uh..it's late. or early...whichever way you wish to look at it. so i pretty much have my chinese presentation down...i get to do fun things like insult another person and talk to myself and pour hot tea on someone. then i went to the coho to listen to some live jazz...incredible as always, dave ;-) i so wish i had talent like that...in anything. ah well. my little sibs, trevor and sami, showed up! i like them. =) drank some coffee for the first time in quite a few months. then i just studied. ooh, exciting. zach did a wonderful job in helping me memorize my lines in chinese...thanks!

you know, smells are so important. they can conjure so many memories and emotions...good and bad of course. like the guys in the double down the hall conjure the emotion of disgust. oh god they smell. happily, they've been keeping their door closed these past couple of days. it's a bit disturbing to me, though, that when you smell something, it's because particles of whichever substance reach receptors in your nose and such...if you think about smelling crap and manure and bathroom stink...then ewwww. blechblechblech. and i hate smelling exhaust or cigarette smoke; they seriously make me gag. but there are plenty of good smells to make up for those--yummy food, flowers, etc. and i like good people-smells. =) certain people just smell a certain way, whether caused by shampoo/conditioner, cologne, perfume, deodorant, whatever. people with good aromas attract me. although differentiating between something that smells good or bad to you can be quite subjective sometimes...and scientifically speaking, smell can play a large part in potential mate attraction. basically you subconsciously want someone who smells the "opposite" of you in certain factors, and genetically this generally ensures diversity and prevents in-breeding. something like that...i forget the specifics. i just remember i found that very interesting. =) now that i think about it, i think i have a couple favorite-smelling people...hehe. i know that it's them just by the smell, and i don't mean that in a negative way at all. i know i'm just rambling about smells right now, but it's very late/early. you'll have to excuse me. i should sleep soon...but i wonder how i smell. you can't very well smell yourself since you obviously get accustomed to your own smell. i hope i don't smell bad too often unless it's right after [the rare occasions] i've been exercising or something. of course i can't tell whether i smell bad or not since...it's my smell. besides, most people won't come straight out and say, "dude, you reek." because although that would be helpful to know sometimes, i do not know how well i would take a comment like that ;-) it's not like you can usually do something about it at the time if you're out and hanging out with people, y'know? and i am going to sleep before i write anything else stupid.