Ryan Thomas Goodenough

Having way too many papers to write over the past couple weeks means that I’ve been spending a lot of time in the school library. One thing that I’ve noticed is that there are a lot of really weird people that come into the library. Some of them are probably crazy, others should be locked up. But more than just being weird, some of them are just plain annoying. Take, for example, a guy who showed up on Friday. Even though there were plenty of seats available, he thought it would be best if he sat directly next to me (there’s a rule about things like this–guys may understand it if you think of the urinal rules in pubic restrooms). Of course, as soon as he sat down, he thought it would be best if he stared at my screen for a while…creepy. After a little while longer, he thought it would be good to eat an apple. A loud, lip smacking, saliva slurping activity. Mmmmm… Immediately after he ate his apple, he decided that he needed to send out a letter. Of course, to send it out, he had to seal the envelope. Which meant putting his apple-covered tongue all over the envelope, spreading his saliva all across the envelope. After he was done with that, he decided to go, leaving me with no appetite and no longer thinking that envelopes taste good.

Emily and I went to Colgate this lovely Saturday to quickly visit with Kira, Moodle, and Doodle before hunkering down completely for paper writing. It was a very nice, but short, visit. We had a pleasant dinner at Pizza Hut before Ki gave us the grand tour of the new library at Colgate University–it was quite nice. On the way out, I snapped this photo of the geese on the pond.

Note: After years of not cropping or straightening my photos, I’ve decided to take advantage of digital editing and fix up my pictures a bit. I had fun with this one and think it turned out nicely. Check out these other photos:

I think I like editing photos! What a great new hobby!