Today was good. It set back what was wrong yesterday.

The day started as every day does, nothing special. I was in an okay mood. Better than yesterday, but still feeling a bit funny.

We had a relaxed day. I think all the professors were ready for the fall break. In chem class we had a relaxed discussion about the chem topic of the day, as well as talking some about college and quantum stuff in general. Our chem teacher said that we should try to challenge ourselves by taking difficult classes, even if that means making low grades in classes that aren't important to us, to focus on what we like and try to push ourselves. Then she said that she made a few C's, then quietly added "in history classes" ha ha. History. Is that even a valid subject sorry history majors, but I really hate history. For some reason, the way she said that was funny to me. I think it was because the tone that she said it in was a tone that seemed to express "Da*n those history classes for giving me C's"

The class did feel kinda empty without Lab Partner, but oh well. I will get used to it.

Then I got out of compsci just a bit early. As I was walking down to leave, I saw Lab Partner on the stairs, or, rather, she saw me. She said "Hi, [brainslug]" and I responded. She asked how chem was and asked if there had been any reported deaths in the class (meh, it doesn't sound as good when I write it, but it sounded good when she said it. It was on the basis of the fact that our chem teacher always talks about how to use chemistry to kill people and dispose of evidence). I responded with something like "No, not yet", we exchanged reciprocal smiles, and she said something that I can't remember, and we parted. The best part was, there was rapport in the conversation. It was a fully natural conversation, and it was pretty fun although short. I think I did a good job on my intonation and word choice, and everything seemed reciprocal (as it should in a good conversation). I can honestly say it was one of the best conversations (as far as flow and handling goes) I have had in a while. It is nice to know I can still have those types of conversations and that type of conversation-connection that feels so good. It was also nice to know that Lab Partner (yeah, I know, she isn't my lab partner anymore, but that is going to be her name forever) thought I was significant enough to initiate conversation with and even to stop walking to talk to. She is a good person. I don't know if I will ever see her much, but if that was our last conversation, I would be happy with it.

On a different note, I am having trouble defining my attachment to Lab Partner. It is the same type of attachment that I have felt before to guy who I would write to on the internet (he is a pretty cool guy, but we don't write anymore, really) and someone else who I am not going to explain at the moment. I don't know, kinda a standing on a mountain, each with your arms around the other's back, supporting each other type of thing. Like something that is the most emotionally connected, but still autonomous, and not in a physical way or anything. Like a cord connecting or something. A tie or something, but not in a social-system type of way or economic or genetic sort of way, but purely from person to person. That kind of unconditional type of thing where you can no longer ever be mad at them, ever again, their mis-actions just make you want to help them correct themself for the better.

To a different subject entirely, I was thinking about cars on the way home. It is interesting if you think of the cars as autonomous beings and try to dissociate the fact that someone is driving them. If you label the cars as creatures and assume that the speed they are going at is a safe speed, etc, their behaviors are almost animal like despite the fact that the true cause for the two types of behaviors are totally different. For example, there was a car pulled over to the side of the road, and all the cars were slowing down and kinda going around it. It kinda looked like some alien creature slowing to inspect an unknown species and then quickly escaping once it has seen the full thing. The car just looks kinda timid as it approaches the pulled-over vehicle, like it is approaching something unfamiliar. That spawned the thought of "I wonder if aliens were to just observe the world in pictures or without paying too much attention, if they would think that there were two species of dominant animals on earth, vehicles and humans, and we have a symbiotic relationship similar to how some sea creatures do, or something. 'Here we can the the human's relationship to the car. It feeds the car at these buildings, and the car, in turn allows the human to be swallowed and then regurgitated for fast travel'". Of course, I guess the aliens would quickly realize that the cars don't move without the humans being attached, so that kinda ruins it, but it was fun at the time.

I am going to the mountains tomorrow. I probably won't be blogging for a while.

I really enjoyed your thoughts on cars and what aliens might think. Those trains of thought always fascinate me.

Whenever I am driving, I always think about how strange it is the way cars are designed. I think cars should be basically giant rubber balls (instead of just a bumper). It's like this is my most valuable possession, and every day it is put at risk of getting slammed or scratched, why not just design it differently? Or like a smartphone, you buy a smartphone and then get a case and screen protectors for the phone...why don't they just design it to be safe in the first place!

Ha ha, good point. I always hate buying a case for a smart phone. It ruins the whole thing, but I will break it otherwise. I like your idea better.

Your car idea is interesting. I have never really thought of that before, but now that you mention it, it would be a LOT safer. I would buy it. It would be interesting to see what people thought of that. I wonder if it would be considered stylish.