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Went to see a comedian on campus with my roommate 8D

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Y U NO IMPRESS

Last year I would have just laid around in my room like a shy slug lol

'srry I would like to but this is where I live ;n; no scary ppl or loud noise'

But we went and it was TONS OF FUN and we both had umbrellas (I had my best one that I bought in China) so we looked super cool together

And the comedian was SUPER FUNNY and only a little privilegebutt so I enjoyed it. Apparently he's been on Late Night with Conan O'Brien sooo probably pretty good. His name was Michael somethingorother but ANYWAYS

It was a lot of fun and there was rain and it is not as hot anymore

And I can enjoy social contact even when miserable from period (ow) and surrounded by freshman (they got ~paw points for going to it b/c first week stuff is technically orientation events even thou there's comedians and such throughout the year) (some of them tried to start a slow clap omfg such highschoolers luckily it did not get far & the freshman closest us had their unimpress face on)

Anyways yeah see icon for current expression/general summary of my life

I almost didn't go you know, it's because I forgot to read my tarot cards this morning. EVERY SINGLE MORNING I HAVE TO they would have reminded me to do this and not be so scr.

Tomorrow is first day of classes! Barely remember what I am taking, not very excited about any of it except Psychology of Learning kind of. This is part of why I decided to change my major, school should not be a chore for me of all people

The real demolition started today! Dad even made a facebook event for it when he realized he and Derek had accidentally invited a total of upwards of twenty people...but things are going really fast as a result. I think they'll get it all done today.

The noise is really stressful for me. And having my grampa in the house, because he's an asshole. Tripper is really upset too, of course, so we're sitting together trying to chill out :P Tripper is significantly more upset than me, though, because he thinks the tool they're using to break up the tiles is a monster that's going to eat everybody. When they started using it he ran into the kitchen (difficult, since it now requires running out into the yard and through the other door) and bit it. Unsurprising, as he does the same to the lawnmower if we let him near it.

So, I have to have him leashed now, because although he's mostly being a good boy he randomly freaks out and runs in to go defend them all. I imagine he's figured out that we tore apart the kitchen and living room to expose this demon and fight it :P he probably thinks it's somehow related to the noise the air conditioning makes (he growls every time it starts up). I would like to imagine he also thinks when Derek mows the lawn, there is some sort of epic monster battle going on.

Anyways, I'm trying praising him for self-calming behaviors, just to reinforce them; it seems to be working pretty well even though I'm not using a marker (too lazy to find the clicker, and he's too worked up to focus on it anyway), and if he gets nervous now and I say his name he offers lip-licking or shaking himself off. He is generally a really chill dog and good at coping with anxiety but I figure a dog can never be too relaxed, especially when the next two months or so are going to be especially stressful for him, with strangers coming in and out of the house and a lot of noise.

ETA: They're taking a lunch break, so Tripper's been let free to go socialize and tend to the monster wounds. He also discovered the plastic taped to the doors to keep the dust from spreading viscous shields the monster put up to prevent people from escaping it, and tried to take them down with his nose. He still doesn't seem to understand why people are telling him 'no'. BUT HOW WILL WE GET THROUGH THE DOORWAY WITH THIS STUFF HERE?!

ETA2: LOL, forgot to share this yesterday. This is where feawerf is from; I was trying to write that post on asexuality and asking Amanda for advice. We got derailed with an association game.

Amanda: that's what I mentttt
Amanda: meant?
Me: meant
Amanda: meat
Me: manmeat?
Amanda: me eat manmeat
Amanda: RAWRAWRARWARWAE
Me: ino
Amanda: FEAWERF
Me: homg
Amanda: lol
Me: afeared
Amanda: feawerf
Amanda: anyways
Me: loling so hard
Me: feawerf >:C
Amanda: I mean like after the declaration
Amanda: U SIR R A FEAWERF