Last Updated: 22 June 2005
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“Monique’s like a hidden treasure.” –Sarah Stickney
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(Watching the Golden Globes, guy puts hand in his pocket to get his thank you list)
Linzi: What’s this guy doing? Does he have a gun?? … Oh, he won
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(I’m on duty and the PSS worker comes in to relieve me at the guest sign-in desk)
PSS: I’m Bob Barretos.
Me: I’m sorry, what’s your first name again?
Bob: B - a - r - r - e - t - o - s.
Me: …..Okay.
Bob (pulls out Security ID): Here, I want you to trust me.
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“You wanna see my loooooove corner? It’s all…… feng-shui-ed.” –My pick-up line to Frances
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(Watching VERY OLD episodes of SNL with jokes about OJ Simpson)
Me (thinking this is new): I love how these are still jokes even though they happened so long ago.
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Sarah (about my website): I didn’t even know it existed!
Linzi (watching a commercial): What, Phantom of the Opera?
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“Sarah’s like a gypsy.” –Natalee
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(Holding a pen)
Dr. Cichy: How do you work this thing?!
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“They don't have ammo in their guns.” – Dr. Gordon-Seifert on castrati
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(In Farinelli, a movie about castrati)
Woman: Signor Farinelli, I do believe you just gave me my first...musical orgasm.
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(Observing music classes)
Mrs Zaibert: Now we’re going tap the beat using our fingers.
Pre-K boy: I LOVE vinegar!
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Mrs. Zaibert: Great! Now what language is “ciao?”
Kindergarten girl: Créole!
Another girl: Cancun!
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Chris Ryan: If you went camping with your friends and you woke up with Vaseline on your butt, would you tell anyone?
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Dr. Reid: I’m sent into battle and I’m terrified. I’m peein' my pants. What’s the virtuous thing to do?
Isaac: Change your pants.
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(The following are from an article in the Providence Journal on the anniversary of Slinkies.) –Thanks Laura K for writing them down!
“They're just like Paris Hilton. People like brainless things that move funny.”
“Valerie Attell recalls her sister getting her tongue stuck in the metal swirls.”
“Slinky just evokes warm and fuzzies.”
“ ‘Oh, how I used to love me some slinky.’ ”
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Linzi: For a second I was going to say cocoa was a nut but then I remembered it was a bean.
Tiffany (silent for a while): …Good thing I didn’t say anything at first -- when you first said ‘nut’ I was thinking, ‘Noooooo, it’s a powder.’
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“Why am I always the gross friend??” –Me
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Fran: I’m SO MAD at him!
Laura: Who?
Fran: BACH!!!
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misspennylane685: yea i think he is stalking me
(Fran on JS Bach)
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ElScorcho459: i don’t know what i would be famous for other than being awesome.
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misspennylane685: me and mr beethoven are in a very serious relationship
iDoWhatiCandan: has he gotten to the third movement?
misspennylane685: not yet, hes too busy improvising
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TimStask: it’s chilly and overcast… so we’re holed up in the resort
ElScorcho459: ohhh i’m sorry
TimStask: yeah… possibly doing the hot tub… but right now it’s a sausage fest
ElScorcho459: ew tell me that means you’re eating jimmy dean
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(I had an away message up in Hebrew)
TimStask: i can’t even read hebrew
Me: hahaha that’s so classic
TimStask: well i’m catholic!
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ElScorcho459: be right bach
ElScorcho459: BACK
ElScorcho459: HAHAH i’m listening to BACH
xdjnickx: hahha
xdjnickx: i knew it
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(Taking pictures, my hair is getting in the way)
Me: Right now I feel like a man with a rat tail.
Kirsten: This one looks very artsy because we can’t see your face.
Me: I know, I look like a willow tree.
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(Late night convos with Erin)
ElScorcho459: are you drunk?
HugABug12: thatd wbe a an affirmative
HugABug12: and my mom doesnt even know!
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HugABug12: moniwue
HugABug12: u thought i was drunl ;ast week
HugABug12: im evern drinkier theis time
HugABug12: omhg (having trouble making sentences)
ElScorcho459: haha it’s okay i understand
HugABug12: ok i good i lvoe u soo much you dont even understa
HugABug12: nd
ElScorcho459: i love you too!!
