you hill-and-valley crowd

MUSIC: THE DECEMBERISTS - I DON'T MIND

I thought I'd just bring up a point here. When you peel 2 bulbs of garlic, your hands will stink forever. I'm currently in the process of scrubbing all of the skin off of my two index fingers in hopes to get rid of the smell. I have washed my hands with 3 kinds of bath gel, 2 kinds of soap, and I have used 4 different smelly hand lotions as well. I have also sprayed my fingers with perfume. NOTHING WORKS. I think I'm obsessive-compulsive about making sure my hands smell like nothing or something, because I don't peel oranges to avoid the smell of oranges all over my hands for a while. BUT AT LEAST ORANGE SMELL WASHES OUT. I don't know what to do, lest peel off all of my skin. Any advice?

If I kept resolutions, I would make my New Year's resolution to go to Food not Bombs more often. But I don't really keep resolutions, so I'm going to call it more of a goal. I think I can do more stuff this term, just in saying, because I think I'm getting used to University a little better. Everyone should cheer for me, by the way, because my GPA is 3.30 so far (whee!). Before you actually become proud of me though, that grade is missing 3 classes, so it will probably go down considerably! I do really like being proud in my ignorance of my real grades. Anyways, back on topic. I really think that I will have a lot more leisure time now that I'm kind of used to University. I think I'm going to attempt to meet more people this term, because I'm definetely way too shy to go out and introduce myself to people, but I suppose I'll have to suck it up, because I sincerely doubt I'll have as small of a class as French this term. I can be plenty friendly when I meet people in a small, group like French class or a show or art class or something, but I am so damn easily intimidated. I think I'm just shy because I'm not comftrable in University yet. Oohh well. I MUST GET OVER THIS.