An easy swing

Sometimes I leave the bathroom fan off while I'm taking a shower so I can hear my music better. Lately I haven't been able to get over this song.

I think it's the guitar.

It's the guitar.

I've been waiting to stumble across a DC theme song for myself, but this one isn't it. At least this isn't supposed to be it. Maybe it is? I don't know. Other suggestions welcome.

This post doesn't really have a direction. I was going to make a list of all the adorable quirky things that I do and start each line with "Sometimes," but apparently I only do one adorable quirky thing. And I don't know if it can actually be classified as adorable or quirky. It's practical. You can't hear music when you're taking a shower and the fan is on. Duh.

Instead I'll just give you a play-by-play of what I did today because that's always entertaining and I'm procrastinating my homework.

Woke up.
Got dressed.
Ate breakfast.
Took the metro to work.
Worked.
Sat outside and read.
Worked.
Took the bus to GW.
Stopped by Starbucks.
Walked the rest of the way home.
Took a shower.

I promise my life is not that boring:

I had an intriguing conversation with my co-worker colleague about religion today. She said, "Jesus and I had a very amicable break up. We're still on good terms. We might get back together someday." And then she asked me my religious background. BAM. Nailed it. But the whole time I was crossing my fingers that she wouldn't ask why we don't drink coffee because I don't know!! I  mean, Word of Wisdom, but that doesn't mean anything to anyone outside the church.

I read about the Constitutional Convention at lunch and found this absolute gem of a line about James Madison: "He had a quiet voice. In meetings, members called out, asking him to speak louder, or the clerk omitted parts of his speeches "because he spoke low and could not be heard.""

I feel you, James.

In case you didn't know, James Madison is kind of an important person in history. Like Father of the Constitution and fourth President of the United States important. And he was quiet, like me. So I can be quiet and important too. You have no idea how thrilling this discovery is.

Usually I metro or walk home, but today I discovered that there is a $1 bus that takes me right from work right to home. It's called the circulator bus. Apparently circulator is not a word. But it is a word because it's slapped right there on the side of the bus. Anyway, I had a great time watching a creepy man hit on a pretty blonde girl from Belarus. It's nice to know that happens to other people too.

I picked up a caramel cream frappe at Starbucks. It was good. I think I'll make a (monthly) habit out of it. It was a million times better than the one I had at Kneader's.

I watched the trailer for the movie "The Fault in Our Stars." That book has literally been on my to-read list for a year and a half. I'm kind of mad I saw the trailer (youtube sneak-attacked me) because now when I read it I'll have to reconcile the actors in the movie with the characters in the book. I hate that.

I took a nice warm shower while listening to Bon Iver. Fortunately I have this adorable little quirk of turning the bathroom fan off so I can actually hear my music.

How's that for full circle?


PS: Here's a picture of some stickers on a tree for your viewing pleasure (mom).