and sit by myself to finish the dang thing, but I was wrong. I initially sat in the open casual area of Dafoe library (the place to be) to primarily eat my lunch. I was going to find a quieter spot after, but I decided to stay there. I was making progress until I got distracted by the girl across from me; she unexpectedly answered her phone. It was not English she was speaking. I was immediately intrigued. She fluently mixed her speech with English and Russian and had a sweet Russian accent. Her male friend then joined the table as well. They went off on tangents, speaking in Russian with breaks of English for the next 20 mins or so! I wasn't annoyed at all but actually was quite entertained with what was going on. They were hilarious. The guy started talking about how he had a date on Saturday, but if it fell through, then he would go skating at the forks with her instead. He compared himself to a character in that one skating comedy with Will Ferrel. They couldn't remember the name and I was just dying to shout it out. After he guessed Balls of Fury, I laughed and then butted-in and said Blades of Glory. They laughed and proceeded to talk about other Will Ferrel and Jon Heder comedies, quoting many of their hilarious lines. We then talked about school, the girl tried to convince me to go into Nursing because that's what she wanted to do. I said what I always say, "we'll see," said good-bye and then headed to my class (not finished my lab, mind you).

What was odd next, happened during my entrance to my next class. I was enjoying my delicious apple walking down the hallway when I noticed that the girl who was walking in front of me was also chomping down on one! We were the only two people in the hallway and we were both enjoying an apple. Now, we were in the same class and when she entered eating her apple, I followed doing the same. If I saw this happen, I would think: What are the CHANCES! Unless the two people knew each other. How many people do you see walking around school, who chomp on an apple when they walk, let alone two people in a ROW!? Unreal.

After my class, I headed straight back to Dafoe to finish my lab. On the way, I ran into my Russian friends again! I wasn't sure whether I should say hi or if I should just walk by. It turned out there was no need to decide; the girl said, "Hey, it's the Library Guy!" I said, "Hey! I'm actually heading to the same spot right now!" She laughed and then said, "Cya later!" So now I'm known as "The Library Guy" (not the best title, but I'll take it). I finished my lab, handed it in, and went straight to the bus stop to catch my bus.

This is where my final quirky thing happened for the day. Lately, I've been really enjoying the strange things that go on in buses. First of all, last week there was a woman who sat at the front of the bus and kept talking to the driver. You could tell the driver was really annoyed. It was hilarious. What's more is that the woman had a balloon beside her that said Happy Valentines Day!!! Why? It's not even close to Valentines Day! Secondly, last week while waiting for my bus, I saw the shortest white woman I have ever seen. She must have been around 4'7"ish, no joke! Thirdly, yesterday I saw the newest shortest woman I have ever seen! She was Asian (any surprise there?) and must have been less than 4'5", closer to 4 feet!!! I'm not kiddin' around here. I couldn't believe it and I actually let out a short burst of a chuckle. And Finally, I saw the craziest MP3 player on the bus yesterday. It was like an iPod touch but looked like an upgraded Creative player. It also had a menu like a PS3 or a PSP. It was very enticing. I keep forgetting that not everybody has iPods! Now I want one of these mysterious devices.

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Speaking of quirky things, here's a short clip of a very funny, quirky thing that I saw while heading back to school from skiing in Austria. Check it out:

Little Drummer Boy from MannyG on Vimeo.