when was the last time i updated?

ok, so i am back in school in the usa (anyone ever see the rodney dangerfield flick, i think it was called back to school?)

some lessons from school and working at a bar where 21 yr olds and even underagers like to hang out:
1. monday is a drinking night. so is tuesday, wednesday and every other day.
2. college kids are cheap as hell (we knew this one too)
3. no one does homework in undergrad classes (except me - rocking the 93 on my french exam). few do homework in grad classes
4. now that one of my grad classes is down to two people, we better do the reading.
5. walking down the sidewalk in a college town, after around 7pm, is hazardous - you might get hit by a car (evidenced by the two kids who were hit, at least one dead, about three weeks ago while walking home from the bar)
6. if you dont have an ipod, you are not as cool as you think you are.
7. no one drinks water, everyone drinks soda during the day.
8. short shorts and skirts are fashionable even when it is in the high 40's at night
9. a prom dress, cut off around mid thigh with a fat elastic band holding it to their legs is now fashionable for girls. sad really.
10. asking for the id of a woman in her thirties (in this town at least) will raise your tips by at least 30%
11. if you are a bit older (30, ahem), then customers who are also a bit older will tip you better if you talk to them. most college kids still dont tip bc they have no money (to which i can relate)
12. the percentage of people who consistently go out to bars, out of the total population of the school, is about 15%, e.g. you see the same damn people week in week out
13. redneck accents while speaking french are fucking HILARIOUS
14. 75% of people in philosophy would be considered dorks by 95% of the campus
15. we are all dorks in my program
16. except me (see 15)
17. working until midnight or so does not allow you to get bed by 1am after riding a bike home. you just cannot relax enough
18. working at a restaurant makes you stink of food.
19. not washing your work shirt enough can lead from no 18 to making your house stink of food too
20. when your over 60, retired, gregarious landlord is at the bar where you work more than you are (bc he tells you, "hey william, guess you didnt work ____ (fill in day,) i looked for you", give up trying simply to smile and wave when you leave the house in the morning. conversely, refusing a beer at 11am on a tuesday is also grounds for said landlord to eye you warily.
21. acting standoffish toward your extremely outgoing and talkative landlord at the beginning of your lease is something you will only forget to do once in your life.
22. the amount of spare time you have to write on your blog drops precipitously once you are in classes.
23. three grad classes is a full load. adding a language class to it is not recommended if you like to do things with your free time other than work or study.
24. you can no longer rent taps for kegs. you have to buy the damn thing (we bought a pony keg for our birthday dinner last weekend)
25. a pony keg of good beer is twice as much as twice as much natty lite. shocker
26. the first response to anyone who mentions an upcoming birthday is, "so, you going downtown?"
27. girls drink cheap, cheap beer just like guys.
28. skipping happy hour (which at most bars down here is four hours long every day) is like leaving your cell phone in your apt/dorm room. doesnt happen
29. not drinking soda at work (only water) makes other younger servers think you are "weird"
30. irresponsibility, when taken on a grand scale - say 70% of population- is not only disturbing but contagious.

hope one or two make you laugh.
cheers