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Well, it does not appear that she is going to post it herself, so here's tonight's cover story:


Rochester College student is the Devil

Young Amanda Webb's suspicions were, arguably, confirmed in an eerie exchange at a Taco Bell drive-thru Sunday night.

As the story goes, former roommate Courtney Jenko inquired after the well-being of an unnamed male employee, whose only legitimate task at the time was to take an order from the two girls. His response? He was feeling "diabolical".

"I honestly wish I could just pass it off as a joke," comments Amanda Webb, Jenko's passenger, who witnessed the conversation. Her voice trembles with disbelief. "And I was going to. But I-- she-- it..." She breaks off, unable to give us more information, possibly out of fear for her own life.

The rest of the story becomes frighteningly, elaborately clear when Webb reveals the Taco Bell receipt. The bill, totalling the prices of two chalupas, two hard (crunchy?) tacos, a large soft drink, and several packets of mild sauce, comes to six dollars and sixty-six cents.

Yes, you read that right.

Later that night, Rochester College, where Jenko is a student and a "Resident Advisor", experienced a strange power outage that lasted nearly half an hour. Jenko's behavior came across as concerned, almost parental, says Webb. But for now, the true nature of her furrowed brow can only be a source of speculation.

And she will crush your head

2 OCTOBER: A MONDAY

Amanda Webb: *needs to go to class*

Air Base Squadron: *is blocking the lobby door, unaware*

Amanda Webb: *slides silently past just in time*

Air Base Squadron: [enthusiastically] Hi, Amanda!

Amanda Webb: *is already yards away* Hullo!

Amanda's inner Hydra: Mwahaha! ACTUALLY, I'M SCARED.



3 OCTOBER: A TUESDAY

Abominable Snowman: What's wrong? What's your deal?

Amanda Webb: WHOA HELLO OUT OF NOWHERE pull out the headphones what else have you been saying ...What?

Abominable Snowman: Do I scare you or what?

His eyes are uncharacteristically searching and humorless.

Amanda Webb: ...

Fear: *sweeps in like a scaly dragon and perches in her heart, bringing with it an unexpected cover of calm expressionlessness*

Amanda Webb: I don't know how to say it... uh. No. No, you don't scare me. *smiles*

Amanda Webb's guts: SELF DESTRUCT! SELF DESTRUCT!!

Enter: characteristic cheerful Abominable demeanor.

Abominable Snowman: Okay!

Amanda continues to the cafeteria, where she finds it just a shade difficult to hold a drinking glass still.



27 OCTOBER: A FRIDAY

Ancient Serpent: Blablabla and it was-- AMANDA! ...How are you?

Amanda Webb: *is phenomenal*

Amanda Webb: I'm good, actually. How are you?

Ancient Serpent: Good, good. *literally holds out his hand*

Amanda Webb: *shakes it and laughs*

Amanda's hand: I'm not even tingling; can you believe it?

Assembly: *commences*

Windows Media Player: Rob Bell!

Ancient Serpent: Yaddayadda, something about the Yankees when *swipes his card* they didn't even play, Amanda.

Amanda Webb: *smiles and moves on*

Random insertion of Amanda's name: I feel so unimposing and powerless.



Impressive? Headway? I'd say so.

Beloved

Don't sleep--
Before the mist
Enfolded his ship
Your fingers were not so limp.
Shivering joy
In your glass,
Eternal grace
In your veins,
Runs clear and sweet and
Older than the monstrous sea.
Don't sleep--
Your lusty youth
Forms colorless pools,
Wells up from your skin--
Sweating and cold
Like a stone,
Hollow and aged
Like a shell.
Don't wash away.
I will bathe your face
And dress your eyes with dew--
And he will brush your cheek.
We will watch when
Your honeyed breath,
Imperishable,
Shivers
And begins again.

"Don't chew ice; you'll get diarrhea!"

38. Poppy Don went to North Carolina with us.
39. Sherrill loves me.
40. The color palette outside my dorm window, and the stars through a polluted night, are traces of a dying world-- but they are gorgeous.
41. Steve Corp is gentlemanly.
42. I don't have a disease, an infection, or even a cold right now.
43. Halloween is coming.
44. Crash is a really good movie.
45. I liked watching it with Courtney and Kelly (and Nikki, there, for the last couple of minutes).
46. Kelly confides in me occasionally. I don't know why.
47. My left shoelace is black. My right shoelace is blue.
48. Eating ice is so much fun.
49. I love reading out loud with other people.
50. Courtney started a knitting fad among the students.

Such the hater

At about eight o'clock tonight, I went on a walk around campus.

Partly because it's so quiet here during fall break, and it's cold, and the moon was really pretty, and my headphones were pumping "Falling Inside the Black" into my brain, and I knew I had to do a little pseudo-dancing behind the cafeteria.

But mostly because I hate this Gilgamesh paper more than anything else right now.

Turn the window off

I love agreeing with people. Especially with Courtney because, you know, it only happens about 28% of the time.

So... here goes.


Why You are Awesome!

Brandon Young is so good to be around. I haven't heard this guy say one mean thing, as far as I can remember. And he doesn't try to project some kind of "cool" version of himself. He's just cool because that's the way it is.
- It was hilarious when he just decided to buzz all his hair off.
- I have never been able to high-five any other male. (Of course, I could just say "any other person" because males are the only ones who initiate high-fives.)
- I almost forgot! He's majoring in music and he sings bass. I barely believed that last part until I heard it. Like, whoa.

Kristen Landenberger cracks me up. I wish she lived on campus.
- Talks to me before, after and sometimes during science class. This is priceless.
- Facial expressions.
- She is so responsible. It's kinda sickening, actually. But in a good way.


Courtney just said, "Turn the window off." I could not neglect to record that.

Crabby's just icing on the cake

Haven't forgot my own intention to continue that list.

26. I've got Jolly Ranchers.
27. Pop Rocks, as well.
28. Pencils and paper just pulse with life, don't they?
29. I am so less afraid than I was a year ago.
30. David Brackney. (Yes, that is a sentence! Leave me alone!)
31. I went on a walk with Sherrill once, somewhere in North Carolina, along a beach. I picked up a hermit crab and named it Alan.
32. Muffitt used to record cartoons onto VHS tapes and save them for my visits.
33. Courtney brought me into the fabric store so that she could use two coupons at once.
34. The Skillet cd comes out in about thirty hours.
35. I'm wearing nail polish. Well, except on one thumb.
36. I discovered today that I can bypass the ladder and switch directly from my bunk bed to the floor, and it is FUN.