Shane West is going to be on ER next season. Yay. Except that Noah Wyle's leaving. I like his character, and I like the fact that he's been around for the entire run. It's a nice constant. I hope he at least goes out well.

I'm still waiting for my college life to not be so boring and lonely. I've never had to make an effort to meet people before. I talked to people in classes, sat with them at lunch, and saw them in activities. That was it, and that was okay because I valued my alone time, my non-school time. I have lot more of that time now. I don't know what to do. I've tried leaving my door open, but that just made me feel like an obvious hermit. At least no one knows whether I'm here or not if I leave the door closed.

I need some new local friends. And a routine. Then maybe I'll start to feel like my life is, I don't know, worth it or something. Maybe I need a club. Ah, I don't know. I have no idea how to work myself out of this slump and it's driving me to places I haven't seen in a long, long time.

Friday Five
1. What is the best dessert you've ever had? I don't eat many desserts, but that marble cake after pizza (Papa John's, not the UMD cafeteria stuff) was fabulous. My mom didn't get the kind of ice cream I like, though.
2. Is there a dessert that just plain grosses you out? Not really. I'm not a big fruit person, though, so fruit desserts (pies, bananas foster, etc.) aren't my thing.
3. Straight out of the container or with lots of toppings .... tell us how you like your ice cream. Uh, plain? I actually like to put vanilla ice cream into a mid-sized plastic cup and eat it that way. I always get too much if I put it in a bowl.
4. Cookie dough, brownie mix, cake batter or the finished products? I tried the dough from the batch of cookies I made a few weeks ago. It was all gritty, not at all nice, so I'll stick with the baked variety from now on.
5. You've just invented a great new dessert .... what's in it and what is it called? ?

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