Lowest Highest Point

That's Delaware. They've got the lowest highest point (Lenny J. Charles shoutout).

So I guess this is moi: 1 and Dusty: 0? Since the best he could come up with was "irresponsible use." (That's Dusty, as in Dusty Abshire, as in Dustin Paul Abshire, the only Dusty there is.)

I didn't even have to play my "but English is my second language" card, or my "that's why I'm still a student" card, or "does it really make you feel good winning arguments against little girls?" card. Because I was right. And that's why I'm going to be gracious about it...

Lowlight of the day (however young it is)? Oh, I know. Lunch with Band Man (and Ellie, to make it funny). Lunch with your professor is just the sort of thing that my wee little liberal arts school likes to promote, creating a community among academics and all that good crap. So, being the good kid that I am, I figured I'd try it out before I left the Bo' and head to Scotland for the year, soak up some good tight-knit atmosphere vibe before getting lost in the mean streets of Edinburgh. And as a buffer against awkwardity, I dragged Ellie along.

Which was great, until the conversation turned something like this:

Band Man: So do you have a good group of friends on campus that you always hang out with? What sort of group do you hang out with?

Moi: Are you asking me if I have friends? I have friends, Band Man.

Band Man: Well, I know you work really hard, and you work a lot at the CSRC, but are you happy? Do you have a good group of friends?

Moi: Are you asking me to name all my friends, Band Man?! Yes, I'm really happy. And I swear I have friends. Just ask Facebook.

Band Man: If they're majors then I'll probably know them.

Moi: Uh... Amy Lee? Leash Wong? A lot of them aren't soc kids. Science nerds. Do I have to list all of them? (Doesn't help that all this time, Ellie is saying, "No, she really doesn't have any friends.") Well, there's this tension between your class and my friends. (Explain past birthday debacles).

Professor/advisor questioning existence of my social life. Wow. Lowest point ever.