HugABug12: omg thank u
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(Week one of having moved into the Smith Center for the Arts)
“Sr. Gail wouldn’t let us bring any of the trash cans from Siena because she said they were too ugly.” –Dr. Gordon-Seifert
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(Dr. G-S talking about someone ‘booking it’)
Mike McNamara: BOOKS IT! Another good word.
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(Arguing about fugues)
Mike Mc: Why couldn’t Bach have been a lawyer?
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(In music theory, discussing the strong “male” theme 1 and the softer “female” theme 2 in sonata-allegro form)
Dr. G-S: The men win out in the end – why? Because they’re in the tonic key.
Me: That’s alright – they wouldn’t cadence without us.
Dr. G-S: That’s right, men and women create perfect harmony.
Laura: In theory.
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“The whole thing’s about thrusting.” –Dr. G-S on the pelvic thrusts in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 (Heroica)
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“Dr. Kelton told me I grab my crotch while reading [music] too much.” –Mike McNamara
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"The Countess of Dia was... a countess, okay?" -Dr. G-S
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Dr. G-S (reading her handout on Debussy’s Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun: This is about a Faun (half animal/half human) akin to the mythological creature, Pan, who roams the woods and plays the flute. He is lying about relaxing in the woods when suddenly he is approached by three nymphs who seduce him and perform erotic acts. Afterwards, he ponders: was this a dream or did it really happen? We will never know for sure.
Dan: I’ve definitely had that dream before.
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(In Civ – Professor DiNunzio has just shut off his musical example, is standing in front of the stereo)
Professor Duffy (blocked from view) : Mario?
DiNunzio: Yes?
Duffy: Are you there??
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(Listening to Puccini’s La Bohème in Civ)
DiNunzio: You hear what he did [with his voice] there?? That’s very hard to do!
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"Do you think it's a self-fulfilling prophecy that I think I'm wicked awesome?" -Me
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(Talking about how Dr. Holt always says "Bern-steen" and not "Bern-stine")
Me: But you're right, in the German, Bernstein should be "Bern-STINE."
Laura K: Then shouldn't it [Feinstein] be pronounced FINE-STINE?!?
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(Andrea has been reading novels about Amish people)
Andrea: Even at work, I wonder, ‘What are the Amish people doing right now?’ …. All I do is look at the hills and think of the Amish.
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"I can't believe how easy it is to go to concerts here! In Turkey they check like 5 IDs!" –Guy in front of me for Muse at PC
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“I'll be as faithful as a seahorse, and if you were a marine biologist, you would know how tender that line was.” –The Brunettes (as heard in concert)
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“I’m going to the Portuguese Festival….. TELL ME there’s not going to be Portuguese men there!” –Genna on finding a new boyfriend
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(Mom is making me go to Stateline to buy her Powerball tickets because I’m old enough)
Me: Want me to pick up some cigarettes, too?
Mom: Yeah, and some grass if they sell!
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“O glorious breeze! Go down my shirt, please!” –Robin
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(Deciding whether or not to buy sunglasses with some rhinestones on the side)
Mom: That’s not bad, Monique, you need a little bling-bling.
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“I’m a proud American, but I know our many flaws, past and president.” –Me in a letter to Ella
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===== Nicole, Celeste, Kirsten & I in New York =====
"Tots of parp." -Me trying to say "Pop Tarts" as "Tarts of Pop"
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"I wish my dad was an immigrant." -Kirsten
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(Talking about germs on our hands from the City)
Nicole: I'm afraid I'm gonna touch my eye and get.... gingivitis!
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Celeste: Suddenly everyone around us has beverages and it's making me really thirsty! Iced tea, water, Diet Coke...
Nicole: Don Quixote! (giggles)
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Celeste: This blanket feels like a camel!
Nicole: I can feel an udder!
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"I should write a symphony of our laughter!" –Me
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“Have some champagne, man! It’s bubbly, yo!” –Overheard at Stephen’s graduation party
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“I can’t believe it. These are enormous sprinkles!” –Lady with English accent at the Cow
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ElScorcho459: FRAN!
ElScorcho459: remember our composition: Autumn Lagoon 1685? ...know what i just thought of???
ElScorcho459: WHHOOO was born in 1685?!?
ElScorcho459: THAT'S RIGHT
ElScorcho459: BACH.
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